Bridging San Francisco Bay (1937)

★★★★★ · Bridges from USS · antolintinez · 2009-08-29

USS built a lot of bridges around the world. In Venezuela they built the first bridge over Orinoco river (you can see it in my video Guayana) in the beginning of the 60's. This bridge today is in poor condition because there is not culture about maintenance in my country, but it is a beautiful and functional bridge. Here we can see the inexistance of security devices to work in that times. Excellent documental about the construction of the bridge of S. Francisco bay.

★★★★ · Walking on the cyclone fence · Steve Nordby · 2004-05-20

US Steel produced this film to brag about their bridge building subsidiaries, and rightly so. If you have crossed a BIG suspension bridge and wondered about how the heck it was built, this film will tell you. An entertaining combination of technical detail and one-of-a-kind footage.

★★★★ · they CAN"T make 'em like they used to. · tribtower · 2013-05-25

Two masterpieces built in a five period. That's the GOLDEN GATE and THE S.F-Oakland Bay Bridges. In the Bay Bridge case 2 bridges, and a tunnel! At the moment Cal-Trans enngineers are struggling to finish the replacement for the 75 year old eastern CANTILEVER bridge. The project is in its' 6th year and has suffered a poor design concept, substandard workmanship, and substandard materials. The latest being poorly made bolts that will have to be removed because of inferior strength. Much of the new bridge section was constructed with low-ball price Chinese materials So much for USS (United…

★★★ · Building A Bridge · Spuzz · 2003-02-16

In this couldve-been-boring-but-it-was-alright short, the Oakland bridge building is profiled. Like the short 'Behind the Bright Lights' it shows foolish men climbing over girders, not wearing any safety equipment at all. Kinda scary. Excellent overview with very oddly primitive, but amazing effective solutions to wiring the structure. A little bit technical for the average joe, but still a fun watch.

★★ · Bridging San Francisco Bay · Christine Hennig · 2003-09-10

This film documents in detail the building of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge. If you love bridges and are fascinated with how they are built, you will probably enjoy this film. If you don't, then you'll probably find it rather dull. There are some mildly interesting scenes of construction workers climbing all over the place without any safety provisions, and U.S. Steel, who sponsored the film, puts in a plug for its products whenever they are used on the bridge. But mostly, this is pretty ordinary. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: **. Weirdness: **. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating…