Bridging San Francisco Bay

(1937, sound, 60min, b&w, 35mm)

Sponsor: American Bridge div., united States Steel Corp. production Co.: Jam Handy organization. resources: Copyright not registered; EFC (1939), 168. Holdings: LC/prelinger, Si/nMAH.

Dramatic documentary showing the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. Focusing on the dangerous task of winding the suspension cables, Bridging San Francisco Bay appears to have been shot, for the most part, with a handheld camera from atop scaffolds and towers. Much of the “ground-level” footage was shot by Ken Allen of Hills Bros. Coffee, which had its headquarters near the San Francisco anchorage. note: Also released in 16mm. A 17- minute version is viewable online at Internet Archive, www.archive.org/details/Bridging1937.

BRIDGING SAN FRANCISCO BAY. (1937, sound, 60min, b&w, 35mm)

Sponsor: American Bridge div., united States Steel Corp. production Co.: Jam Handy organization. resources: Copyright not registered; EFC (1939), 168. Holdings: LC/prelinger, Si/nMAH.

Dramatic documentary showing the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. Focusing on the dangerous task of winding the suspension cables, Bridging San Francisco Bay appears to have been shot, for the most part, with a handheld camera from atop scaffolds and towers. Much of the “ground-level” footage was shot by Ken Allen of Hills Bros. Coffee, which had its headquarters near the San Francisco anchorage. note: Also released in 16mm. A 17- minute version is viewable online at Internet Archive, www.archive.org/details/Bridging1937.

(1937, sound, 60min, b&w, 35mm) Sponsor: American Bridge div., united States Steel Corp. production Co.: Jam Handy organization. resources: Copyright not registered; EFC (1939), 168. Holdings: LC/prelinger, Si/nMAH. Dramatic documentary showing the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. Focusing on the dangerous task of winding the suspension cables, Bridging San Francisco Bay appears to have been shot, for the most part, with a handheld camera from atop scaffolds and towers. Much of the “ground-level” footage was shot by Ken Allen of Hills Bros. Coffee, which had its headquarters near the San Francisco anchorage. note: Also released in 16mm. A 17- minute version is viewable online at Internet Archive, www.archive.org/details/Bridging1937.

BRIDGING SAN FRANCISCO BAY. (1937, sound, 60min, b&w, 35mm) Sponsor: American Bridge div., united States Steel Corp. production Co.: Jam Handy organization. resources: Copyright not registered; EFC (1939), 168. Holdings: LC/prelinger, Si/nMAH. Dramatic documentary showing the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. Focusing on the dangerous task of winding the suspension cables, Bridging San Francisco Bay appears to have been shot, for the most part, with a handheld camera from atop scaffolds and towers. Much of the “ground-level” footage was shot by Ken Allen of Hills Bros. Coffee, which had its headquarters near the San Francisco anchorage. note: Also released in 16mm. A 17- minute version is viewable online at Internet Archive, www.archive.org/details/Bridging1937.