Summary

During Great Depression, men find employment working on skyscraper under construction in NY City

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # 3993
Clip SR003971_05_01mov
Date 01/01/1935
Title During Great Depression, men find employment working on skyscraper under construction in NY City
Description Title card: In New York, skyscraper job makes steel workers happy / shot of exterior of skyscraper under construction, sign in front of it saying Rockefeller Center / tilt up skyscraper / three shots of steel beams being moved into place / two shots of skyscraper from below / construction worker standing on beam as it is being lowered into place / worker using acetylene torch / worker crawling across beam / two workers on steel support / two workers sliding down cable / worker walking along beams holding umbrella / Note: exact year not known; documentation incomplete
Country United States
Province/State New York
City New York City

Keywords

archival
newsreel
Great Depression
skyscrapers
construction
construction workers
steel
crawling
umbrellas
acetylene torches
Rockefeller Center
construction sites
girders
employment
cables
sliding
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