1336 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. Building A Bridge Spuzz 2003-02-16 21:44:14 2003-02-16 21:44:14 3 6088 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: **. Bridging San Francisco Bay Christine Hennig 2003-09-10 20:34:30 2003-09-10 20:34:30 2 13458 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. Walking on the cyclone fence Steve Nordby 2004-05-20 20:20:53 2004-05-20 20:20:53 4 in reply to spuzz review "foolish men" osha was not established at that time the were brave men who where trying to make a living in hard times.i guess you dont understand the meaning "WORKING FOR A LIVING" OR EARNING YOUR KEEP. this is a great learning video on making a dream come true. true craftmenship-it withstood earthquakes,highwinds,and what ever else mother nature and father time could give- about a dozen men gave their life to build this dream. building the bridge 5 Dragon05701 2006-06-23 16:36:49 2006-06-23 16:36:49 Dragon05701 - If their work ethic would lead them to die on the job (12 workers killed by your account) I would have to agree with spuzz, they were very foolish. Work ethic 2 jonc 2006-11-08 02:05:08 2006-11-08 02:05:08 You either did dangerous/hard work or your family starved.....US Labor Unions were in their infancy. There were men waiting in line to replace any worker who perished or quit. So, if you didn't do "foolish" work, they'd fire you're yellow-behind and find a "better" worker. Different times people. Pray you never face such choices. Yeah...1937. high flow 2008-07-06 22:37:26 2008-06-24 22:55:55 4 I came over with a queezy feeling in my stomach just watching those men clambering about on the superstructure!It must have been a huge boost to industry in those troubles times. I don't like heights!! buttonman 2008-07-19 14:15:28 2008-07-19 14:15:28 3 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. Bridges from USS antolintinez 2009-08-29 13:06:42 2009-08-29 13:06:42 5 8 3.50