Vintage footage: New York City in late 1960s-early 1970s and WTC construction: NYC in 1960s/NYC in early 1970s

Brooklyn Bridge illuminated with the Manhattan skyline

DOD HANDOUT SHOWING CLEANUP EFFORTS AT GROUND ZERO OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER BY POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS, AND NEW YORK CITY WORKERS. RM071. 00:01:18 FOOTAGE OF THE GROUND ZERO AREA OF NEW YORK SHOWING THE CREW WORKING WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT. 00:3:05 FIRE FIGHTERS / FIREMEN SPRAY WATER HOSE FROM AN EXTENDABLE BUCKET.

Manhattan skyline with iconic towers. Archival 1970s stock footage of New York World Trade Center WTC 1973.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about developments following the bombing of the World Trade Center. This b-roll footage shows the wreckage, people being rescued, and courtroom sketches. This footage was broadcast at 5pm.

14:11:15:08 [Footage of survivors and damage of WTC Attack]---14:10:42 VS people walking on crowded sidewalk, many have umbrellas smoke seen some distance away rising into the sky/ 14:18:41 smoke ...

WTC at magic hour

Good footage of New York harbor during Liberty Week.

NEWSFEED SEPT. 11, 2001, WORLD TRADE CENTER (WTC) TERRORIST ATTACK, 2ND PLANE HITS, TOWERS FALL, PATAKI, GIULIANI, GEORGE W. BUSH; DX - PRESS CONFERENCE, MASSPORT, spokesman for Logan airport, giving emergency numbers out for family lost in WTC; DX - RUDY GIULIANI, NYC mayor talks about saving lives after attack, Gov. Pataki bg, National Guard deployed to protect; DX - GOV. PATAKI NY, speaking after attack no audio on tape giving news briefing, Gov. Pataki and Mayor Giuliani; DX - GOV. PATAKI/MAYOR GIULIANI, regarding the set up of the hospitals in the city, w/audio, people jumping, gaping hole; DX - GOV. PATAKI/MAYOR GIULIANI, new yorkers moved and helped each other, in the immediate aftermath of WTC attack; DX - GOV. PATAKI/MAYOR GIULIANI, regarding suspension of NY primary election, schools open, subways open in 4 burroughs; DX - GOV. PATAKI/MAYOR GIULIANI, approx. 10M people in trade centers during attack, city on state of alert, national guard for relief; DX - GOV. PATAKI/MAYOR GIULIANI, shake hands, the news conference regarding attack WTC over 3:00 PM ET clock in bg; DX - WTC ATTACK, people in street clouds of dust, quick shot of tower with fireball explosion, second plane hits; DX - WTC ATTACK, people on street amongst dust, smoke, moving footage of second plane hitting tower, and explosion, ground shot; DX - WTC ATTACK, twin towers burning, second tower starts to fall, smoke, cu of the towers falling; DX - WTC ATTACK, ground level shots of people fleeing from cloud of smoke, running for their lives, don't use reporter; DX - WTC, BUSH LEARNING OF ATTACK AT BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, explains he cannot speak, sad day for America, 2 planes into WTC terrorism; DX - GEORGE W. BUSH, leads moment of silence for victims of WTC attack at Booker Elementary School, AM 9/11/01, 'God Bless America'; DX - WTC ATTACK ONE TOWER DOWN, 2ND hit tower crumbles to ground, clouds of smoke, debris, and bodies fall, 1st tower burning; DX - WTC ATTACK 1ST HIT TOWER, burning and standing alone on the skyline of NYC; DX - WTC ATTACK 2ND TOWER HIT, moving image of plane and fireball hitting 2nd tower, 1st burns in fg, ball of flame against sky; DX - PENTAGON ATTACK AFTERMATH, burning building smoke filled sky, people standing on perimeter, smoke billows into sky; DX - PENTAGON ATTACK TERRORIST, w/s of pentagon with smoke billowing into the sky, from opposite side of attack; DX - F/S NYSE TICKER STOPPED DAY OF ATTACK, cu of electronic ticker stopped at standstill after terrorist attack; DX - WTC ATTACKED/GROUND SHOTS, pov ground level smoke fills street heads to camera, black cloud, debris papers flying covers camera; DX - WTC ATTACK, INTERVIEWS WITH WORKERS, talks about the people dying in the planes and buildings; DX -INTERVIEW WITH EMT, says worse than Vietnam, don't use because of reporter, says many people in buildings; DX - WTC ATTACK, 2ND TOWER DOWN, 1st hit but second to fall WTC tower collapses in cloud of smoke and debris; DX - WTC ATTACK, BOTH TOWERS DOWN, city filled with smoke and debris, skyline forever changed, waves of smoke roll over city; DX - TED KENNEDY/LAURA BUSH, 'hearts and prayers to victims of act of terrorism and the rescue workers'; DX - CHRYRON THE NYSE OPENING BELL WE BE DELAYED 9/11/01 ;DX - SEN. LIEBERMAN, 'prayers and gratitude with rescue workers, spirit is unified and resilient, we are functioning'; DX -SEN. LIEBERMAN, WTC ATTACK, REPEAT OF ABOVE PRESS CONFERENCE SPEECH OF SEN. LIBERMAN; DX - GEORGE W. BUSH, 'MAKE NO MISTAKE THE US WILL HUNT DOWN AND PUNISH THESE FACELESS COWARDS'; DX - PENTAGON AFTER ATTACK, water being poured onto Pentagon, w/s of smoking pentagon building; DX - OTHER US ATTACKS, w/s of NYC smokey skyline, int. of rescue workers trying to evacuate people from buildings, roofs, etc; DX - EMBASSY BOMBING/ARCHIVAL, rescue workers in Africa remove injured from debris bombing of US embassy; ** DO NOT USE STAND-UP REPORTERS, NOT TALENT CLEARED **

