# PATRIOTIC AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY "IT COULDN'T BE DONE" w/ LEE MARVIN MT. RUSHMORE GOLDEN GATE 57394

This color educational film from the Bell System is a documentary about structures that people didn't think could be built but were (i.e. Mount Rushmore, Golden Gate Bridge, Holland Tunnel). Hosted by Lee Marvin with the 5th Dimension, made in 1970. Animation of a flying building of the future (:08-1:53). Gutzon Borglum sculpts faces of presidents on Mount Rushmore: Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson and Roosevelt (1:54-5:05). Aerial shots of Rushmore. Lincoln Borglum speaks (5:06-6:16). Stone Mountain, Georgia, a tribute to the Confederacy with a sculpture of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson. Roy Faulkner, a sculptor speaks (6:17-7:46). Korczak Ziolkowski, is carving the Crazy Horse Memorial statue (7:47-10:49). Washington, D.C., Washington Monument (10:50-11:53). A bridge built of steel, opened in 1873, the Eads Bridge goes over the Mississippi River. It connects St. Louis, MO to East St. Louis, IL. Brooklyn Bridge in NYC. Different angles of the Brooklyn Bridge, construction (11:54-14:32). Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in NY. Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Old newspaper editorials against building the bridge. Architect Joseph Strauss. Boats go between the two towers (14:33-16:56). Steel beams. Construction footage. The cables are being hoisted, pulled, and set up (16:57-19:23). Building continues. Walter Cathey, speaks about a damaged safety net, 10 men died that one day. Construction continues (19:24-21:04). SMay 1937, the bridge was completed.…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/57394-it-couldnt-be-done-vwr)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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