Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge (BW, 1930s); complete bridge seen with blimp flying over; Men lay cables and beams for bridge; Empire State Building under construction; American flag raised; inauguration of building; Paramount Building goes up; partially built Empire State Building seen from blocks away; girders stacked, men walk on girder in space.

Spinning clock superimposed over workers coming to factory (1940s BW); Workers clock in. Workers in steel mill, stoke coal.

Welder at work (ships built) (Patriotic song is heard on soundtrack).

1950s color footage of steel mill workers; Welder at work, wide shot of industry along a river, smoke stacks spew smoke. Woman at sewing machines; telephone operators at work.

1950s Color: Row of chefs stir huge pots of soup at Campbell Soup Factory; chickens on assembly line, tomatoes picked, loaded onto truck, placed on conveyor and inspected (all for tomato soup); tomatoes on conveyor belt. INDUSTRY. Industrial Revolution.

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I love these old reels.