Brooklyn Bridge Film Project

FAIN: GN-*0282-79

NYC Department of Records and Information Services (New York, NY 10007-1210)
Ken Burns (Project Director: August 1978 to October 1990)

To assist in funding a one-hour documentary on the history and symbolism of the Brooklyn Bridge.

To assist in funding a one hour documentary on the history and symbolism of the Brooklyn Bridge. The film is intended to begin with the struggles to construct the bridge, and will then trace its tranformation from a spectacular engineering feat to an American symbol.