Road Of Tomorrow, The (Reel I Only)

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Shows planning and construction of Pennsylvania Turnpike.; 00:01:01:10 CU newspaper headline “Pennsylvania Turnpike Open”; 00:01:55:19 1940s cars and trucks on Lincoln Highway between Harrisburg and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.; 00:03:03:17 Three engineers look at blueprints for the Pennsylvania Turnpike, aerial-like shot over miniature model of the turnpike, VS construction of Pennsylvania turnpike.; 00:04:51:07 CU man pushes down lever connected to dynamite fuse box, huge explosion, construction shovels digging, trucks moving dirt, VS construction of turnpike, VS workers digging underground tunnel, paving the turnpike.