- Title: PA-40
- Summary: BRIDGING SAN FRANCISCO BAY: Superstructure of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge being built.
- Description:01:25:12 - PAN VARIOUS AERIAL VIEWS CITYSCAPE SAN FRANCISCO . AND OAKLAND PRIOR TO BAY BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION. 01:25:51 - MLS PAN 8 MILE LONG SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE, BOAT TRAFFIC UNDER IT. 01:26:12 - ANIMATED DRAWING (AERIAL VIEW) OF BRIDGE, WITH VOICE OVER EXPLAINING ITS SPECIFICATIONS. 01:26:59 - ABOVE VIEW HUGE CYLINDERS IN LARGE FLOATING PLATFORM. TO BE SUNK AS FOUNDATION FOR BRIDGE PIERS 2 WORKERS STAND ON EDGE OF FLOATING PLATFORM ARE DWARFED BY ITS SIZE, ANIMATED DIAGRAM SHOWS CAISSON IN POSITION BETWEEN TWO DOCKS. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS HOW THEY ARE SUNK. 01:27:42 - LS HUGE CRANES SCOOPING MUD AND DROPPING IT INTO WATER. HUGE CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS. HUGE STEEL STRUCTURES ARE LIFTED INTO PLACE ONTO FOUNDATION.. . MS HARDHAT WORKER RIVETING THE GIRDERS. 01:29:00 - VARIOUS SHOTS DAREDEVIL HARD HAT WORKERS CLIMBING ALL OVER THE HUGE STRUCTURE, WITHOUT BENEFIT OF SAFETY HARNESS, TWO IRON WORKERS RIDE ON SECTION OF BRIDGE AS IT IS LIFTED HIGH INTO PLACE. 01:29:03 - LS ABOVE VIEW DAREDEVIL WORKER CLINGING ONTO STEEL BRIDGE TOWER, HITCHERS A RIDE TO GROUND BY CLIMBING ONTO STRUCTURE, JOINING THREE OTHER WORKERS SEATED ON UNIT BEING LOWERED BY CRANE CABLES, SHIP PASSING UNDER BRIDGE BELOW THEM. 01:29:25 - LOOKING UP AT UNFINISHED STEEL TOWER. VIEW TWO FIVE HUNDRED FOOT TOWERS JUTTING OUT OF BAY. SAN FRANCISCO IN B/G. SAME LOOKING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION WITH YERBA BUENA ISLAND IN B/G. CU HUGE TUNNEL ON YERBA BUENA ISLAND WHICH CONNECTS TO EAST BAY SECTION OF BRIDGE.. VIEW INSIDE TUNNEL WHICH HAS THE LARGEST CROSS SECTION THAN ANY TUNNEL IN THE WORLD. 01:30:08 - ABOVE PAN TWO MIGHTY PIERS WHICH WILL SUPPORT THE MASSIVE STEEL TOWERS FOR THE 1400 FOOT SPAN. MS PAN STEEL STRUCTURE SPANNING TOWERS. CU RUGGED HARD HAT WORKER, CIGARETTE DANGLING FROM LIPS, LOOKING SKYWARD. LS HUGE STEEL BEAM BEING MOVED INTO PLACE BY CABLES. 01:30:35 - STEEL CANTILEVER SECTION SPANNING TWO TOWERS, JUTTING OUT BEYOND TOWER. GROUP OF HARD HAT WORKERS USING BATTERING RAM CONNECTED TO OVERHEAD CABLES, RAM STEEL SECTION INTO PLACE. VARIOUS VIEWS STEEL WORKERS CLIMBING AROUND, WALKING ACROSS BEAMS, LIKE TIGHT ROPE WALKERS IN CIRCUS, OBLIVIOUS TO THE DANGERS. ONE SLIP AND THEY WILL PLUNGE HUNDREDS OF FEET INTO SEA BELOW. safety daredevils. 01:31:12 - LS FINAL SECTION OF CANTILEVER STRUCTURE BEING PLACED, FITTING PERFECTLY IN POSITION. PAN CANTILEVER SECTION (LARGEST IN WORD) OF BRIDGE 01:31:32 - HARD HAT WORKER IS DWARFED BY HUNDREDS OF EYE BARS LAYED OUT IN ROWS AS HE PAINTS EACH ONE. VARIOUS SHOTS EYE BARS PROTRUDING FROM MASSIVE CONCRETE STRUCTURE. (CABLE ANCHORAGE) 01:31:57 - MS SIGN "DANGER, PASS ON LEFT". ABOVE VIEW TUG BOAT IN bay BELOW BRIDGE. 