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The jaws of a machine squeeze the cable

Name: The jaws of a machine squeeze the cable
Uploaded: 2026-08-31T02:08:47.838Z
Duration: 1 min 6 s
Description: Against the great round bundle of parallel wires that forms the main cable, the heavy steel levers and jaws of a machine press inward; a worker in a hard hat and gloves reaches in beside a chain and a clamp, and a strap holds the wires together. Hydraulic jacks squeezed the 61 strands of each cable into a compact round section.

Against the great round bundle of parallel wires that forms the main cable, the heavy steel levers and jaws of a machine press inward; a worker in a hard hat and gloves reaches in beside a chain and a clamp, and a strap holds the wires together. Hydraulic jacks squeezed the 61 strands of each cable into a compact round section.

Period: c. 1936–1937
Credit: US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

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Clip name: HFE003755
Length: 1' 06"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 25 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 1,528,914,628 bytes

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