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- 4 minutes
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Western Electric /World Trade Center · aps-jaw · 2005-12-16
I was exploring the net and found the film clip shot at the World Trade Center. I worked for Western Electric at the Trade Center. I think I'm the Western Electric employee, bending down in the film, working on the ESS frame. What a shock. I remember an industrial film being made at the time. I also remmber being filmed in a couple of the scenes. I worked for Western Electric for about 2 1/2 years until a major lay off. After all these years, seeing the distuction of the Trade Center, I felt a personal loss. I no longer live in NYC but have been back twice to pay my respects, remember the…
★★★★★ · Original Ground Zero · Spuzz · 2005-04-18
Pretty frightening film all about the construction of the WTC. We see the original Ground Zero, the construction of the girders (they look too familiar like the girder that was the unofficial memorial of the disaster), installation of electronic equipment, and finally, the people working there. I doubt the people shown in this movie were still there during the WTC attack.. But still it's a frightening thought. A MUST SEE on this site!
★★★★★ · Extremely emotional · ERD · 2006-04-11
Most Americans watching this film of the construction of the NY World Trade Center will feel a deep sadness remembering its final hours.
★★★★★ · ID for this film · edgertor · 2011-03-16
This film is called 'The Twins' and was produced by Western Electric in 1976. there will be a sound version up on the at&t tech channel site in a few months.
★★★ · raw footage · TheHOODLUM · 2004-06-22
This film was raw footage most likely used to make a film for Western electric or a Bell operating company. Allthough some may find scenes of the trade center being constructed as sad it is still worth looking at. There are several scenes showing the installation of a #1ESS Western Electric central office telephone switch. I never knew there had been a full switch at the WTC until I saw this film.
★★★ · Interesting. · longfade · 2010-07-02
A brief enough walk through some of the major construction phases of the WTC. You can see the SS Rotterdam being ushered into a berth at the beginning. I used to work on that ship. Anyway, another fascinating bit of American history.
