Click to subscribe! http://bit.ly/subAIRBOYD The most viewed aviation channel on YouTube. Great footage from 1930s of the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in every phase of construction. Stock shots of completed bridge; informative narration; explanative illustrations illuminate bridges dimensions and other structural aspects of design. 05:01:00:13 VS statue of Joseph Strauss, Chief Engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge in front of Golden Gate Bridge. 05:02:22:26 Graphic illustration in red and white of San Francisco Bay area animated to highlight San Francisco, Marin and the Golden Gate passage. Narration explains necessity for the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge. 05:02:59:10 Illustration animated to highlight dimensions of the Golden Gate Bridge. Center span tower to tower 4200 feet. Side-spans each 1125 feet. Roadway 250 above water. 05:06:42:18 Pan up rendering of single Golden Gate Bridge Tower; arrows indicated dimension of tower. 05:07:57:23 VS craning in large steel sections of the Golden Gate bridge off boat in San Francisco Bay. 05:26:10:08 Pan down from north tower of Golden Gate Bridge to view down empty newly completed bridge; fade in spinning newspaper to CU San Francisco Chronicle headlines "100,000 Cross Span", "Gateway to An Empire", Pedestrians Jam Structure from Morning to Night." 05:26:24:29 VS Golden Gate Bridge inauguration and ceremonial first crossing. Video Credit - Prelinger Archives - Bethlehem Steel #AIRBOYD #AvGeek