New York: The Wonder City
New York: The Wonder City
Castle Films World on Parade. A brief, whirlwind silent travelogue to New York City circa early 1930s, complete with intertitles.
New York: The Wonder City
WLS Statue of Liberty; excellent l/a TLS Lady Liberty's face, crown & torch, American flag flying in BG. Aerial of downtown Manhattan (skyscrapers & such). L/a MS street signs for intersection of Broadway & Bowling Green. TLS tall monolithic buildings & hustle and bustle of business & financial district. L/a MS street sign for Wall Street (Nassau St), tall buildings in BG. Great TLS cavernous street, tall buildings, people on sidewalk-- stunning DOF. EST shot of the "Sub-Treasury", aka Federal Building at 26 Wall Street with bronze statue of George Washington, pedestrians in FG. Nice LS tall buildings (skyscrapers) of Financial District in lower Manhattan. EST shot of City Hall.
New York: The Wonder City
EST shot of the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan skyline in BG. THE BOWERY: great TLS street traffic traveling under L train tracks, passenger car & delivery trucks & street car trolley driving through latice of shadows, towards cam; MS customers at an open-air market. CHINATOWN: TLS/MSs Chinese New Year's parade, replete w/ Chinese dragons & woman dancing with jeet knives. L/a MS street signs at intersection of 5th Avenue & Washington Square North; TLS Washington Arch at Washington Square Park.
New York: The Wonder City
Aerial of the Empire State Building. Aerial of the Chrysler Building. L/a CU street sign for 42nd Street at 5th Ave. H/a LS/TLSs St. Patrick's Cathedral on Easter Morning, large crowd gathered outside church. L/a MCU street sign for Rockefeller Plaza at W. 49th, followed by EST shots Rockefeller Plaza, building, statue and fountain. TLS people ice skating in Central Park (winter). LS Central Park, tall buildings in BG (spring).
New York: The Wonder City
HARLEM: MS African-American police officer directing traffic; TLS busy intersection, pedestrain crossing street or waiting at curb; MCU several black children; MS black boy dancing, crowd of black youth applauding him on. EST shot George Washington Bridge. L/a MCU street sign for W. 42nd Street at Times Square. EST shots of Times Square at night, all lit up by neon signs and passing motor cars. LSs of the city (Manhattan) at night.