World Trade Center Construction Footage

Season 16

This film (1983) features original footage of the towers under construction.

How did they do it? Find out in this eighteen-minute film, Building the World Trade Center, produced by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 1983 with original footage of the towers under construction.

AIR DATE 9/7/04

Camilo Jose Vergara, Photographer

Camilo Jose Vergara, Photographer

Ed Koch, New York City Mayor, 1978-1989

Ed Koch, New York City Mayor, 1978-1989

Leslie Robertson, Engineer

Leslie Robertson, Engineer

Mike Wallace, Historian

Mike Wallace, Historian

Chapter 1 | Emma Goldman

Chapter 1 | Emma Goldman

The Design of the Twin Towers

The Design of the Twin Towers

Safety Precautions

Safety Precautions

Prefabrication for the Twin Towers

Prefabrication for the Twin Towers

Engineering for High Winds

Engineering for High Winds

Construction of the World Trade Center

Construction of the World Trade Center

James Baldwin from "The Negro and the American Promise"

James Baldwin from "The Negro and the American Promise"

Introduction to "The Negro and the American Promise"

Introduction to "The Negro and the American Promise"

Malcolm X on "The Negro and the American Promise"

Malcolm X on "The Negro and the American Promise"

Martin Luther King on "The Negro and the American Promise"

Martin Luther King on "The Negro and the American Promise"

Emma Goldman and Opposition to the First World War

Emma Goldman and Opposition to the First World War

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