Aerial view of the original World Trade Center twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA.

More beautiful helicopter aerial footage of New York City at night, from the early 1990's. Camera circles around the WTC. Shot on 16mm neg, from a continuous six minute take.

WORLD TRADE CENTER VIEW

New York Manhattan skyline silhouettes against the sun with iconic World Trade Center WTC 1973 to 2001 towers. Archival footage of 1970s.

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WTC (World Trade Center) and City Hall

NEWS: SEPT. 10-12, 2002, GROUND ZERO, WTC MEMORIALS, US FLAGS. 9-11 WTC ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL CEREMONIES. FLOODING ; DX Fat kid runs from big wave on beach. Rainy street. Low flooding. Ocean taking over beach ; DX VAR Big production: Jewel sings national anthem. NYC: Rockefeller Center sign. 'Faces of Ground Zero' photo exhibit ; DX NEW YORK: HS empty Ground Zero. VAR Cops preparing. South Asian military guard. Anti-aircraft missile battery. Bush speaking ; DX US: (9/11/01 anniversary) FLAG: Flying flag. Raising flag. Coffin comes off plane. Flag on side of house. VAR other US flags ; DX US: ALERT: Graphic of security alert. Peds on sidewalk. Bulldozer. Bush speaking. Guards in front of Golden Gate ; DX CONT'D: Crowd of Arabs. Humvee w/ anti-aircraft missiles ; DX SPORTS: BASEBALL: Seattle Mariners vs. Texas Rangers ; DX SPORTS: BASEBALL: New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves ; DX CALIFORNIA: Highway Patrolman outside State Capitol bldg. Security checkpoint inside ; DX CALIFORNIA: Gov. Davis giving speech ; DX SPORTS: Press conf w/ Chris Webber of Sacramento Kings. Some basketball footage ; DX US: Cars go thru military checkpoint. Interview. EST 'McChord Air Force Base'. EST' Child care center' ; DX US: Muslim men praying outside courthouse. Protesting; DX US: FBI SEARCH: FBI entering house. EST Suburban house ; DX Full military dress group of soldiers marching in 9-11 parade. VAR peds marching w/ US Flags; DX Crowd of peds going down steps. Crowd around circle at WTC ground zero. Crying peds. Memorial speeches. George and Laura Bush ; DX Peds lighting candle Off of 'eternal flame' ; DX Crowd of crying peds-VAR. Speeches. Memorial ceremony in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Fighter jets fly over ; DX Geo. W. Bush and wife lead prayer. Firefighters fighting Pentagon fire. Pentagon memorial ceremony. Bush gives speech. VAR crying peds ; DX SPORTS: BASEBALL: Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Yankees. 9-11 Memorial Ceremony ; DX SPORTS: BASEBALL: Seattle Mariners vs.Texas Rangers ; DX SPORTS: BASKETBALL: Toronto vs. Detroit ; DX SPORTS: BASEBALL: Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Yankees ; DX US: Capitol bldg w/ flower in FG. VAR grasses. Weather girl. Tractor pull. Family sits down to dinner ; DX SEATTLE: VAR INT Fire station, readying to leave in trucks. Trucks leave. Help old woman to a stretcher. Firefighters at WTC ; DX US: BUSH AT UN: Bush walking down hallway, talking. Sitting on stage, gets up to address UN. Saddam. CU Iraq ambassador ; DX CONT'D: Bush and Kofi Annan photo op. Kofi giving speech. Troops in desert. Case Report on Iraq Military ; DX US: Interviews near Capitol Bldg ; DX CALIFORNIA: State Trooper press conference ; DX US: VAR Construction vehicles, lifting and moving at a port. Command tower of aircraft carrier. F-14 on deck ; DX US: Aerial of farmland cut to say 'South 47 Farm' ; DX US: Aerials of marshland, flooded small town. Cars trying to get thru flooded streets ; DX US: JANET RENO: Press conference w/ Reno and VAR members of campaign

