Reply #158: It must be frustrating to remember the documentary and not

[petgoat]

be able to prove it. I know the feeling because I read a lot on the net
and then sometimes I'm not able to find the link when I know I saw
something. The fact that official sites scrub their archives is also
frustrating.

I'd suggest trying ebay and vintage video outfits:


http://cgi.ebay.com/WTC-World-Trade-Center-Construction-Film-1970s-DVD_W0QQitemZ6417947538QQcategoryZ617QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://www.vintagevideostore.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=VVS

How 'bout library collections of videotapes? I bet you can search a
lot of the catalogs online. Maybe somebody at the university library
can help you do a literature search (beyond the collection of the
library) for the video. Science libraries and engineering libraries
specifically might have better search facilities than the general
library. (You might have to pay.)

Documentaries such as Ric Burns's "New York" might have construction
footage.

And documentaries specifically on skyscraper construction might have
some footage. And the engineering libraries might have books on
skyscraper construction that might show pictures, or articles from
the time of construction (that have not been put on the net) that
describe the design.