Miracle Bridge over Mackinac

Duration: 800 ft.

Year Published: 1950

Complete Record: Long shot of Delaware Memorial Bridge from shore. Aerial shot of bridge with barge passing underneath. More bridge shots. Highway shots. Aerial shot of bridge toll plaza. Still drawing of first wooden truss-covered bridge. Talking head with map gives history of bridge. Still map drawing of Straits of Mackinac. Boat on lake. Aerial shot of traffic. Aerial shot of cars loading onto barge. Still drawing of Brooklyn Bridge. Aerial shot Mackinaw Bridge. Still drawings of bridges. Illustration of bridge construction. Aerial shots of construction equipment on barge. Bulldozer being lifted by crane. Mountains of crushed stone and sand. Construction workers working over water. Engineers looking at blueprints in office. Men in board room. Rolling out of blueprints. Checks flying out through printer. Stormy sea with boats. Caissons over water. Still drawings of caissons. Coffer dams over water. Still drawings of coffer dams. Iron workers working above water. Divers entering water. Steel cages on cranes moving concrete. Concrete pouring off conveyor belt. Surveyors walking over frozen water. Barge moving through frozen water. Derricks in water. Aerial shot of helicopter over frozen water. Men on steel towers above water. Supports and piers of Mackinac Bridge. Anchorage piers. Steel flooring being laid onto bridge. Aerial shot of Mackinac bridge. Mackinac Bridge with heights written over shot. Aerial shot of men walking on cat walk. Cables spinning off reel. Cables with wheels above bridge. Shot from underneath bridge. Rough water underneath bridge. Cars moving on bridge.-