Golden Gate Bridge
2004 · 60 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · DIR. Ben Loeterman
Overview
This program tells the story of a hustler and self-promoter, a man who had never designed or overseen the building of a suspension bridge. Joseph Strauss spent thirteen years wrangling with politicians, arguing over designs and fighting lawsuits from opponents before he was able to break ground. By completion, Strauss, his designers and his construction crews had built what has since been called one of the "Seven Wonders of the Modern World."
Dialogue Timeline — 943 lines
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00:00:02 NARRATOR: For years, San Franciscans had watched it rise miraculously
00:03:12 The foundation also seeks
00:05:43 for another 18 months,
00:08:00 all the way to the north edge of town and beyond.
00:10:12 and then toward the mile-wide gap called the Golden Gate.
00:12:10 all over the world.
00:14:29 And Del Norte County had no people, you might say.
00:16:43 Ellis was in every way Strauss's opposite.
00:19:00 It came as what the French call a coup de foudre,
00:21:23 of bridge towers with stunning Art Deco detail
00:23:44 The good news was
00:26:12 as the designing engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge
00:28:32 Giannini thought for a moment
00:30:39 "Yeah, I was born an ironworker.
00:32:50 He had cleared every hurdle, but at a cost to his own health.
00:35:16 Satisfied the towers would stand,
00:37:29 You had to be extremely careful when you were up high
00:39:28 KETCHUM: The cable system is really the lifeline
00:41:56 Joseph Strauss made a rare public pronouncement.
00:44:13 DILLON: He didn't know it at the time, but there was an opposite one
00:46:33 and was able somehow, using extraordinary effort,
00:49:15 and a gorgeous purple cowboy shirt...
00:51:27 He believed that, or he needed to convince himself.
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Dialogue Record
Lines indexed943
Dialogue density15.7 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line00:54:50
Production Record
DirectorBen Loeterman
LanguageEnglish
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