New York's Lincoln Building (now known as One Grand Central Place) was built in less than a year. Construction started in early 1929, and the first tenants moved in in February 1930. In June, Movietone's sound cameras visited the construction site.
0:00 The opening shot is looking southeast at Fourth Avenue (Central Park South).
0:08 is looking north and east towards the recently-completed Grand Central Building (now the Helmsley Building).
At 0:59 , workers demonstrate the fine art of rivet tossing. Only the catcher misses it on the first take. Later on, another worker keeps throwing things in front of the camera.
At 2:33 , we see how workers get up to the top of the building and back down again.
VÍDEO CON IMÁGENES DE TERCEROS. SOLO PARA USO EDITORIAL. Sídney (Australia), 1 dic (EFE).- El zoológico Taronga, en la ciudad de Sídney, publicó este jueves imágenes captadas por las cámaras de seguridad mostrando cómo cinco leones cuatro crías y un adulto se escaparon el mes pasado de su jaula, en un incidente que duró unos diez minutos sin que nadie resultara herido. IMÁGENES FACILITADAS POR EL TARONGA CONSERVATION SOCIETY AUSTRALIA.
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