Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Dating to 1956, this film shows a visit to America by the Birmingham, U.K. Public Works Committee to various cities including Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and New York. The film looks at major infrastructure projects including rooftop parking, mechanized garages, rapid transit, highway developments,, and traffic solutions. The committee noted the challenges of traffic congestion, the importance of well-planned car parking, and the growing role of rapid transit in easing urban traffic. 00:00 – Delegation's journey begins; flight to Chicago via Iceland, Montreal, and New York. 1:01 – Chicago described: population, location on Lake Michigan. 1:11 – View from Board of Trade Building; tallest in Chicago. 1:23 – Urban car parking seen on rooftops and open spaces. 1:35 – Mechanized garage in LaSalle Street for 650 cars. 1:46 – Courtesy car run by city, mentioned in report. 2:04 – Wacker Drive parking facility with steel cable barriers. 2:14 – Congress Street Expressway and segregated rapid transit system under construction. 2:46 – Red concrete approach roads to expressway; incomplete sections. 3:11 – Two-level Wacker Drive with ramps to lower roads; ramp design criticism. 3:45 – Parking facilities shown; transition to Pittsburgh. 3:55 – Pittsburgh: population and urban landscape. 4:06 – Garage with circular ramps for 820 cars; Allies garage praised. 4:26 – Delegation views civic center and Cathedral of Learning. 4:42 – Golden Triangle and two-level road seen from Mount Washington. 5:02 – Pittsburgh’s modern skyline and Alcoa aluminium building. 5:25 – Two-level waterfront road with central ramps; underpass issues noted. 5:42 – Squirrel Hill Tunnel: 4,400 ft long, cost £9 million. 6:05 – Animated steak sign advertisement; contrasts with UK planning regulations. 6:22 – Washington: Pentagon and Lincoln Memorial shown. 6:56 – 16-story mechanical garage parks 72 cars via button control. 7:13 – Suburban shopping site with free parking for over 600 cars. 7:37 – Washington’s "gyrator islands" and traffic underpasses. 8:06 – View of Scott Circle and underpass. 8:59 – Dupont Circle underpass for trams and vehicles. 9:22 – Cloverleaf junctions and comparison with Washington traffic islands. 9:48 – Double island junctions and signalized minor road access. 10:08 – Pedestrian signals are well-observed. 10:20 – Philadelphia: electric transit modernization and bridge over Delaware. 10:48 – Elevated line being replaced by underground transit. 11:02 – Broad Street subway terminus with car park and planned expansion. 11:47 – Arrival in New York; views of Rockefeller Center and Empire State Building. 12:02 – New York's dense traffic and gridiron street layout. 12:52 – Parkway link road to Brooklyn Bridge; private-car-only usage. 13:38 – Shore Parkway section with timber lamp columns and emergency bays. 14:18 – Elevated highway vs. sunk road designs near Brooklyn Bridge. 15:03 – Congress Street Expressway in Chicago compared to sunken road types. 15:22 – Brooklyn Bridge: history, dimensions, and comparison to proposed new bridge. 16:08 – Crossing Brooklyn Bridge; new steel approach ramps seen. 16:33 – Approaching Westside Highway and delays from traffic lights. 17:01 – Henry Hudson Parkway and its poor center ramp design. 17:11 – George Washington Bridge: capacity, expansion plans, cost. 18:08 – Junction to George Washington Bridge; ramp connections. 18:30 – Carriageway design with reversible middle lanes. 18:51 – Port Authority Bus Terminal: ramp and parking features. 19:02 – Heated ramps for snow prevention; 5,000 daily bus movements. 19:35 – Roof car parking via ramp. 19:49 – Departure from New York via RMS IIA. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com --- Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhVfWTQjq-Q Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm)