Specialty CollectionGenre: BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION
Description: DESCRIBES THE PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING IN DALLAS, TEXAS. FOCUSING ON THE ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS INVOLVED. A BUNCH OF BUSINESS MEN STAND AROUND AND WATCH A WRECKING BALL DEMOLISH A BUILDING TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW BUILDING TO BE BUILT. AERIAL OF CITY. DALLAS? MODERN BUILDINGS. TWA TERMINAL AT JFK AIRPORT. TWO MEN SIT ON PARK BENCH. MODERN FUTURISTIC CHURCH BUILDING. CONSTRUCTION WORKER ON WALKIE TALKIE. CRANE OPERATOR. SMASHING WALLS DOWN. SKYSCRAPERS. OFFICE BUILDINGS. SHINY GLASS AND METAL. CONTEMPORARY HIGH RISE BUILDING. TOM STANLEY. GEORGE DAHL. JOHN DUNLAP, BANKER, AT DESK TALKS TO CAMERA. HIGH ANGLE DOWN ON CITY STREET. UNROLLS MAP. CARS ON HIGHWAY, IN DALLAS. DRIVER OF CAR DRIVING UNDER OVERPASS. CARS DRIVE IN TRAFFIC ON CITY STREET. DRIVE IN, DRIVE-UP TELLER. TRAFFIC JAM. UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE. COMMITTEE MEETING. BOARD MEETING. COUNTING MONEY. VERY CROWDED STAIRWAY. ESCALATOR. CU FEET ON STAIRS. OVERCROWDING. ELEVATORS. HUGE ACCOUNTING MACHINES. FAT CAT SMOKES CIGAR. MEN LOOK AT PLANS, BLUEPRINTS. MAN THINKING. HILLSIDE. HOUSE ON HILL. THE UNITED NATIONS BUILDING. ROCKEFELLER CENTER. HUGE WAREHOUSE. AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING BUILDING MATERIALS. CARGO CRATES. GLASS WINDOWS. WORKING LATE AT NIGHT. MAN SKETCHES. MANY ARCHITECTS WORK IN LARGE ART TOWER. MAN ON CITY SIDEWALK. SHOPS, OLD, DECAYING BUILDING. LOOKS UP. SURVEY MACHINES PUTTING CARDS INTO MACHINE. INTERIOR OF BANK. IN BOILER ROOMS. DRAFTING TOOLS. BIG WIGS. MAN PRESENTS DESIGN TO PEOPLE. 1961 HURRICANE CARLA. PALM TREES IN HURRICANE. GLASS TESTING. BUILDING. CEMENT. CU SLIDE RULE. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM.
