Images of the Past
Mount Rushmore Carvers
Season 1 Episode 22 | 5m 46s
Film clips from Mt. Rushmore carving, 1927 - 1941. Surviving worker interviews from 1992.
Excerpts from the 1992 documentary "The Men Who Made Rushmore" combine film shot during the carving of Mount Rushmore with interviews of workers fifty years after the project came to an end. The men describe some of the equipment and techniques they used and talk about what it was like to work on the Monument. A survivor of one of the few serious accidents during the 14-years of carving talks abou
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Images of the Past
Mount Rushmore Carvers
Season 1 Episode 22 | 5m 46s
Excerpts from the 1992 documentary "The Men Who Made Rushmore" combine film shot during the carving of Mount Rushmore with interviews of workers fifty years after the project came to an end. The men describe some of the equipment and techniques they used and talk about what it was like to work on the Monument. A survivor of one of the few serious accidents during the 14-years of carving talks abou
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Mount Rushmore Models - 1927-1941
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Sculptor Gutzon Borglum's original design changed greatly during the carving process. (1m 49s)
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