DAVID HAWARD BAIN

TECH EFFECT: Transcontinental Railroad

Aired August 2004

Transcontinental Railroad

Airing June 7, 2006
Book TV/CSPAN2: The Old Iron Road

Reading at Ogden Union Station, May 19, 2004.
Originally aired nationally June 20 and 21, 2004.
Rebroadcast June 19 and 20, 2005.

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TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD: A HiddenHill Productions Film for AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. Written and produced by MARK ZWONITZER. Directed by Mark Zwonitzer and MICHAEL CHIN. Edited by Bruce Shaw. Co-Producer DAVID HAWARD BAIN. Senior Associate Producer Laura McKellar. Production Manager Yuka Nishino. Original Music Composer Brian Keene. Director of Photography Michael Chin. Narrator MICHAEL MURPHY. "Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad" by David Haward Bain published by Viking/Penguin, 1999/2000. American Experience is a production of WGBH Boston. Executive Producer Margaret Drain. Senior Producer Mark Samuels. Coordinating Producer Susan Mottau. Running time 120 minutes. Original airdate: January 27, 2003.

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David Haward Bain, "Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad," interview originally aired March 5, 2000.

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[Transcript in Brian Lamb's Booknotes: Stories From American History (2001)]
PROMONTORY: Produced and written by KEN VERDOIA for KUED Public Television/Salt Lake City, Utah. Production/Editor Nancy Green. Principle photography Bill Brussard. Commentators DAVID HAWARD BAIN, Leonard Arrington, Michael Johnson, D. Michael Quinn, Martha Bradley, Donald Strack.

Original airdate May 7, 2002. running time 57 minutes.

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A Bill Moyers Special: BECOMING AMERICAN: THE CHINESE EXPERIENCE. Producer JOSEPH ANGIER. Writers Joseph Angier & Thomas Lennon and BILL MOYERS. Editor Ruby Yang. Original Score Brian Keane and George Gao. Directors of Photography Michael Chin, Richard Numeroff, Allan Palmer. Series Development Mi Ling Tsui. Series Producer THOMAS LENNON. Series Editor Ruby Yang. Commentator on Chinese and transcontinental railroad, DAVID HAWARD BAIN, Program One: "Gold Mountain Dreams"; Program Two: "Between Two Worlds"; Program Three: "No Turning Back".

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THE LONG TRAIL: A FOOTPATH IN THE WILDERNESS. Producer and writer CHRIS McCLURE for Vermont Public Television. Commentator on Bread Loaf and Joseph Battell, DAVID HAWARD BAIN. Original airdate 2001.

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