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Constrruction of the Holland Tunnel that connects New York to New Jersey.
View, from inside the mouth of a rough earthen tunnel, showing Actor Lee Marvin speaking about Clifford Milburn Holland, who was Chief Engineer on the project to build a tunnel under the Hudson River, linking New York and New Jersey. View inside construction work area. The project's chief designing engineer, Ole Singstad, explains the problem of ventilating the exhaust fumes from cars traversing the tunnel. Scenes of workers down in the tunnel during construction. Governors Arthur H. Moore, of New Jersey, and James Walker, of New York, shake hands at the boundary of their two states, inside the Holland Tunnel,under the Hudson River, during a project completion ceremony. Interestingly, they stand on each other's side of the boundary as they shake hands. Motorcycle policemen escort some of the first cars through the tunnel at its opening. View from rear of a car traversing the tunnel, of other cars following. Engineer Singstad speaking more about the tunnel ventilation.
Various Buildings, Monuments and Landmarks of United States.
Views of various projects depicting man's creative engineering skills across the United States, including: The Indian Serpent Mounts, Ohio; Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Headquarters, Connecticut; Mackinac Bridge, Michigan; Green Bank Radio Astronomy Antenna, West Virginia; Tanker "Manhattan" in the Northwest Passage; Chicago's Marina Towers, Illinois; NASA launch complex 39 in Cape Canaveral, Florida with a rocket in place; Watts tower, California; John Hancock Building, Illinois; Washington Monument; Dworshak Dam while under construction, Idaho; Newport Bridge, Rhode Island; U.S. Steel building, Pennsylvania; Mt. Glory Arch Bridge under construction in Wyoming; Johnson Wax Headquarters building, Wisconsin; Boeing 747 Factory Building Complex, Seattle Washington; A model of the proposed New Orleans Super Dome in Louisiana; Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel; Dulles International Airport, Virginia; Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minnesota; Westinghouse Headquarters building, Pennsylvania; Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, New Mexico; Gulf Life Tower, Florida; Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Wisconsin; a paddle style River boat on the Ohio River; an artist depiction of the under construction Mobile River Highway Tunnel, Alabama; the Westinghouse Desalinization Plant, Florida; Model of master plan for the city of Gary, Indiana; Gulf Oil's "Big Brutus" crane at work on a dig site (The 160-foot tall coal shovel known as the 1850-B was designed and built by Bucyrus-Erie in Hallowell Kansas, for the Pittsburg & Midway, or P&M Coal Mining Company. It is the only one of its kind ever built. The mining company was purchased by Gulf Oil in 1963, and subsequently went under The Chevron Mining umbrella); Knights of Columbus headquarters building, Connecticut.
Development in deep sea diving technology with better submarines and equipment.
Television program host Lee Marvin talks about Underwater Explorer John Lindbergh. John Lindbergh talks about deep sea oil drilling exploration and mineral exploitation without damaging ecology. Animation pictures of deep sea divers under water. Picture of a submarine with its interior view. Man talks over phone under water.
Bell Telephone advertisement chronicles costs for telephone calls reducing from 1915 to 1970.
Bell Telephone television advertisement depicts the cost of telephone calls over years from 1915 to 1970. Pictures of streets and houses in Boston. Portrait of Alexander Graham Bell. The cost of telephone from 20.70 dollars in 1915 reduced to 70 cents in 1970. Rapid paced montage of images (some still and some motion) from 1915 to 1970. Poster reads 'Japan at War'. Man and woman dance. Missile launched from launch pad. Aircraft parked on runway. The cost of long distance telephone charges reduced over the years. Different types of telephones seen in 1970.
Examples of American engineering achievements, including Apollo 11 moon mission, and civil engineering projects
Narrator Lee Marvin standing on a seashore. U.S. astronauts heading to their capsule for launch on mission to first man on the moon. Launch service structures falling away, as rocket launch is completing countdown in launch of Saturn V rocket carrying Apollo 11 mission to the moon. View of Mission Control operations center during Apollo 11. Glimpse of the earth from the moon and sound of Neil Armstrong on radio to Houston Control Center, "Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." View shifts to Houston Control Center. View of the Lunar Module, Eagle, descending and landing on the moon surface, July 20, 1969. Next, a view of Neil Armstrong descending ladder from the Lunar lander and taking the first step onto the moon by a human, and then moving about on the lunar surface, on July 21, 1969. View of seashore, again, where birds are walking on the wet sand. Flock of birds flying above breaking surf. Aerial view of Hoover Dam. A road being built in rugged wilderness. View of the Panama Canal. Aerial view from helicopter flying very close to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
5th Dimension dance and sing "A Pocketful of Seeds"; with scenes on engineers constructing buildings.
Popular 1970s vocal group the "5th Dimension" sings the song " A pocketful of seeds" by Elliot Willensky as they dance. Scenes of engineers working in the background, on screen, on various engineering projects in the United States. Engineers working at night. Men build railway track.
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