- Title: P-213-41
- Summary: GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE OPENS: GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE OPENS. THE STEP BY STEP STORY OF THE MEN WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES TO BUILD THE LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN THE WORLD. CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGE TAKES FOUR YEARS. STEEL, CONCRETE.
- Description:00:00:04 - LS GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE (HF-YTV) 00:00:07 - CU MATERIALS BEING RAISED BY LIFT TO PLACE. MEN POSITION THEM 00:00:14 - MONTAGE OF MEN BUILDING BRIDGE HIGH ABOVE GROUND. RIGGERS. 00:00:18 - COOL SHOT OF MAN STANDING OVER WATER ON SLANTED BEAM. GOLDEN GATE BAY BENEATH 00:00:25 - HUGE PULLEYS TURN ON ROPES WAY OVER WATER 00:00:27 - MEN WORK HIGH OVER WATER ON BRIDGE. 00:00:32 - BOAT PASSES BELOW AS MAN WORKS ON BRIDGE 00:00:33 - BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION 00:00:37 - HUGE PULLEYS ARE PULLED UP BY ROPES. PAST MEN DOWN OTHER SIDE 00:00:49 - SHOT OF BUNCH OF LINES, STEEL CABLES. 00:00:51 - MONTAGE OF MEN WORKING ON STEEL STRANDS OF WIRE PUTTING IN PLACE, TIGHTENING 00:00:59 - SHOT OF MASSIVE BUNCHES OF CABLES STRETCHING ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO BAY. 00:01:04 - MEN LIFT HUGE PILE OF CABLES INTO PLACE. 00:01:13 - HIGH SHOT OF BRIDGE IN PROGRESS. 00:01:16 - POV CAMERA PASSING ACROSS BRIDGE 00:01:23 - CU, SAFETY NET 00:01:34 - BOAT SEEN PASSING UNDER SAFETY NET. 00:01:41 - LONE WORKER HIGH UP ON LADDER. WATER GLISTENS BELOW 00:01:44 - AERIAL OVER BRIDGE PANS LENGTH 00:01:49 - MONTAGE OF CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGE. 00:02:00 - LS, BRIDGE. 00:02:05 - CAMERA PANS LENGTH OF BRIDGE. 00:02:14 - LINE OF CARS WAIT FOR OPENING OF BRIDGE, CIRCA 1937 00:02:16 - MAYOR ROSSI CUTS A SILVER CHAIN 00:02:18 - MOTORCYCLE POLICE ESCORT FIRST CARS OVER BRIDGE IN MAY 22, 1937. OPENING OF THE BRIDGE 00:02:25 - AERIAL LOOKING DOWN AT CARS PASSING OVER BRIDGE. TRAFFIC GOES ACROSS. 00:02:37 - PEOPLE IN CARS WAVE AT CARS PASSING THE OTHER WAY CROWD 00:02:42 - PLANES PASS OVER BRIDGE 00:02:48 - HUGE BATTLESHIP PASSES UNDER BRIDGE 00:02:51 - CAMERA CIRCLES BRIDGE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1933
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: P-213-41