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.
Empire State Building under construction in New York. Animation shows the evolution of skyscrapers in New York. Buildings in hierarchical order. Arrow shows its name and dates of completion. World 1890, Park Row 1900, Singer 1905, Metropolitan life 1910, Woolworth 1915, Chrysler 1929 and Empire State 1931. View of Empire State Building still under construction in 1931, rising above other nearby buildings. The top of the building is not yet complete.
San Francisco Peace Treaty conference with Japan, in San Francisco, California. Beginning shows the War Memorial Opera House and Van Ness Avenue. U.S. President Harry S Truman steps to a podium, at the Opera House, to address delegates at the conference. With him on the stage are Dr. Warren Kelchner, Temporary Chairperson of the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference, Governor Earl Warren of California, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Next, Dean Acheson is seen seated at the center of a table with Dr. Kelchner, at his right, as Soviet representative Andrei A. Gromyko steps to the microphone and speaks. (Narrator says he raises complaint about rules of procedure.) Dean Acheson removes his translating headset in frustration. Next, a representative of Poland comes to the microphone, and calls for delays. View of delegates in the audience. New Zealand representative, Sir Carl August Berendsen, takes the stand to renounce delaying tactics. Audience members applaud. Carlos P. RĂ³mulo, of the Philippines, speaks in support of the treaty. John foster Dulles, of the United States, steps to the podium to speak for the treaty. Next, Japanese Premier, Shigeru Yoshida, referring to notes in a roll of paper, endorses the treaty. Audience applauds. Secretary of State Acheson is seen signing the treaty for the United States, followed by representatives of: Australia; Cambodia; Great Britain; Ceylon; France; Indonesia; Philippines; and Pakistan. Next, the Japanese delegation comes forward, and Prime Minster Shingera Yoshida, signs the historic document. Closeups of ordinary Japanese from all walks of life. Japanese people commuting to work.
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