Massive, majestic, breathtaking – the Sydney Harbour Bridge was the greatest engineering challenge of its day, anywhere on earth.

Completed during the Great Depression, it is the legacy of a fateful partnership between a brilliant engineer and a maverick politician who shared a relentless ambition to create ‘the people's bridge’. The Harbour Bridge not only altered the life of a city forever, but it became a symbol of a bold nation and a changing world. Made to celebrate its 75th anniversary, this is the epic and definitive story behind the building of the bridge and the vision of those who made it happen, despite personal conflicts and political intrigue.

A Film Australia Making History Production in association with Real Pictures. Developed with the assistance of the New South Wales Film and Television Office. Produced with the assistance of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. © National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.