The Statue of Liberty America's most treasured monument The Making of Liberty tells the history of America s most famous symbol from its conception by her creator, August Bartholdi,

 through her construction in 1868 and the restoration for her rededication in New York harbor on the Fourth of July in 1986. The fi lm documents an intimate view of the Statue of Liberty

s restoration, from the dizzying heights of the tallest freestanding scaffold ever erected, to the gold leaf on her torch. It is the story of the building and rebuilding of a monument

 embodying the American experience, as seen through the eyes of the French and American artisans and laborers whose work was separated by a century, but whose vision

 transcended time. The Statue of Liberty America's most treasured monument The Making of Liberty tells the history of America s most famous symbol from its conception by

 her creator, August Bartholdi, through her construction in 1868 and the restoration for her rededication in New York harbor on the Fourth of July in 1986. The fi lm documents

 an intimate view of the Statue of Liberty s restoration, from the dizzying heights of the tallest freestanding scaffold ever erected, to the gold leaf on her torch. It is the story of the

 building and rebuilding of a monument embodying the American experience, as seen through the eyes of the French and American artisans and laborers whose work was separated

 by a century, but whose vision transcended time.