- Title: F-A3010
- Summary: ROOF DECKS UNLIMITED: PERLITE CONCRETE ROOFING
- Description:00:01:37 - GRASS HUT WITH THATCHED ROOF ON BANKS OF RIVER IN EXOTIC LOCATION (AFRICA OR SOUTH AMERICA) 00:01:53 - NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN TEEPEE 00:01:58 - LOG CABIN GUARD TOWER IN OLD-FASHIONED CAVALRY FORT 00:02:11 - DRAWING OF FACTORY BUILDING WITH CARTOON SUN MOVING POSITION FROM MORNING TO AFTERNOON 00:02:37 - DRAWING OF DISTRESSED CARTOON PEOPLE SWEATING IN SUMMER WITH ORDINARY ROOF DECK 00:02:49 - SAME CARTOON PEOPLE COMFORTABLE WITH PERLITE INSULATING CONCRETE ROOF 00:02:59 - GRAPHIC OF RELATIVE INSULATING VALUES OF FIBER BOARD INSULATION, ORDINARY CONCRETE & PERLITE CONCRETE 00:03:28 - SPURTING RED HOT LAVA FROM ACTIVE VOLCANO 00:03:43 - LAVA FLOWING DOWN HILL 00:03:57 - CU HAND HOLDING GREY ASH OR CRUSHED FIBERGLASS 00:04:01 - SMALL PIECES OF INSULATION PUT ONTO END OF BRICK. HEAD APPLIED TO INSULATION CAUSES IT TO BUBBLE. DEMONSTRATION 00:04:22 - GRADUATED LAB TUBE ON SCALE FILLED WITH WHITE SUBSTANCE. MAN POURS SMALL AMOUNT OF GREY POWDER IN OTHER TO EQUAL WEIGHT 00:04:48 - CU GREY-WHITE SUBSTANCE, LOOKS LIKE ROCK 00:05:20 - DRAWING OF ROOFING LAYERS AGAINST CONCRETE WALL 00:05:47 - MEN PUSH CART ACROSS CORRUGATED METAL ROOF AS THEY INSTALL NEW ROOFING 00:06:15 - CU PLACING SHEETS OF CORRUGATED METAL ONTO METAL ROOF FRAME 00:06:24 - WORKER ON ROOF HAMMERING DOWN METAL SHEETS 00:06:36 - CU LIFTING UP EDGE OF METAL SHEET & PLACING CLIP ON EDGE 00:07:06 - PAN UP TO CEILING FROM INSIDE SHED OF CORRUGATED ROOF 00:07:17 - CU FIRE BURNING INSIDE STONE SPACE 00:07:29 - FIREMAN DUMMY STANDING ON TOP OF CORRUGATED SHED 00:07:44 - CU FIRE COMING OUT OF LINE OF FURNACE BURNERS 00:08:03 - CU PAN FIREMAN DUMMY STANDING ON TOP OF SMOKING SHED 00:08:27 - DOCUMENT PAPERS 00:08:43 - CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON METAL FRAMED BUILDING LAYING DOWN METAL POLES AT SPECIFIC DISTANCES. BUILDING ROOF 00:09:08 - WORKERS WALKING ACROSS HUGE ROOF CARRYING SHEET OF ROOFING MATERIAL 00:09:26 - VIEW FROM BELOW AS WORKERS SLIDE BOARDS INTO PLACE ON ROOF FRAME 00:09:48 - WORKERS LAYING DOWN LAYER OF CONCRETE ON ROOF 00:10:13 - PAN PARTIAL FINISHED HANGAR-LIKE BUILDING, UNDER CONSTRUCTION 00:10:41 - GRAPHIC: "PERLITE OVER PAPER-BACKED WIRE MESH" 00:11:03 - WORKER TIGHTENING DOWN METAL BAR ON SHEET OF WIRE MESH 00:11:32 - WORKERS SMOOTHING OUT CONCRETE BASE WITH LONG FLAT BOARD 00:11:52 - GRAPHIC: "PERLITE OVER METAL LATH" 00:12:05 - VIEW OF CRISS-CROSS METAL BARS & CORRUGATED ROOF 00:12:19 - CU HAND SHOWS CHARACTERISTIC OF WOVEN METAL LAYERS 00:12:34 - MEN POURING BAGS OF CONCRETE INTO CONCRETE MIXER 00:12:44 - POURING CONCRETE INTO WHEELBARROW WHICH WORKER TAKES OVER TO MEN SMOOTHING OUT CONCRETE ROOF 00:13:04 - VIEW FROM BELOW AS CONCRETE IS POURED ONTO METAL LATH SHEETS 00:13:14 - WORKER ON ROOF POURS CONCRETE OUT OF WHEELBARROW 00:13:26 - PAN HUGE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN TROPICAL LOCATION, PALM TREES 00:13:42 - MAN PUTTING DOWN LARGE WHITE SQUARES OF BUILDING