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The Film & More: Transcript, further reading, primary sources, film credits
Special Features: forum, interview outtakes, building the towers
Timeline: World Trade Center chronology
Maps: Lower Manhattan from the Dutch to today
People & Events: more about the People & Events featured in the film
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 The Center of the World -<b></b>- New York: A Documentary Film
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Maps: Explore Lower Manhattan from the 1650s to the present
Maps: Explore Lower Manhattan from the 1650s to the present		 Forum: Q&A on the twin towers with a panel of New York experts
Forum: Q&A on the twin towers with a panel of New York experts		 Outtakes: Screen video clips fo famous New Yorkers
Outtakes: Screen video clips fo famous New Yorkers
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The series, New York: A Documentary Film, directed by Ric Burns, is a Steeplechase Films production in association with WGBH Boston, Thirteen/WNET and the New-York Historical Society. Visit the companion Web site for earlier episodes of the series at www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork.


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