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NOVA: Secrets of Lost Empires: China Bridge (5)

Nova (2000)

Documentary | United States

Director: Michael Barnes

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SEASON: 27

EPISODE: 18 - Secrets of Lost Empires: China Bridge (5)

SYNOPSIS

The film, which is a part of the NOVA series Secrets of Lost Empires, documents a 1999 effort by a NOVA-assembled crew of scholars and timber framers to design and build a Chinese bridge known only from an ancient painting.

Actors

Voice: Eriq La Salle, Kay Tong Lim, Yu Beng Lim, Timothy Nga, Gerald Chew, Dan Ziskie, Craig S. Wollman, Patrice Donnell

Writer: Michael Barnes

Narrator: Will Lyman, Neil Ross

RUNTIME: 55 min

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