Earthmovers [videorecording] : the power to move mountains / written and produced by Howard Dratch ; producer, Bruce Nash ; Actuality Productions, Inc. for The History Channel ; a presentation of Hearst Entertainment ; A & E Television Networks.
Originally produced as an episode of the television program Modern marvels in 1997.
Summary
Tells about the development of earthmoving machinery from the wheel barrow of ancient times to the huge earthmoving machinery of the present day. Also discusses the destruction of the environment caused by strip mining with large machinery and the need for a public policy to regulate mining operations.