Filthy Cities (2011) Industrial New York
New York was a city consumed by filth and corruption, its massive immigrant population crammed together in the slums of Lower Manhattan. Dan succumbs to some of the deadly disease-carrying parasites that thrived in the filthy, overcrowded tenement buildings. He has a go at cooking with some cutting edge 19th century ingredients - clothes dye and floor cleaner - added to disguise reeking fetid meat. And he marvels at some of the incredible feats of engineering that transformed not just the city, but the world.
Dan Snow gets down and dirty in the murky histories of London, Paris and New York, exploring their filthy histories from the bottom up.
Primary Title
- Filthy Cities
Episode Title
- Industrial New York
Date Broadcast
- Monday 25 January 2016
Release Year
- 2011
Duration
- 53:49
Episode
- 3
Channel
- PBS
Broadcaster
- Public Broadcasting Service
Network
- Public Broadcasting Service
Programme Description
- Dan Snow gets down and dirty in the murky histories of London, Paris and New York, exploring their filthy histories from the bottom up.
Episode Description
- New York was a city consumed by filth and corruption, its massive immigrant population crammed together in the slums of Lower Manhattan. Dan succumbs to some of the deadly disease-carrying parasites that thrived in the filthy, overcrowded tenement buildings. He has a go at cooking with some cutting edge 19th century ingredients - clothes dye and floor cleaner - added to disguise reeking fetid meat. And he marvels at some of the incredible feats of engineering that transformed not just the city, but the world.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Documentary television programs
- Cities and towns--Growth--History
Genres
- Documentary
Hosts
- Dan Snow (Host)
Contributors
- Eamon Hardy (Executive Producer)
- Jeremy Turner (Producer)
- Jeremy Turner (Director)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (Production Unit)
- Discovery Channel (Production Unit)
- Sam Starbuck (Series Producer)
Subjects
- Documentary television programs
- Cities and towns--Growth--History