Two animated brains move over a line maze. Two chomping halves of an animated pink brain join together. Text on banners over the brain reads, “Hungry Brain!”

[Upbeat music plays]

A voice says, HUNGRY BRAIN!

White text over the skyline of the city of San Francisco reads, “San Francisco.” White text over land beside the Golden Gate bridge reads, “Sausalito.”

[Slide whistle, upbeat music continues]

An announcer says, CONNECTING
THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
TO SAUSALITO IN CALIFORNIA,
THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
SYMBOLS OF THE UNITED STATES.

A white arrow points to text that reads, “Golden Gate.”

Black text reads, “Here’s the Top on the Golden Gate Bridge.”

The announcer says, HERE'S THE TOP
ON THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE.

NUMBER FOUR, THE MEANING OF ITS NAME.

A yellow number four floats on animated blue water.

[Creaking, ding, clank]

A second announcer says,

THE GOLDEN GATE BEARS ITS NAME
AFTER THE STRAIT THAT IT SPANS.

[Whoosh]

The second announcer continues,
HERE'S A LITTLE NUGGET OF HISTORY,
ITS NAME DATES BACK TO THE NINETEENTH
CENTURY, TIME OF THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH.

The first announcer says,
A LOT OF BRAVE GOLD-DIGGERS
CAME THROUGH HERE
DREAMING OF A BETTER LIFE.

[Slide whistle]

In a photograph, a man holds a nugget.

An animated mouth on the man asks,
WOULD YOU LOOK AT THIS,
IF'N IT AIN'T A GOLDEN NUGGET!
Y'ALL SAID I WAS CRAZY,
BUT I'M RICH! RICH, I TELLS YA!

[Cheering]

A yellow number three floats on animated blue water.

[Ding]

The second announcer says,
NUMBER THREE, ITS ORANGE COLOUR.

Black and white photographs show different stages of construction of the bridge.

[Clicking, , pop, upbeat music plays]

The first announcer says,
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE
BEGAN IN NINETEEN THIRTY-THREE,
AND WAS COMPLETED IN NINETEEN
THIRTY-SEVEN.

The second announcer says,
THEN, THEY HAD TO DECIDE
ON ITS COLOUR.

The first announcer asks,
BLACK, OR GREY?

EVEN YELLOW WITH BLACK
STRIPES WAS SUGGESTED.
MAYBE THEY WANTED TO BE
REMINDED OF THE NEW
YORK TAXICABS.

[Beeping taxicabs]

Both announcers shout,
HEY, I'M WALKIN' HERE!

A black and white photograph shows a man with short white hair. White text reads, “Irving Morrow.”

[Upbeat music continues, beep]

The second announcer says,
IRVING MORROW,
THE ARCHITECT OF THE BRIDGE,
DECIDED OTHERWISE.

THE GOLDEN GATE WAS GOING
TO BE INTERNATIONALLY ORANGE,
A COLOUR THAT WENT WELL WITH
THE SURROUNDING GREEN HILLS,
AND CONTRASTED HARMONIOUSLY
WITH THE BLUE SKY AND OCEAN.

[Popping, plops, ding]

The first announcer says,
PLUS, IT'S PRACTICAL.

ORANGE MAKES THE BRIDGE CLEARLY
VISIBLE TO PLANES AND BOATS,
EVEN WHEN SHROUDED IN MIST.

[Whoosh, airplane engine hums, whooshing, ding]

The first announcer continues,
IN THE EVENING, THE BRIDGE
IS ALSO LIT TO BE MORE VISIBLE.

A yellow number two floats on animated blue water.

[Ding]

[Ship horn honks, boing]

The first announcer says,
NUMBER TWO, TO LET SHIPS PASS.

The second announcer says,
IN ORDER TO MAKE IT EASY FOR SHIPS
TO PASS, THE TWO PILLARS OF THE
BRIDGE WERE BUILT MORE THAN
A KILOMETRE APART.

White text over an arrow between the two pillars reads, “One kilometer.”

[Whoosh, upbeat music continues]

The first announcer says, THE PART OF
THE BRIDGE CALLED THE DECK,
WHICH IS THE CONCRETE STRUCTURE
ON WHICH CARS DRIVE,
IS SUSPENDED FROM TWO HUGE
CABLES MEASURING ALMOST
ONE METRE IN DIAMETER.

White text reads, “One metre.”

[Boings]

[Whooshing, slide whistle]

The second announcer says,
THEY'RE ATTACHED TO TWO
ENORMOUS CONCRETE BLOCKS
ON EITHER BANK, AND IN TURN,
SUSPENDED FROM THE PILLARS.

ONE HUNDRED METAL CABLES CONNECT
THE DECK TO THESE LARGE CABLES.

A yellow number one floats on animated blue water.

[Ding]

The first announcer says,
NUMBER ONE, THE WORLD'S
LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE.

WITH A SPAN OF TWELVE HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY METRES, THE GOLDEN
GATE WAS THE LONGEST
SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN THE WORLD,
RIGHT UP TO NINETEEN SIXTY-FOUR.

Text reads, “Twelve hundred and eighty metres.” “Nineteen sixty-four.”

[Slide whistle, whooshing]

The second announcer says,
TODAY, THE AKASHI KAIKYO
SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN JAPAN
HOLDS THIS TITLE WITH A SPAN
OF ONE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED
AND NINETY-ONE METRES.

White text reads, “Akashi Kaikyo.” “One thousand, nine hundred and ninety-one metres.”

[Whooshing]

The first announcer says,
GOLD RUSH MAY BE OVER,
BUT IF YOU GO TO SAN FRANCISCO,
YOU CAN STILL ENTER
THIS LEGENDARY CITY VIA
THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE.

[Boing]

[Upbeat music continues]

End Credits:
Narration: Helen Moorhouse. Iain O’Connor.
Produced by: Trio Orange.

Trio Orange. Member of the Association Quebécoise de la Production Mediatique.

Logo: AQPM.