Amazing Restored Footage Showing the Construction of the Empire State Building in 1930

Film editor Rick88888888 restored incredibly rare historical footage that shows the construction of the iconic Empire State Building in New York City, which began in 1930. This amazing film was made up of a compilation from different sources and was completely motion-stabilized, speed-corrected, enhanced, and colorized using Artificial Intelligence software.

This film is a compilation of restored, enhanced & colorized film footage involving the construction of the Empire State Building (ESB) in New York nearly a century ago. It shows how the base of the building is laid, how all parts are produced in nearby steel works, how steel parts are riveted together, the dangers of working at such high construction altitudes and the completion of the ESB.

Lori Dorn
Lori Dorn

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