- Title: VM-273A
- Summary: SKYLINE NEW YORK: NEW YORK CITY TRAVELOGUE
- Description:00:01:05 - POV DRIVING SLOWLY DOWN RESIDENTIAL STREET WITH MOUNTAINS IN BKGD IN WESTERN UNITED STATES 00:01:10 - WIFE SITTING ON PORCH WATCHING HUSBAND WATERING LAWN. MAN LOOKING AT WATCH WHILE WATERING LAWN. LATE 00:01:19 - CAR HORN BEEPING. DAUGHTER COMING HOME FROM COLLEGE FOR SUMMER. RED CONVERTIBLE PULLING UP TO CURB. FATHER THROWING HOSE ON LAWN 00:01:29 - TWO COLLEGE AGE GIRLS GET OUT OF CONVERTIBLE. PARENTS-DAUGHTER REUNION. FATHER TAKING LUGGAGE FROM CAR. GOING INTO HOUSE 00:01:47 - TYPICAL 1950s FAMILY DINNER TABLE. AMERICAN DREAM. CANDLES CENTERPIECE. 00:02:53 - TRAVELERS EMBARKING TWA COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE. COLLEGE GIRLS WAVING GOODBYE 00:03:02 - PARENTS WAVING GOODBYE BEHIND FENCE 00:03:10 - COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE TAKING OFF. AIRPLANE HANGERS IN BKGD 00:03:18 - COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT ABOVE CLOUDS 00:03:25 - INTERIOR TWA AIRPLANE, CIRCA 1950s. CU YOUNG WOMAN LOOKING OUT OF AIRPLANE WINDOW. WEARING PEARL NECKLACE 00:03:45 - AIRPLANE FLYING OVER GRAND CANYON 00:04:11 - STEWARDESS SERVING GIRLS LUNCH. AIRPLANE FOOD 00:04:27 - CU TRAY OF AIRLINE FOOD. GIRLS EATING ON PLANE 00:04:35 - AIRPLANE APPROACHING NEW YORK CITY. 00:04:43 - AERIAL OF MANHATTAN CIRCA LATE 1950s. POV FROM AIRPLANE. HARBORFRONT SKYLINE. SKYSCRAPERS, PIERS, LOWER MANHATTAN. NYC 00:04:58 - AIRPLANE LANDING AT IDLEWILD AIRPORT. TAXIING 00:05:19 - AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER 00:05:25 - COLLEGE GIRLS WAVING FROM PLANE'S EXIT DOORS 00:05:27 - CU YOUNG MAN WAVING FROM FROM CONTROL TOWER. BULOVA CLOCK IN BKGD 00:05:31 - YOUNG WOMEN DISEMBARKING AIRPLANE, WALKING DOWN STEPS 00:05:36 - YOUNG MAN MEETING YOUNG WOMEN AT AIRPORT. BROTHER HUGGING SISTER, SHAKING HANDS WITH FRIEND. GIRLS WEARING WHITE GLOVES 00:05:49 - 1950s CAR PULLING UP TO UPPER MIDDLE CLASS SUBURBAN HOME. BEAUTIFUL IVY-COVERED HOUSE 00:06:08 - TOURIST BOAT TOURING NEW YORK CITY. POV FROM IN HARBOR LOOKING AT WATERFRONT. TUG BOATS, OCEAN LINERS, BARGES DOCKED AT HARBOR 00:06:37 - POV FROM BOAT LOOKING AT STATUE OF LIBERTY 00:06:51 - THE BATTERY, TIP OF MANHATTAN, POV FROM BOAT 00:06:58 - CU CASTLE CLINTON, ANCIENT FORT. PAN TO TOWERING SKYSCRAPERS SURROUNDING FORT 00:07:06 - CU PAINTED SCENES OF NEW YORK: STONE STREET 1659, SOUTH STREET 00:07:29 - STOCK EXCHANGE AREA OF MANHATTAN WALL STREET & BROAD STREETS. MASSIVE COLUMNS, PEDIMENT ON FACADE 00:07:37 - BUSY CITY PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF SUB TREASURY BUILDING. STATUE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON 00:07:47 - HEAD OF WALL STREET LOOKING AT TRINITY CHURCH. BUSTLING URBAN TRAFFIC, TAXI CABS, CARS, PEDESTRIANS 00:07:58 - CHURCH YARD WITH GRAVESTONES. GRAVEYARD, BURIAL PLACE. CEMETERY 00:08:15 - POV ROUNDING TIP OF MANHATTAN IN