[Outages-discussion] [OT] The Great Transatlantic Cable Movie

[virendra rode]

On 10/29/2010 05:15 PM, Dan York wrote:
> Since we're off-topic on a Friday night... another similar book that I thoroughly enjoyed was:
>
>    How the World Was One: Turbulent History of Global Communications by Arthur C. Clarke
>
> A collection of his essays, speeches and other text that covered the laying of the early telegraph cables and then later got into satellites.  Came out back in 1992... seems like it's hard to find right now online.... but was an enjoyable perspective on all of this.
>
> Dan
------------------------
I also enjoyed reading Neal Stephenson’s 1996 Wired Magazine article 
"Mother Earth Mother Board" in which he follows the installation of a 
modern fiber optic cable over three continents and incidentally presents 
the history of communications cables.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass.html

enjoy :)


regards,
/virendra

>
> On Oct 29, 2010, at 7:32 PM, Chris Burwell wrote:
>
>> Very nice! I didn't even know this documentry exsisted.
>>
>> For anyone that likes the movie may be interested in the book A Thread
>> Across the Ocean.
>>
>> - Chris
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 2:37 PM, virendra rode
>> <virendra.rode at outages.org>  wrote:
>>> The weekend is here, time to recharge, empty your head. Please remember to
>>> clean up after yourselves and turn off the light when you're done.
>>>
>>> A documentary on Cyrus Field and the Atlantic Cable, first broadcast 11
>>> April 2005 on PBS TV stations (USA) as part of the American Experience
>>> series. If interested, it can also be purchased from your favourite online
>>> store.
>>>
>>>
>>> The Great Transatlantic Cable (2005) part 1
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryv2wv_nyhA
>>>
>>> The Great Transatlantic Cable (2005) part 2
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vV7hYxEjUM
>>>
>>> The Great Transatlantic Cable (2005) part 3
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra7NEEzcPRQ
>>>
>>> The Great Transatlantic Cable (2005) part 4
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf7kXO2YNf0
>>>
>>> The Great Transatlantic Cable (2005) part 5
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7II18QaORk
>>>
>>> The Great Transatlantic Cable (2005) part 6
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75kzdNFjWNM
>>>
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> /virendra
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