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The use of wire ropes at different levels of construction and testing for use in the construction of a bridge in the U.S.

The construction of the Golden Gate Bridge spanning the Golden Gate in the United States. Workers put clamps over suspender ropes. Aerial view of suspenders clamped to the bridge. Ships sail past under the bridge. Scene changes to interior of an office building, with business men wearing suits and hat entering and exiting elevators. A pulley system in operation. Towers on a building under construction. A derrick lifting a railroad freight car. A coal loader at work. A hoist carries coal up a tower. Another hoist carries steel material. A wire rope on a spinning wheel. A massively large crane shovel loads giant boulders into a waiting railroad train car at a construction site. A steam shovel digs at a building foundation. A wire rope on rail tracks. A railroad on the tracks. A wire rope in a groove on the rail tracks. A worker operates a machine. Logs of wood being picked up by wire ropes. A machine in operation in water. A wire rope on a spinning wheel. A flat car on the tracks. A wire rope on pulleys. Men operate a hydraulic testing machine. A load carried on the wire rope. The rope on pulleys along the rail track. The wire rope subjected to a dead load and stretched. The wire ropes being finally measured and then cut on a large shear.

Date: 1933
Duration: 4 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067272
A wire rope subjected to tests and steel beams hoisted to support rope suspension during a bridge construction in the U.S.

The construction of the Golden Gate Bridge spanning the Golden Gate in the United States. The ends of wires are spread out. The wires are dipped in a solution to remove galvanizing. Workers place a socket over the wires. A worker pours molten zinc for sealing. A building. The rope is subjected to varying loads. The rope breaks. Two ropes combined are subjected to a load. The bridge suspended through ropes. A steel beam carried to the suspender end. A man stands on a steel structure carried by a crane to the installing position. The workers work on rope suspension. A steel beam carried to the installing position.

Date: 1933
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067273
Construction of Golden Gate Bridge road surface, wires being wrapped on cables; and dismantling of temporary foot bridge.

The construction of the Golden Gate Bridge spanning the Golden Gate in San Francisco, California, United States. Workers place wooden planks and platforms for a roadway construction. The workers weld grill structures. A railroad on tracks. Concrete in a slab trolley. The concrete is poured on a grill structure. A leveling machine levels the concrete. The workers make markings on the concrete road. Wires are wrapped on a cable to make it water proof. The completely wrapped cable support the bridge. The workers dismantle the sections of the temporary foot bridge. A truck on the bridge.

Date: 1933
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067274
Cable strands are lifted, fixed at an anchorage and compacted during the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in the U.S.

The construction of the Golden Gate Bridge spanning the Golden Gate in the United States. Workers paint suspensions of the bridge. Strands are wrapped with wires. The strands are lifted in a hydraulic jack. The strands on a cable saddle. The strands are adjusted at an anchorage. A strand shoe used to fix a strand in a perfect position. A solid pin is inserted by workers to fix the strand. Air circulation provided between the strands. Men come in a carriage after the completion of the bridge. Engineers stand on the bridge. A cable compacted by a machine. A steel ring clamped to the strands compact the cable. Workers work on compaction. An engineer checks the dimensions of the compacted cable. A cable casting tied over the strands.

Date: 1933
Duration: 5 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067275
Aviator Charles Lindberg meets with U.S. Secretary of War, George Dern, in Washington D.C.

American Aviator Charles Lindberg meets U.S. Secretary of War, George Henry Dern in Washington D.C., United States. George Dern speaks with press people. George Dern stands with Charles Lindbergh and replies to the press.

Date: 1933
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074461
Native American Indian children play and are taken care of by their mothers in Indian villages of United States.

Life of American-Indian children in the United States. An Native American Indian man on horseback at a mountainside. The man rides the horse on the mountain in countryside. Tents set up in the area. Indian men and women dancing. An Indian woman carrying her baby enters an adobe house. A child sleeps in the lap of a woman sitting on a blanket. Another woman cares for her child. An old man makes a baby walk. Children play with toys. Young girls play with dolls.

Date: 1933
Duration: 4 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075290