A view of people walking inside the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in May, 2017.

More beautiful helicopter aerial footage of New York City at night, from the early 1990's. Camera heads off of WTC and onto lit 40 Wall Street building. Shot on 16mm neg, from a continuous six minute take.

WTC CLEANUP.

WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACK

WORLD CUP 1994. (MOS) 01:00:00 soccer montage, opening titles, lots of quick editing of U.S. scenes, another title, host comes on and speaks in front of map, B&W archival stills of men playing soccer, Statue of Liberty (SOL), downtown Manhattan (WTC visible), Ellis Island, old Ellis Island stills, 01:04:32 soccer game at "Metropolitan Oval" adult men playing soccer, more B&W stills of soccer being played at the Metropolitan Oval, map of US, highlights NYC, NYC shots (WTC visible), Giants Stadium, the Meadowlands sign, crowd at the Meadowlands (night and day), CU pan empty seats in stadium, pan empty Giants Stadium, footage of 1970s/80s soccer games at Giants stadium, 1970-80s crowd, people interviewed in parking lot, aerials of NYC (some WTC), Central Park, Times Square, tilt and swirl into Empire State Building; 01:09:21 US map zoom into Chicago, aerial Soldier Field, soccer being played at Soldier Field, lots of quick pans of Chicago, an El train, fountains, "Pizzeria Uno", woman puts on purse and pushes open doors dramatically, goes out into night, int. club "Kingston Mines", blues band, old black men playing guitar, singing, nightlife, etc., large black woman singing into microphone, points, POV driving in Chicago, 01:14:00 Miami aerials, stadium aerials, Disneyworld (quick), Seaworld (quick), and again Seaworld montage, 01:16:30 quick Capitol aerial, stadium aerial, lots of drive-bys in DC, capitol, white house, Washington monument, people at a soccer game, 01:20:00 zoom in on Detroit, interior stadium (indoor stadium), laying Astroturf down, Hydrofoil racing, downtown Detroit, cars, old cars, car museum, horse-drawn carriage, Ford Motor Company, Motown Museum, three young black girls singing in recording studio (MOS), 01:25:00 Boston, downtown Boston, aerial Boston, Paddy O'Rourke's Pub, Boston Stadium, POV driving thru Boston, Charles River, Bunker Hill monument, nice lighthouse aerial, nice small town New England aerial, (more of that stupid b/w Plymouth Rock recreation footage that's on another tape), POV driving down upscale Boston street, the T, exterior cotton mill, b/w archival soccer game.