BOAT UNDER BROOKLYN BRIDGE ON EAST RIVER. TOURISTS ON TOUR BOAT. PASSING UNITED NATIONS BUILDING 00:08:43 - FLAGS OF U.N. MEMBER NATIONS. ALONG 1ST AVENUE 00:09:01 - CARS PULLING UP TO UN BUILDING. DELEGATES ARRIVING FOR UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION 00:09:19 - INTERIOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING ROOM 00:09:25 - POV GOING UNDER GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE OVER HUDSON RIVER 00:09:35 - GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE 00:09:40 - WEST SIDE DRIVE WITH BRIDGE IN BKGD. BUSY WITH COMMUTER TRAFFIC. 00:09:52 - POV LOOKING OUT CAR'S BACK SEAT AT TRAFFIC BEHIND CAR 00:09:59 - POV PASSING GRANT'S TOMB. DOME BUILDING. RIVERSIDE CHURCH 00:10:09 - POV FROM SKYSCRAPER LOOKING DOWN AT PARK AVENUE. SHOPPING MECCA MIDTOWN MANHATTAN 00:10:19 - MASSIVE GLASS WALLED OFFICE BUILDING ON PARK AVENUE. 00:10:31 - PARADE DOWN FIFTH AVENUE. MOUNTED POLICE TROOP PARADING CARRYING VARIOUS FLAGS. SALVATION ARMY? MARCHING BAND. HIGH SCHOOL DRILL TEAM DOING RHYTHM DANCE 00:11:14 - FIFTH AVENUE. NEW YORK CITY LIBRARY. 00:11:31 - SIDEWALKS ON FIFTH AVENUE CROWDED WITH PEDESTRIANS 00:11:37 - COLLEGE GIRLS WINDOW SHOPPING. CU PAN TIFFANY & CO. GIRLS LOOKING IN WINDOW OF SHOP. BEST & CO. RETAIL BUILDING, LORD & TAYLOR, PECK & PECK. 00:12:18 - COLLEGE AGE TOURISTS LOOKING AT STATUE OF ATLAS CARRYING THE WORLD ON HIS SHOULDERS. SIGHT SEEING 00:12:41 - ROCKEFELLER CENTER. GARDEN ON SUNKEN PLAZA WITH STATUE OF PROMETHEUS IN FOUNTAIN 00:12:51 - FLAGS OF VARIOUS NATIONS WAVING IN WIND 00:12:57 - TOURISTS EATING AT OUTDOOR RESTAURANT IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER WITH PROMETHEUS IN BKGD. WAITER SERVING REFRESHMENTS. 00:13:21 - YOUNG TOURISTS LOOKING BOTH WAYS BEFORE CROSSING BUSY CITY STREET. 1950s CARS ON ROAD 00:13:31 - PAN UP RCA BUILDING. MASSIVE SKYSCRAPER 00:13:52 - TOURISTS ON TOP OF RCA BUILDING 70 STORIES ABOVE STREET LEVEL. GUIDE POINTING OUT ATTRACTIONS 00:14:13 - YOUNG WOMAN LOOKING THROUGH TELESCOPE. 00:14:24 - POV LOOKING THROUGH TELESCOPE. PANORAMIC VIEW OF HUDSON RIVER TO CENTRAL PARK TO QUEENSBORO BRIDGE & CITYSCAPE IN BETWEEN! 00:14:45 - POV THROUGH TELESCOPE VIEWING HUDSON RIVER, UNITED NATIONS & CHRYSLER BUILDINGS. BROOKLYN IN DISTANCE 00:14:56 - CU GUIDE POINTING OUT TOURIST ATTRACTIONS. 00:14:58 - PAN CITYSCAPE TO EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, POV THROUGH TELESCOPE 00:15:17 - PAN ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE CHURCH. ORNATE SOARING SPIRES, STEEPLES. 00:15:35 - PAN CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE. ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL 00:15:41 - PAN TEMPLE EMMANUEL 00:15:55 - 1950s COLLEGE-AGE ROOM. IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL PENNANTS HANGING: PRINCETON, CORNELL. YOUNG WOMAN ON TELEPHONE TALKING ABOUT NYC TO PARENTS 00:16:32 - CONEY ISLAND. BEACH FILLED WITH SUNBATHERS. BEACH RESORT 00:16:40 - COUPLE WALKING ON BOARDWALK. WOMAN'S DRESS BLOWS UP ALA MARILYN MONROE. AWKWARD MOMENT 00:16:49 - AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES AT CONEY ISLAND. CU COUPLE ON SPINNING RIDE IN FRONT OF STEEPLECHASE BUILDING 00:17:15 - PARACHUTE JUMP AT CONEY ISLAND. PARACHUTES GOING UP & DOWN 00:17:38 - GIANT FERRIS WHEEL "WONDER WHEEL" AT CONEY ISLAND 00:17:45 - CYCLONE ROLLER COASTER RIDE AT CONEY ISLAND 00:18:25 - 59TH STREET & FIFTH AVENUE. COUPLE TAKING RIDE THROUGH NYC ON HORSE & BUGGY. TOURIST RIDE 00:18:58 - POV RIDING IN HORSE & CARRIAGE THROUGH CENTRAL PARK 00:19:10 - POV PASSING FOUNTAIN IN CENTRAL PARK IN CARRIAGE 00:19:23 - URBAN CHILDREN PLAYING BASEBALL IN CENTRAL PARK 00:19:33 - CENTRAL PARK LAKE. BIZARRE JUXTAPOSITION QUIET LAKE WITH NYC SKYSCRAPERS IN BKDG. ROW BOATS AT BOAT HOUSE 00:19:46 - CENTRAL PARK ZOO. CAPTIVE ANIMALS 00:19:53 - GORILLA SITTING IN CAGE. GORILLAS AT ZOO 00:19:59 - POLAR BEAR WALKING IN CAGE 00:20:07 - GIRAFFE AT THE ZOO 00:20:09 - LIONS AT THE BRONX ZOO IN MORE OPEN SURROUNDINGS 00:20:26 - MONTAGE CHILDREN PLAYING WITH DOMESTIC ANIMALS AT ZOO. CHICKENS 00:20:37 - METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART 00:20:43 - INTERIOR MUSEUM. MUSEUM GOERS LOOKING AT ART PAINTINGS, ARMOUR, EGYPTIAN SCULPTURES, SPHINX 00:21:13 - SCULPTURE GARDEN AT MOMA, MUSEUM OF MODERN ART 00:21:35 - PAN EXTERIOR RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL 00:21:48 - INTERIOR COUPLE PAUSES AT ROCKETTES POSTER 00:21:58 - BASEBALL GAME AT YANKEE STADIUM. 00:22:20 - MONTAGE FOOTBALL GAMES 00:22:41 - BELMONT PARK HORSE RACING 00:22:51 - SLOW-MOTION STEEPLECHASE RACE JUMPING HEDGE 00:23:12 - ICE SKATING AT OUTDOOR RINK BY RADIO CITY 00:23:19 - NIGHT SHOT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN EXTERIOR. NEON LIGHTS. 00:23:23 - BIG LEAGUE ICE HOCKEY GAME AT MSG 00:23:38 - BOXING MATCH AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 00:23:53 - TIMES SQUARE AT NIGHT. NEON FLASHING LIGHTS, ELECTRONIC BILLBOARDS. INCLUDES FLASHING MARQUEE FOR "CINERAMA HOLIDAY". 00:24:18 - DOORMAN AT RESTAURANT OPENING DOOR FOR COUPLE. GUY LOMBARDO'S NAME & PICTURE ON GLASS DOOR 00:24:24 - NAMES OF NIGHTCLUBS SUPERIMPOSED OVER COUPLE DANCING: LATIN QUARTER, VERSAILLES, EL MORROCCO, COPACABANA 00:24:44 - DROPPING OFF TRAVELERS AT IDLEWILD AIRPORT. 00:24:58 - CU LOUDSPEAKER ANNOUNCING TWA DEPARTURE 00:25:15 - COLLEGE AGE GIRLS BOARDING AIRPLANE, TURN WAVING. BLOWS KISS, WIPES TEAR AWAY 00:25:36 - COMMERCIAL TWA AIRPLANE TAXIING, IN FLIGHT OVER MANHATTAN 00:25:58 - CU GIRL LOOKING OUT PLANE WINDOW WITH DREAMY STARE 00:26:02 - POV PASSING STATUE OF LIBERTY IN PLANE 00:26:36 - MONTAGE NEW YORK CITY LANDMARKS: BROOKLYN BRIDGE, ROCKEFELLER CENTER SKYSCRAPER, UNITED NATIONS BUILDING, TIMES SQUARE 00:26:56 - POV FLYING UNDER TWA COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-273A