COVERED BRIDGES -1975
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Channel: Historic Films Stock Footage Archive · 2013 · Education
For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) ZOOM OUT HUGE SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN CITY, WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC BACK & FORTH. ZOOM IN LONG RED COVERED BRIDGE, SPANNING SNOW-COVERED LAKE IN PICTURESQUE NEW ENGLAND COUNTRY. 01:04:47 OLD COVERED BRIDGE IN DISREPAIR SPANNING SMALL BROOK. PAN OF CEILING BEAMS INSIDE BRIDGE AS SEEN FROM VEHICLE RIDING ACROSS. OUTSIDE SCENERY AS SEEN THROUGH MISSING BRIDGE SLATS AS CAR RIDES ACROSS. 01:05:13 ZOOM OUT BIDELL BRIDGE, SECOND LONGEST COVERED BRIDGE IN AMERICA CROSSES CONNECTICUT RIVER, SHOWS YEARS OF NEGLECT AND DISREPAIR. DRAWING OF BIDELL BRIDGE SHOWS HOW STRUCTURE SAGGED BADLY, FROM YEARS OF FLOODS, WINDS. 01:05:43 LS PICTURESQUE TOWN HALL OF HAVERHILL WITH SNOW ON GROUND. TOWN TOOK ACTION WHEN STATE ORDERED BRIDGE DISMANTLED. CU DRAWINGS OF HAND MADE JOINTS IN BRIDGE. FORGOTTEN CRAFT WHICH HAD TO BE DUPLICATED. 01:06:14 ARNOLD GRAYTON AND SON CUT HUGE OLD WOOD BEAM BY HAND USING LUMBERMAN'S SAW. ELDERLY GRAYTON, CRAFTSMAN WHO HASN'T FORGOTTEN HOW IT WAS DONE, MAKES LIVING REPAIRING OLD WOODEN BRIDGES. HE NARRATES AS HE WORKS. CU ARNOLD MARKS WITH PENCIL, FOR NEXT CUT. 01:07:02 MS SON USES RADIAL ARM SAW TO MAKE SEVERAL CUTS INTO THICK BEAM TO FORM JOINT. HE USES CHISEL WHICH WAS USED ON ORIGINAL BRIDGE A CENTURY AGO. 01:08:09 SON STANDS ON HUGE WOOD BEAM, USES IT AS RAFT TO SLIDE ACROSS ICE COVERED LAKE, USING CROW BAR TO PUSH HIMSELF ALONG. ONCE UNDER BRIDGE, HE TIES ROPE TO BEAM, HE AND BROTHER LIFTS IT IN PLACE USING CAR JACK, CRUDE BOOM TO LIFT BEAM. CU FATHER WATCHES CLOSELY. LS OF REPAIRED BRIDGE.
