Chrysler Building Construction-ll
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Bergman, Harry M.
label: Collection Creator
content: Kahn family
label: Collection Creator
content: Kahn, Kimberly
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content: Kahn Family Film Collection
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content: Kahn Family Film Collection / Series 1: Godwin Construction Company
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1929-1930
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: 750f, 16mm, b&w, silent, camera original reversal; a compilation reel of amateur shot film detailing the construction of the foundations for the Chrysler Building in downtown Manhattan, New York City by the Godwin Construction Co. consisting of: 

 1. 100f., construction site, excavated pit with wooden supports, machinery, work progressing. 

 2. 125f., dated March 7, 1929. The construction site with shots of supports, men working, etc. 

 3. 100f., continued view of construction excavation and foundation construction, showing an extensive system of wooden supports. 

 4. 300f., dated April 1930. Some wonderful footage of the New York skyline, Manhattan, the Brooklyn Bridge from the upper floors of the Chrysler Building. The ending are various shots of the men and women involved with the building project. 

 5. 125f., edge code denotes a date of ca. 1932, very dark, man and woman in room at start, exterior shots of the finished Chrysler Building, last part of the reel features children putting on a show.