Open Road, The
Open Road, The is a short film from 1951 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
On the importance of steel in modern highway construction.
Sequence of various POVs from right-hand front seat of automobile down freeway. Open-hearth steelmaking. Bridge crossing over freeway VS highway construction Old covered bridges Concrete highway patched with asphalt VS steel rolling mill making I-beam I-beams in warehouse Construction of freeway bridge over river Hands pushing down dynamite (explosives) detonator LS dynamite explosion on highway construction site, clouds of dust in air Earthmoving Rebar, bending rebar VS Pouring and smoothing concrete highway Pouring concrete into forms Assembling steel concrete bracing, pouring concrete into forms for highways VS highway construction Scenes at airport with concrete runways -- airplanes taking off and landing, loading freight Steel highway safety railings Nice VS trucks on concrete highway, pan to wire rope barriers on edges
Front seat driving POVs on freeway (probably Pennsylvania Turnpike)| Open Road, The | |
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| Produced by | Princeton Film Center |
Production company | Princeton Film Center |
| Distributed by | Princeton Film Center |
Release date | 1951 |
| Language | English |
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