American Built

Name: American Built
Released: 2019-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Stuart Varney

TV Show · Documentary · Educational

Delving into the vision, design and ingenuity behind extraordinary projects that capture the American spirit.

2019 · 20m

EPISODE 3

Hoover Dam

A symbol of hard work and the ingenuity of the American spirit, the Hoover Dam is one of the most ambitious projects of the 20th century.
EPISODE 4

Empire State Building

How the tallest building in the world was built in record time.
EPISODE 1

Panama Canal

An uncompromising president moves mountains to connect oceans.
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Crystal Cathedral

An ambitious preacher and a visionary architect build the largest glass structure on Earth.
EPISODE 3

Alcatraz Prison

Alcatraz, the most notorious prison in America, took decades to get right and one night to go horribly wrong.
EPISODE 4

Saturn V Rocket

An aerospace engineer who played a leading role in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany goes on to lead an army of engineers to build the rocket that put American on the moon.