Planning, construction, and usage of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.

Montage opening shows various USA scenes. Aerial view of Manhattan before construction of the World Trade Center. Diagram showing future site of World Trade Center. Views of the Radio Row district that existed before World Trade Center construction. Model of future twin towers. Derelict abandoned buildings in World Trade Center construction zone. Sign on building reads, "Tubes Guaranteed." Zoom out of World Trade Center model. Sidewalk in front of Radio Row. Pan upward of World Trade Center model. Worker swings hammer to smash brick wall. Worker jack hammering building facade. Pedestrians on sidewalk in front of Leonard Radio at 65 Cortlandt St. Neon sign reads "daily auction." Bulldozer pushes building debris. Wide shot cleared World Trade Center construction site with highway in background. Steam shovel dumping load. Large pumps in line operate in unison. Men weld rebar. Large upright rebar mesh. Zoom in on machinery operator smoking a cigar. Ironwork being moved into position on north tower foundation of World Trade Center. Wrecking ball falls and hit ground. Zoom in on construction workers assembling decking. Concrete coming out of a concrete mixer. Aerial view of World Trade Center construction site. Steam shovel moving. Zoom in on crane. Aerial view of dump truck driving through World Trade Center construction site. Exterior upright ironwork. Zoom in on subterranean construction of north tower. Silhouette of workers from inside north tower. Wide shot first few stories of north tower under construction. Zoom in on external ironwork north tower of World Trade Center moving into place. Welder at work. Forklift operator delivering structural component through window and rotating into place. Pan from inside north tower emphasizes open design with no internal columns, as noted by narrator. Two workers guide external ironwork into place for north tower World Trade Center. Worker stands on top of ironwork in mid air. Pan of north tower under construction from ground to sky. External structural member rotated into place north tower. Brief aerial view of construction from moving plane. POV from north tower World Trade Center in late 1970 of the last piece of ironwork being lifted into place. Aerial view of completed north tower. Aerial view nearly completed north tower next to south tower under construction. USA flag raised alongside completed north tower World Trade Center during topping out ceremony December 23, 1970. Construction workers cheering during topping out ceremony. USA flag displayed at top of radio tower on the north tower. Women going through rotating door of World Trade Center. Pedestrians in World Trade Center hallway. Hundreds of pedestrians emerging from escalators into the World Trade Center circa 1973. Woman secretaries and administrative workers at desks in the World Trade Center. Elevator lobby of World Trade Center. Zoom out from sign that reads "The World Trade Institute at the World Trade Center in the Port of New York" to workers gathered at round conference table. Zoom out to view of completed World Trade Center twin towers as seen from ground.

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