DVD
FEATURES
• PHOTO GALLERY
• HISTORICAL FACTS
• ENGLISH/SPANISH SUBTITLES
• FOR TEACHERS SECTION
Includes interactive-classroom connection menus and scene selections
for science, math, language arts, history, and industrial arts
classrooms.
• 11 FEATURETTES, INCLUDING:
Time Travelers - Deep in the cavernous Capitol walls, stonemasons
found items left behind by their predecessors. Passing along the
tradition, they’ve fashioned a time capsule to be discovered
the next time the building needs shoring up.
Iowa’s Civil War Flags - Since 1894, flags and banners
from the Civil War have been on display. Learn what preservation
experts are doing to save these irreplaceable remnants of this
country’s great internal struggle.
Capitol Restoration Day - Gov. Thomas Vilsack is joined
by former governors Robert Ray and Terry Branstad to celebrate
the completion of the Capitol’s exterior restoration and
to honor the people who made it possible.
The Gold Dome - Restoration architect Scott Allen takes
us on a brief tour of the building’s main dome and teaches
us a little about the physics of domed structures.
Iowa vs. Indiana - The sports rivalry between the two states
finds its way into the restoration.
SCENE
SELECTIONS
Open
- Iowa’s most important landmark or just another aging structure?
History - The building of a permanent capitol is
a huge undertaking for a young state.
Architects - Deterioration of the building’s
exterior results in nearly 20 years of restoration work.
Stonework - Ninety-five percent of the building’s
ornamental sandstone is replaced during the restoration.
Brickwork - As each exterior stone is removed, chances
are good that the interior wall will be found damaged.
Stonemasons - Working at the heights of both the
building and of their careers, Capitol stonemasons marvel at the
skills of their 19th century counterparts.
Gilding
- What’s only .000004 inches thick but costs nearly $200,000?
Ask the artisans who restored the Capitol’s golden luster.
Gold Braiding - The Capitol’s four corner
domes are laced with gold. We go inside one of them to see the
gilders at work.
Bart and the Raccoon - After his encounter
with a
roof-dwelling raccoon, Bart becomes known as the
“critter gitter.”
Interior - From lighting to floor coverings,
and sprinkler
systems to bronze hardware, the Capitol’s interior is
undergoing a major facelift.
Restoration Painters - Painters can spend
over a year
restoring one room’s handpainted walls or rubbing gold
into its delicate patterns.
Close and Credits - The contributions of
restoration crafts people are recognized. And we get a roof’s-eye
view of the importance of the Capitol.
