►My channel: http://youtube.com/TheBestFilmArchives ►SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/TheBestFilmArchives?sub_confirmation=1 ►Google+: http://plus.google.com/+TheBestFilmArchives ►Facebook: http://facebook.com/TheBestFilmArchives ►Twitter: http://twitter.com/BestFilmArch This documentary film traces the symbolic nature of the Statue of Liberty, and looks at the life and inspirations of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, its creator. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The statue, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a French sculptor and dedicated on October 28, 1886, was a gift to the United States from the people of France. The statue is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue is an icon of freedom and of the United States: a welcoming signal to immigrants arriving from abroad. Bartholdi was inspired by French law professor and politician Édouard René de Laboulaye, who is said to have commented in 1865 that any monument raised to American independence would properly be a joint project of the French and American peoples. He may have been minded to honor the Union victory in the American Civil War and the end of slavery. Due to the troubled political situation in France, work on the statue did not commence until the early 1870s. In 1875, Laboulaye proposed that the French finance the statue and the Americans provide the site and build the pedestal. Bartholdi completed the head and the torch-bearing arm before the statue was fully designed, and these pieces were exhibited for publicity at international expositions. The torch-bearing arm was displayed at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, and in Madison Square Parkin Manhattan from 1876 to 1882. Fundraising proved difficult, especially for the Americans, and by 1885 work on the pedestal was threatened due to lack of funds. Publisher Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World started a drive for donations to complete the project that attracted more than 120,000 contributors, most of whom gave less than a dollar. The statue was constructed in France, shipped overseas in crates, and assembled on the completed pedestal on what was then called Bedloe's Island. The statue's completion was marked by New York's first ticker-tape parade and a dedication ceremony presided over by President Grover Cleveland. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * La Liberté éclairant le monde (Liberty Enlightening The World), plus connue sous le nom de Statue de la Liberté (Statue Of Liberty), est l'un des monuments les plus célèbres des États-Unis. Cette statue monumentaleest située à New York, sur l'île de Liberty Island au sud de Manhattan, à l'embouchure de l'Hudson et à proximité d'Ellis Island. Elle fut construite en France et offerte par le peuple français, en signe d'amitié entre les deux nations, pour célébrer le centenaire de la Déclaration d'indépendance américaine. La statue fut découverte au grand jour le28 octobre 1886 en présence du président des États-Unis, Grover Cleveland. L'idée venait du juriste et professeur au Collège de France Édouard de Laboulaye, en 1865. Le projet fut confié, en 1871, au sculpteur français Auguste Bartholdi. Pour le choix des cuivres devant être employés à la construction, l'architecte Eugène Viollet-le-Duc eut l'idée de la technique du repoussé. En 1879, à la mort de Viollet-le-Duc, Bartholdi fit appel à l'ingénieur Gustave Eiffel pour décider de la structure interne de la statue. Ce dernier imagina un pylône métallique supportant les plaques de cuivre martelées et fixées. La statue de la Liberté, en plus d'être un monument très important de la ville de New York, est devenue l'un des symboles des États-Unis et représente de manière plus générale la liberté et l'émancipation vis-à-vis de l'oppression. De son inauguration en 1886 jusqu'au Jet Age, la statue a ainsi été la première vision des États-Unis pour des millions d'immigrants, après une longue traversée de l'océan Atlantique. La création de la Statue de la Liberté se place dans la tradition du Colosse de Rhodes, dont certaines représentations ont sans doute été une inspiration pour Bartholdi. History of the Statue of Liberty | How Was the Statue of Liberty Built | Documentary | 1986

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