Pushcart Vendors Told to Move On
Pushcart Vendors Told to Move On
"Move On." Nice 'slice of life' look at pushcart vendors on New York's Lower East Side, 1903. Film is of a street where several Jewish and Italian pushcart vendors have gathered to sell their goods; in FG fruit and vegetable carts; part of El track in BG. There's a lot of other activity as well - - pedestrians on the sidewalk walking past many small shops, and crossing the street, horse-drawn carts, a young guy tossing some small object up and catching it. 2 Policemen come up the street and order all of the vendors to move. One cop approaches twirling his nightstick, and the cart in the foreground begins moving. The film ends with CU of cop scolding the vendor, shaking his fist. (That last part seems sorta exaggerated - - like it might have been a bit of acting for the camera.)