MATERIAL ON ROOF 00:13:56 - BLACK WORKERS REMOVE LARGE PIECE OF WOOD FROM PULLEY ON PUT ONTO CART ON ROOF 00:14:24 - DIAGRAM OF DRAINAGE SLOPE ON ROOF DECK 00:15:15 - FINGER POINTS OUT SMALL SPACE BETWEEN CONCRETE ROOF & BRICK WALL FOR DRAINAGE 00:15:28 - DRAWING OF EXPANSION JOINT DETAILS 00:16:10 - PAN ALONG EXPANSION JOINT ON ROOF. WORKER DUMPS SHOVELFUL OF CEMENT ALONG EDGE 00:16:32 - CU CEMENT BUILT UP ALONG EDGE OF EXPANSION JOINT & ROOF 00:16:59 - DUMP TRUCK DRIVE AWAY FROM CONSTRUCTION SITE 00:17:14 - HUGE STEAM SHOVEL MACHINE LIFTS UP ARM 00:17:37 - BLACK WORKER WITH WHEELBARROW DUMPS LOOSE CONCRETE ON ROOF 00:17:50 - PAN PARTIAL COMPLETED ROOF WITH CEMENT LAYER DRYING 00:18:17 - WORKERS NAILING DOWN TAR PAPER 00:18:40 - WORKERS DUMPING HOT TAR DOWN & SPREADING OUT GRAVEL OVER IT 00:19:05 - MEN DRIVING LITTLE BUGGIES CARRYING GRAVEL BACK & FORTH OVER ROOF 00:19:17 - MAN DRIVING BUGGY FILLED WITH ROLLS OF TAR PAPER 00:19:34 - BLACK WORKERS CARRYING PILING SACKS OF CEMENT WHILE WHITE SUPERVISORS WATCH & TALLY 00:20:18 - PERLITE DESIGN MANUAL BOOK 00:20:32 - PERLIFE ROOF DECKS INFORMATION GUIDE 00:20:51 - DRAWING OF STRIP MALL OF STORES "10 YEARS LATER..." 00:21:09 - GRAPHIC OF PROS OF PERLITE CONCRETE ROOF DECKS 00:21:35 - AERIAL OF HUGE FACTORY PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION 00:21:54 - NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE FROM EAST RIVER OF UNITED NATIONS BUIDLING & CHRYSLER BUILDING 00:22:04 - NYC SKYLINE AT DUSK WITH EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 00:23:23 - CAVE DWELLING WITH ANCIENT CARVINGS 00:23:39 - THATCHED ROOF OF HOUSE IN ASIA OR AFRICA 00:23:54 - SWAN SWIMMING IN MOAT OF FAIRY TALE CASTLE 00:24:14 - DRAWING OF FACTORY BUILDING WITH CARTOON SUN MOVING POSITION OVER COURSE OF DAY 00:24:39 - DRAWING OF DISTRESSED CARTOON PEOPLE FREEZING IN WINTER WITH ORDINARY ROOF DECK 00:24:49 - SAME CARTOON PEOPLE COMFORTABLE WITH PERLITE INSULATING CONCRETE ROOF 00:25:00 - GRAPHIC OF RELATIVE INSULATING VALUES OF FIBER BOARD INSULATION, ORDINARY CONCRETE & PERLITE CONCRETE 00:25:32 - WAVES OF RED HOT LAVA SPLASH & BUBBLE 00:25:42 - HILLSIDE COVERED IN PINE TREES 00:25:45 - RESEARCHER GRABS JAR OF ROCKS OFF SHELF COVERED IN GLASS JARS OF WHITE POWDER. UNSCREWS CAP ON JAR 00:26:41 - CU HAND HOLDING WHITE PELLETS 00:27:00 - BEAUTY QUEEN WEARING CROWN & BATHING SUIT FLOATS IN POOL IN "PERLITE CONCRETE" INNER TUBE LIFESAVER 00:27:04 - DRAWING OF CONSTRUCTION OF ROOF FRAME AGAINS CONCRETE WALL 00:27:29 - GRAPHIC TITLE "PERLITE OVER STEEL DECKING" 00:27:51 - WORKERS PUT CORRUGATED PIECES OVER STEEL FRAMEWORK FOR ROOF 00:28:08 - LOW ANGLE FROM BELOW AS WORKERS PLACE CORRUGATE PIECES ON ROOF 00:28:18 - WORKER HAMMERING DOWN & SPOT WELDING CORRUGATED METAL SHEETS 00:28:34 - BLACK WORKERS DUMP WHEELBARROWS OF CEMENT ONTO CORRUGATED ROOFING 00:28:49 - WORKERS SMOOTH OUT CONCRETE WITH WOODEN BOARD 00:29:03 - LOOKING UP AT CORRUGATED METAL CEILING INSIDE BUILDING 00:29:14 - PEOPLE STANDING AROUND CORRUGATED METAL SHACK WITH DUMMY FIREMAN STANDING ON ROOF FOR