- Title: F-1406
- Summary: PANORAMIC IMPRESSIONS OF OLD NEW YORK: NEW YORK CITY.
- Description:01:19:12 - NEW YORK CITY DUMPING WHARF 1903 HOW TO GET RID OF GARBAGE. BARGE OF GARBAGE 01:20:09 - PANORAMA OF RIKER'S ISLAND 1903 NOW, PART OF LAGUARDIA AIRPORT. BARGES DUMP. STEAM SHOVEL ON THE WATER 01:21:45 - PANORAMA FROM THE NEWLY ERECTED NEW YORK TIMES BLDG OVERLOOKING TIMES SQUARE 1905 AERIAL VIEW OF CITY STREETS 01:22:08 - EAST OF 6TH AVENUE ON 43RD STREET. WAS THE NEW HIPPODROME HOME OF THEATRICAL EXTRAVAGANZAS. STAGED BY CHARLES B. DILLINGHAM, INVOLVED THRILLING PRESENTATIONS OF DIVING GIRLS WHO WALKED DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS INTO A HUGE TANK OF WATER AND SLOWLY DISAPPEARED. TIMES SQUARE 01:23:10 - SAILING DOWN THE NORTH HUDSON RIVER. SKYSCRAPERS OF NEW YORK CITY FROM THE NORTH RIVER 1903 PIERS 01:25:37 - SKYLINE ALONG THE EAST RIVER. LAST OF THE SAIL POWERED CARGO SHIPS AT DOCK. PANORAMA OF WATER FRONT AND BROOKLYN BRIDGE FROM EAST RIVER. STEAMSHIPS 1903 01:27:09 - BROOKLYN BRIDGE DESIGNED & BUILT BY JOHN ROEBLINE & HIS SON. CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN 1870, COMPLETED 1883 OPENED TO PUBLIC ON MAY 24, 1883 01:27:36 - BETWEEN MANHATTAN & LONG ISLAND CITY, EAST RIVER, BLACKWELL'S ISLAND. NEW YORK PENITENTIARY. PRISON WORKHOUSE COMPLEX 01:28:57 - BLACKWELL'S ISLAND RENAMED WELFARE ISLAND 1903
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1903
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1900s
- File Name: F-1406