06/07/71 A0063289 - C0018691 / COLOR NEW YORK CITY: NEW YORK CITY BRIDGES:
06/07/71 A0063289 - C0018691 / COLOR
NEW YORK CITY: NEW YORK CITY BRIDGES:
NXC 44646 "NEW YORK BRIDGES" SHOWS: WILLIS AVENUE BRIDGE OVER HARLEM RIVER IN CLOSES POSITION: PAN 145TH ST BRIDGE (CLOSED) TO MCCOMBS DAM BRIDGE (OPEN): MAJOR DEEGAN EXPRESSWAY WITH LIGHT TRAFFIC: MCCOMBS DAM BRIDGE: PAN FROM TRIBORO BRIDGE TO WILLIS AVENUE BRIDGE:
(SHOT 6/7/71 31FT)
BRIDGES - NEW YORK , NEW YORK (SS) DRAW BRIDGES
STRIKES - NEW YORK , NEW YORK - CITY EMPLOYEES
STRIKES - NEW YORK , NEW YORK - BRIDGES
HELMUTH / 31 FT / 16 COL / POS / D33277
31 FT / 16 DUPE / NEG
100 FT / 16 COL / POS / CUTS /
Documentary about geography, large river bridges and skyscrapers such as Woolworth building of New York City in 1920s.
Documentary about geography of New York. Slate indicates New York has the largest bridges in the world. Views of the Brooklyn Bridge. Cargo liners below the bridge and crossing the bridge. The Manhattan Bridge and skyscrapers of Manhattan, New York City behind is visible at a distance. Another bridge over river Hudson, under construction. A man and woman standing on a high observation platform of a skyscraper, looking over at the tower of Woolworth Building, the tallest skyscraper in America. Location: New York City USA. Date: 1925.
The Tappan Zee Bridge, a fine looking cantilevered structure, spans the Hudson River in upstate New York. Other shots of the busy New York Thruway. Traffic whizzes by with arches of the bridge seen in distance.
NEW YORK aerials: vs Queen Elizabeth II cruise ship (QEII) into New York harbor, into dock; dusk aerial George Washington Bridge; dusk aerial 59th Street Bridge; night New York aerials, Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, etc, night aerial Times Square; day aerial Unisphere in Queens; day aerial Shea Stadium, packed with people; vs aerial Yankee Stadium w/ people; aerial LaGuardia Airport.
Track missing for this whole issue.
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<br/>Full titles read: "Taken for a ride... Let Pathe take you for a joy jaunt (not Chicago variety), over the new George Washington Bridge, New York."
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<br/>New York, United States of America.
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<br/>Various shots show the George Washington Bridge in New York. Point of view shot from the front of a moving vehicle as we start to cross the bridge; it seems to be almost finished. Men are seen walking down stairways leading from arches of the bridge. View of the countryside and city seen from the bridge.
New York State Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt cutting the ribbon during the opening and dedication of George Washington Bridge in New York City
View of George Washington Bridge in New York City. Motorcade of New York State Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt on their way to the dedication of the George Washington Bridge. Aerial view of crowd gathered for opening of George Washington Bridge. Franklin D. Roosevelt cuts the ribbon of the George Washington Bridge in front of crowd. View of George Washington Bridge in New York City with traffic. Location: New York City USA. Date: October 24, 1931.