TEST DEMONSTRATION 00:29:27 - MAN LIFTS FLAP WINDOW ON SHACK TO REVEAL RAGING FIRE INSIDE 00:29:41 - DUMMY FIREMAN STANDS ON ROOF OF SMOKING SHACK 00:30:04 - WORKERS OPEN WINDOW FLAP WITH POLE 00:30:23 - GRAPHIC: "PERLITE OVER FORMBOARD SYSTEMS" 00:30:48 - LATTICE METAL FRAMEWORK FOR ROOF 00:31:10 - PLACING FIBERBOARD PIECES ONTO METAL GRID ON ROOF 00:31:29 - WORKER ROLLING OUT METAL MESH WIRE OVER ROOF 00:31:53 - BLACK WORKERS LEANS OVER & SMOOTHS OUT POURED CONCRETE 00:32:11 - AERIAL OF FACTORY PLANT GROUNDS UNDER CONSTRUCTION 00:32:40 - WORKER ROLLING OUT WIRE MESH OVER ROOF 00:33:04 - WORKER PLACING METAL WIRES & BENDING THEM BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF WIRE MESH TO KEEP IT IN PLACE 00:33:31 - WORKER WITH FLAT BOARD ON STICK SMOOTHING OUT WET CEMENT 00:33:50 - VIEW OF FACTORY ROOF AS SEEN FROM BELOW ON GROUND 00:34:00 - LOOKING UP AT MESH COVERING OPEN BEAMS IN ROOF UNDER CONSTRUCTION 00:34:20 - WORKERS AT CEMENT MIXING MACHINE 00:34:30 - BLACK WORKER POURS CEMENT FROM MIXER INTO WHEELBARROW 00:34:49 - VIEW FROM BELOW OF WORKERS POURING CEMENT FROM WHEELBARROWS ONTO METAL MESH COVERING ROOF BEAMS 00:35:11 - WORKERS SMOOTH OUT POURED CEMENT ROOF 00:35:22 - VIEW FROM BELOW INSIDE FACTORY OF CEMENT CEILING ROOF 00:35:35 - WORKER PLACING METAL SPACERS BETWEEN PIECES OF WHITE ROOFING MATERIAL 00:35:56 - WORKER ROLLS CEMENT SLAB ON HAND CART OVER TO WORKERS WHO PLACE IT INTO PLACE ON ROOF 00:36:19 - DIAGRAM DRAWING OF DRAINAGE SLOPE 00:36:54 - HAND POINTS OUT SPACE BETWEEN CONCRETE AND STONE WALL ON ROOF 00:37:04 - BRICK AIR VENT STRUCTURE ON TOP OF ROOF 00:37:20 - DIAGRAM DRAWING OF EXPANSION JOINT DETAILS 00:38:11 - BLACK WORKER SMOOTHING OUT CONCRETE SLOPE BETWEEN EXPANSION JOINT OPENING ON ROOF & ROOF SURFACE 00:38:24 - DUMP TRUCK DUMPS OUT DIRT AT CONSTRUCTION SITE 00:38:52 - HUGE SCOOP LIFTS UP DIRT & DUMPS IT INTO CONTAINER 00:39:08 - WET CEMENT COMES OUT OF CHUTE FROM MIXER & INTO WHEELBARROW 00:39:31 - POURING WET CEMENT FROM WHEELBARROW ONTO METAL MESH GRID 00:39:51 - WORKERS ROLLING OUT TAR PAPER ON ROOF 00:40:17 - WORKERS WITH BRUSHES SPREADING OUT HOT TAR ON ROOF 00:40:43 - WORKERS SPREADING OUT PEBBLES & ROCKS ON TOP OF HOT TAR 00:40:56 - WORKER DRIVES LITTLE CART FILLED WITH TAR PAPER ACROSS ROOF 00:41:09 - MAN PLACING WOODEN PLANK PIECES ON TOP OF METAL BARS ON PLATFORM 00:41:31 - MEN LOOKING AT PILE OF SAND BAGS, WOOD & CONCRETE WRITING DOWN NOTES AS THEY TEST STRENGTH OF MATERIALS 00:41:48 - MAN PULLING OUT WIRE MESH FROM DRIED CONCRETE DESTROYING CONCRETE SURFACE 00:42:10 - PERLITE INSULATING CONCRETE PAMPHLET BOOKLET 00:42:27 - DRAWING OF ROW OF DOWNTOWN STORES: FURRIER, BEAUTY SALON, TOY SHOP 00:42:47 - GRAPHIC WITH PROS OF LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURAL PERLITE CONCRETE ROOF DECKS 00:43:31 - VIEW OF CITY BUILDINGS. CURVED ROOF OF DEPOT WITH HOTEL COSMOPOLITAN IN BKGD 00:43:44 - HAND SCOOPS UP FINE WHITE POWDER FROM PAPER BAG
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1959
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-A3010