Season 1 · Episode 5

Transatlantic Cable

• Release date
• March 27, 1994
• Runtime
• 44 min

Looks at how one man’s vision and the cooperation between the U.S. and England resulted in an instant, reliable transcontinental mode of communication in the mid-1800s. See how wealthy 33-year-old Cyrus West Field endured many failures and lost millions in his attempt to close the communication gap between the Old and New Worlds.