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F.I.L.M Archives
TRAVEL-NEW YORK; 1930S/1940S
SHORT
2008B
See Shot
15:00:48:00 NEW YORK THE WONDER CITY (CUT DOWN) Statue of Liberty, dressed with banners, Close shot of head and arm, Aerial view of New York, Street sign for Broadway and Bowling Green, Shots of tall buildings, Wall Street, Ticker tape parade, Street sign for Wall Street, Trinity Church, Statue of Washington in front of Federal Building, New York Stock Exchange, wipe to exchange floor, Shots of tall buildings, City Hall, Woolworth building, Brooklyn Bridge, The Bowery, under elevated subway, Shots of stores and hotels along the Bowery, Merchants on streets of lower east side, Street sign for Mott Street, Chinese parade, Sign for Washington Square, Arch in Washington Square Park, Kids play in fountain in Washington Square Park, Mews off of Washington Square, People enter church. Wipe over hand puts ring on finger,15:04:37:00,CONEY ISLAND 1930S-EARLY 1940S, People on boardwalk, People ride hand pushed cart on boardwalk, People on beach, Kids play in surf, Stores along boardwalk, Signs for arcades and stores along boardwalk, Various rides. Howard Johnson. Frozen custard. Wax museum, Man sells tickets for parachute ride, Parachute ride in action, Wonder Wheel in action, Cyclone in action, View from cyclone,15:07:02:00,THE BRONX ZOO 1930S, Sign for New York zoological park, People ride tour tram, Pelican, Giant turtles, Seal in tank, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, People feed elephant, Gazelles, Fox, Kids look at camel, Girl buys ticket for children's zoo, Guinea pigs, Kids climb Noah's arch in children's zoo, Monkeys in cages. Monkey Island sign, Tiger in cage, Leopards in cage, Lion in cage,15:09:39:00,EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 1940S, Various skyline views of Empire State Building, Pan up Empire State Building, More shots of building, Doorman in lobby, People board elevator, People look out from observatory, Views from observatory (Radio City, 5th Avenue, Hudson and East Rivers), View from Empire State at night, Pennsylvania Station, Street sign for 34th Street, Empire State Building, pan down, Aerial view of Empire State. Chrysler Building, Street sign for 42nd Street, Crowds cross 42nd Street at 5th Avenue, New York Public Library, Man feeds pigeons, Park Avenue, Street sign for 50th Street, St. Patrick's Cathedral. High view from Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick's crowds on Easter morning, People ride in coach, Street sign for Rockefeller Plaza, Shots of Rockefeller Center. 30 Rockefeller, Rockettess rehearse on roof (wear bikini-type outfits), Statue of Prometheus at Rockefeller Plaza, People ice skate in Central Park. Dakota in background (nice), Man feeds ducks in park, Views of buildings from Central Park and park, Shots of Museum of Natural History, Animal dioramas on display in museum, Domed building at Columbia University, Aerial views of Riverside Drive including Grant's Tomb, Rockefeller Church,, 79th Street Boat Basin, Grant's Tomb, Riverside (Rockefeller Church), Street sign for 135th Street and Lenox Avenue, Blacks in streets of Harlem, Black cop directs traffic, Title card proclaims Harlem!, Black kids dance in street, Black kid eats watermelon, Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn, Shot of Statue of Liberty from ferry, New York skyline from ferry, Wall Street, Shots of EL on the Bowery, Street sign for Pell Street, Chinese in Chinatown (nice different footage), Pan up Chrysler and Empire State Buildings, Empire State Building, View from Empire State, Pan up Woolworth building, Pan down Chrysler to Third Avenue EL, View from Third Avenue EL, Pan down to Times Square, People cross street. Crowds of feet, Subway Kiosk, Monument in Washington Square, Artist draws in street. Greenwich Village, Artist draws woman modeling for pin-up, New York Municipal Airport. Plane takes off, Aerial view of George Washington Bridge, George Washington Bridge before second level was built, Street sign for 42nd Street Times Square, Times Square, Times Square lighted at night, Sign for Paradise Club at night, Chorus line of dancing girls, Montage of neon signs and night club acts (El Morocco, Stork Club), Showgirls mug for camera in racy outfits, New York at night. Various views, Brooklyn Bridge at night. Skyline
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