Empire State Building under construction in New York City. Animated arrow shows 72nd floor reached by September 3, 1930. Beam is lifted vertically. It halts beside grillage. A worker climbs on the beam from grillage. It is shifted to 72nd floor. Workers place beam over column of skyscraper.
Empire State Building under construction in New York City. Worker at the corner of column bolts columns. Worker climbs down the column with rope. Worker sits on horizontal beam and bolts it with vertical column. Worker on column holds beam lifted by crane. He adjusts it at one corner and other workers adjust it from other corner. They bolt it on columns at both the ends. Workers walk on that beam and bolt it. Workers work at floor. Supervisor inspects the work on the skyscraper.
Empire State Building under construction in New York. Steel erection construction of skyscraper building completes up to 85th floor. Workers hoist the flag of United States. Another flag on the building. View of 1043 feet building from bottom to top. Animation shows the main building and arrow at 85th floor on 19th of September.
Empire State Building under construction in New York City. Observation tower placement on top of the building. Derrick lifts billets on the building. Workers sit on columns and bolt beams. Workers unhook beams. View of the skyscraper building from bottom to top. Animation shows height of building with tower which reaches up to 1250 feet.
Film titled 'Social Class in America' about factors influencing vertical social mobility in United States. Newborn babies in nursery at Morristown Memorial Hospital in New Jersey. Three babies are introduced named Guilford Ames, Theodore Eastwood and David Benton from different classes (upper, middle and lower). Different roles are shown for the husband and father in each family. Father of the upper class boy is a business man wearing a suit, shown working at his executive desk with a woman secretary seated nearby taking notes. Father of the middle class boy shown doing book keeping at his office. Father of the lower class boy is shown working as an unskilled worker, pours liquid from a bucket at a factory. Exterior views of the houses for the different family types is shown, including an estate, a single family home, and a row house.
Five women holding the minute hand of the huge clock standing in a queue. Two of the artisans seen carrying the minute hand of the clock. The minute hand is cast in a solid bar of aluminum, weighing 87 pounds, and is 120 inches long. Artisans seen installing the minute hand on the clock face at the top of the 22-story city hall. Camden City Hall with a new clock. Powerful lights behind the dial would make the numerals visible at three miles. A person setting the timings of the clock at 3:14 which further shows time till 3:45.
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