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Building a Highway (1948)

1948 · Ephemeral film · 10 min

Synopsis

Major steps in the construction of a two-lane (pre-Interstate) highway.

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Running time
10 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives

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★★ · Caution: Road Construction Ahead · Christine Hennig · 2003-12-10

Do you have a little boy who is fascinated with construction equipment? If so, he should thoroughly enjoy this film, which explains in very simple terms how highways are built and shows lots of cool heavy machinery. All others will find it a dry, boring EB film. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: **. Weirdness: **. Historical Interest: ***. Overall Rating: **.

★ · Hit the highway (far away from this) · Spuzz · 2003-02-17

I found this EB film boring. It's about highways, but what is there that will be earth shattering? The lack of music and unexciting narration made me fall asleep. Only for cement enthusiasts only.

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