Sponsored Films

Bridging San Francisco Bay (1937)
Sponsor: American Bridge Division, United States Steel Corp. Production Co.: Jam Handy Organization. Transfer Note: Scanned from a 16mm print held by the Library of Congress. Running Time: 17 minutes.

Dramatic documentary showing the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. Focusing on the dangerous task of winding the suspension cables, Bridging San Francisco Bay appears to have been shot, for the most part, with a handheld camera from atop scaffolds and towers. Much of the “ground-level” footage was shot by Ken Allen of Hills Bros. Coffee, which had its headquarters near the San Francisco anchorage.

Note: Released in both its original form (35mm, 60 minutes) and the reduction print seen here.

Resources
Educational Film Catalog, comps. Dorothy E. Cook and Eva Rahbek-Smith (New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1939), 168.