01:32:09 - HUGE WOODEN REEL OF STEEL CABLE TURNING. LS TILT DOWN ONE OF TALL TOWERS IN BAY TO FIRST CABLE BEING STRUNG ACROSS BRIDGE. PAN CABLE, OCEAN IN B/G BELOW. WORKERS ON TOWER (500 FEET ABOVE WATER) SECURE CABLE WHICH IS PULLED ALONG BY HUGE PULLEY 01:32:50 - HUGE ROLLED UP CYCLONE CHAIN-LINKED FENCE IS IS LOWERED INTO PLACE VIA CRANE TO BE USED AS CATWALK BETWEEN TOWERS. VARIOUS VIEWS HARD HAT WORKERS PUTTING FENCE IN PLACE. HEAVY CABLE STRETCHES FENCE SECTIONS INTO POSITION. MS WORKER TOWING ON CABLE. 01:33:25 - VARIOUS VIEWS WORKERS WALKING ON FENCE CATWALK ALMOST LOSE BALANCE. LS SEVERAL WORKERS JIMP UP AND DOWN ON WIRE CATWALK TO SHOW ITS RESILIENCY. LS WORKERS PLAYFULLY BOUNCING ON LONG CATWALK HIGH ABOVE BAY. safety, daredevils. 01:33:53 - AERIAL VIEW FERRY PASSING UNDER BRIDGE AS SEEN THROUGH WIRE FENCING CATWALK. PAN CYCLONE FENCE CATWALK STRETCHING ACROSS BRIDGE. 01:34:12 - VARIOUS VIEWS DARE DEVIL WORKERS, WITH RECKLESS ABANDON, RUNNING ACROSS BRIDGE CATWALK, SLIDING DOWN BEAMS, OBLIVIOUS TO DANGERS AND WITHOUT SAFETY EQUIPMENT WHATSOEVER. 01:34:34 - GIANT REEL OF SPECIAL BRIDGE WIRE BEING PLACED ATOP ANCHORAGES VIA CRANE. MS WORKER USES HAND HELD PUSH BUTTONS TO CONTROL PULLEYS. ABOVE VIEW SEVERAL HUGE REELS, EACH CARRYING 60 MILES OF WIRE IN PLACE, WORKER PULLING WIRE. 01:35:02 - VARIOUS VIEWS SPINNING WHEELS WITH WIRE ATTACHED, BEING PULLED BY CABLE ROLL BACK AND FORTH HIGH ACROSS WATER, DAY AND NIGHT, SPINNING SUSPENSION CABLES ACROSS TOWERS. SPINNING WHEELS CROSS EACH OTHER AS THEY SPIN ACROSS SPAN. 01:35:45 - MCU EXECUTIVES SHOW MINIATURE MODEL ILLUSTRATING PRINCIPLE OF CABLE SPINNING. 01:36:38 - LS SPINNING WHEEL PLUNGES DOWN FROM TOWER TO ANCHORAGE ON LAND. BRIDGE MEN REMOVE WIRE FROM SPINNING WHEEL AND RE-THREAD WHEEL FOR RETURN TRIP 01:37:13 - ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS HOE WIRE IS SPLICED TOGETHER. CU CU WORKER USES TOOL TO SPLICE WIRE 01:37:52 - VARIOUS VIEWS MS TWO SPINNING WHEELS ON CABLES CROSSING EACH OTHER WORKERS REMOVING WIRES FROM THEM CU HUGE REEL OF WIRE SPINNING. 01:38:29 - VARIOUS VIEWS WORKERS STANDING ON COMPACTOR AS IT WEAVES AND BINDS THE THOUSANDS OF STRANDS OF CABLE TOGETHER INTO MIGHTY CABLE OVER 28 INCHES IN DIAMETER. LS PAN TWO FINISHED BOUND CABLES GOING FROM LAND TO TOWER. AND WIRES CABLES HANGING DOWN TO SUPPORT BRIDGE DECK. . 01:39:05 - MLS ABOVE VIEW BARGES CARRYING DECK SECTIONS UNDER BRIDGE, WHICH ARE HOISTED INTO PLACE BY HUGE CRANES. MS WORKER AT CONTROLS OF HOIST. LS DECK SECTION BEING LIFTED BY CABLES. VARIOUS SHOTS DAREDEVIL STEEL WORKERS RIDE ON BRIDGE SECTIONS, AND CONNECTING THEM.. 01:40:00 - LS PAN COMPLETED SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE 01:40:40 - ABOVE VIEW BRIDGE WITH STREET LIGHTS ON SPANNING EACH SIDE, AT NIGHT. LIT UP SAN FRANCISCO IN B/G. "THE END" AND UNITED STEEL LOGO (USS) SUPERIMPOSED OVER BRIDGE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1937
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: PA-40