Release Date

14 Sep, 2010

Runtime

09:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

How America was built.

A six-night miniseries presenting the history of how the United States was invented, looking at the moments where Americans harnessed technology to advance human progress -- from the rigors of linking the continent by transcontinental railroad to triumphing over vertical space through the construction of steel-structured buildings. The series also is a story of conflict, with Native American peoples, slavery, the Revolutionary War that birthed the nation, the Civil War that divided it, and the great world war that shaped its future.

Original Title

America: The Story of Us

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Actors

Liev Schreiber

Tom Brokaw

Meryl Streep

Crew

Ed Fields

Clare Beavan

Marion Milne

Renny Bartlett

Andrew Chater

Nick Green

Jenny Ash

Jenny Ash

Dan Hall