This color educational film from the Bell System is a documentary about structures that people didn't think could be built but were (i.e. Mount Rushmore, Golden Gate Bridge, Holland Tunnel). Hosted by Lee Marvin with the 5th Dimension, made in 1970. <p><p> Animation of a flying building of the future (:08-1:53). Gutzon Borglum sculpts faces of presidents on Mount Rushmore: Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson and Roosevelt (1:54-5:05). Aerial shots of Rushmore. Lincoln Borglum speaks (5:06-6:16). Stone Mountain, Georgia, a tribute to the Confederacy with a sculpture of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson. Roy Faulkner, a sculptor speaks (6:17-7:46). Korczak Ziolkowski, is carving the Crazy Horse Memorial statue (7:47-10:49). Washington, D.C., Washington Monument (10:50-11:53). A bridge built of steel, opened in 1873, the Eads Bridge goes over the Mississippi River. It connects St. Louis, MO to East St. Louis, IL. Brooklyn Bridge in NYC. Different angles of the Brooklyn Bridge, construction (11:54-14:32). Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in NY. Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Old newspaper editorials against building the bridge. Architect Joseph Strauss. Boats go between the two towers (14:33-16:56). Steel beams. Construction footage. The cables are being hoisted, pulled, and set up (16:57-19:23). Building continues. Walter Cathey, speaks about a damaged safety net, 10 men died that one day. Construction continues (19:24-21:04). May 1937, the bridge was completed. Traffic goes over the bridge. The 5th Dimension (21:05-24:22). A person dials telephone. Kitty Hawk, NC. Beach. Wright Bros Museum. Footage of the Wright Brothers (24:23-25:23). Erie Canal construction photographs. Train on a bridge. Sierra Nevada railroad. Chinese immigrants used pick and shovel to help build. Workers celebrate. Construction of the Panama Canal in 1903. General Glen Edgerton who worked on the project speaks. Men move dirt, logs, construction is underway. Aerial shot of the locks. Congressman Maurice Thatcher speaks. Ships go through the canal (25:24-30:28). Hoover Dam construction (30:29-32:52). 90 men died. After six years, the Dam was completed(32:53-35:13). St. Louis, MO. Busch Stadium, buildings of the Gateway Arch (35:14-36:17). Ole Singstad speaks on the building of Holland Tunnel to connect NY/NJ (36:18-37:40). Empire State Building. In 1945, a plane hit the building but there was no major structural damage. The highway system of the U.S. A 1942 construction job posting for the Alaska Highway. Dr. T.Y. Lin wants to build a bridge that will connect the U.S. to Russia (37:41-40:30). Dr. Lin speaks about the project. A sketch of the bridge. The World Trade Center model. Aerial shot of what NYC will look like from WTC. Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Headquarters in Connecticut. Mackinac Bridge in Michigan (40:31-42:08). Green Bank Radio Astronomy Antenna in West Virginia. The Tanker "Manhattan" in the Northwest Passage. Chicago's Marina Towers, Nasa Launch Complex in Florida. Watts Towers in Los Angeles, CA. John Hancock Building in Chicago, IL. Washington Monument Dworshak Dam in Washington State. Newport Bridge in Rhode Island. U.S. Steel Building in PA. Wyoming's Mt. Glory Arch Bridge. Johnson Wax Headquarters in Wisconsin. Boeing 747 Factory Building in Washington. New Orleans Superdome. Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. Dulles Int'l Airport. Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minnesota. Westinghouse Headquarters in PA. Rio Grande Gorge Bridge in NM. Gulf Life Tower in Florida. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Wisconsin. Ohio River Clear Streams Project. Mobile River Highway Tunnel in AL. Westinghouse Desalinization Plant in FL. Gary Master Plan in Indiana. Gulf Oil's Big Brutus Crane. Knights of Columbus Headquarters in CT (42:09-44:17). A rotary phone is dialed. Mount Washington, NH. Bell rings, the Cog Railway (44:18-45:18). Animation of decades going forward. Men hammer, use lasers. A harbor in Alaska. Nuclear explosion in reverse. People live in caves. Floating city in Baltimore Harbor. A snowman. Prefabricated housing. Getting rid of pollution. Concorde. Ford autos. Rocket launches. Hovercraft (45:19-47:18). Buckminster Fuller, an American architect, author, designer, inventor, and futurist, speaks. Floating city designs. Hurricane image (47:19-49:04). Lindbergh's son, Jon, speaks about living underwater. Sketches of underwater cities. Outer space (49:05-50:30). Boston, MA 1876, Alexander Graham Bell, the first telephones and operators. Pioneers. Images of people talking on the phone. Records and movies. Images of 1920s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s. A rocket is launched. The price of phone calls has gone down since 1876 until now. Different telephones through the years. Lee Marvin wraps up the show (50:31-53:00). Apollo astronauts, Neil Armstrong lands on the moon. Man on the moon. Hoover Dam. Golden Gate bridge. Lee Marvin speaks. The 5th Dimension sings (53:01-56:59). End credits (57:00-58:17).