- Title: F-1423
- Summary: THIS IS NEW YORK: AMERICAN DREAM. SUBURBAN FAMILY. MIDTOWN, OHIO FAMILY PLANS FOR TRIP TO NEW YORK CITY. LIFESTYLE. NEW YORK CITY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS.
- Description:00:00:35 - HELICOPTER AERIAL OVER NEW YORK CIRCA 1946 SKYSCRAPERS, CITYSCAPE 00:00:57 - LS MIDDLE CLASS HOME ANYTOWN, USA, PICKET FENCE 00:01:00 - ANY AMERICAN FAMILY ON STONE PATIO, LAWN FURNITURE. 1940s CAR PULLING UP TO RURAL HOME MAN IN SUIT OPENING WHITE PICKET FENCE, GOING UP TO FRONT DOOR, PRETEEN FIXING 1940s BICYCLE ON FRONT LAWN BRINGS VISITOR TO BACK OF HOUSE TO MEET FAMILY, INTRODUCTIONS MADE 00:02:14 - MONTAGE TIMES SQUARE CIRCA 1946. GREAT WHITE WAY MONTAGE MARQUEES, DEMPSEY'S, LINDY'S, ROTH'S GRILL, CHIN'S, THE LOBSTER, THE TAVERN, ROSELAND, THE STORK CLUB, ETC.. 00:02:34 - DAY SHOT THE LITTLE CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER CU NEWLYWEDS LEAVING CHURCH, EMBRACE & KISS 00:02:48 - YOUNG WOMAN TENDING GARDEN ON ROOFTOP OF CITY SKYSCRAPER 00:03:24 - MONTAGE FIFTH AVENUE, BOTTOM AT WASHINGTON SQUARE, SIDEWALK CAFES TOWERING SKYSCRAPERS 00:03:40 - MONTAGE CHURCHES OF NEW YORK, GOTHIC ST. PATRICKS ROMANESQUE SYNAGOGUE TEMPLE EMMANEUL, RIVERSIDE CHURCH 00:04:08 - POV LOOKING DOWN AT GRANT'S TOMB AS SEEN FROM RIVERSIDE CHURCH. LS FROM STREET. 00:04:18 - VARIOUS ANGLES WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL 00:04:33 - MONTAGE BROADWAY AFTER DARK. HS STAGE CURTAINS OPENING, METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE 00:04:45 - HS, VARIOUS ANGLES RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, ROCKETTES DANCING 00:05:18 - CU MAN WRITING ON NOTE PAD 00:05:21 - MONTAGE WALL STREET. STREET SIGN WALL & NASSAU STREET. TRINITY CHURCH. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. 00:05:34 - HS INTERIOR STOCK MARKET 00:05:37 - STREET INTERSECTION SIGN BEAVER & BROAD STREET 00:05:44 - MONTAGE TRAIN STATIONS. GRAND CENTRAL, PENNSYLVANIA STATION TERMINAL. TRAIN ENTERING TRAIN STATION, HS MANY RAILS TRACKS. POV TRAIN PASSING OVER VIEWER 00:06:26 - MONTAGE SUBWAY SYSTEM, SUBWAY SIGN. SUBWAY LEAVING UNDERGROUND STATION, SUBWAY DOORS OPENING. COMMUTER LEAVING SUBWAY STATION WALKING UP STEPS 00:06:50 - MONTAGE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. BOXING MATCH. 00:07:01 - HS PAN YANKEE STADIUM, BASEBALL GAME NEW YORK YANKEES 00:07:42 - ICE HOCKEY MATCH AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 00:07:57 - BASKETBALL GAME AT MSG 00:08:06 - MONTAGE NYC BRIDGES, BROOKLYN, GEORGE WASHINGTON, POV GOING ACROSS GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE, TRI BOROUGH BRIDGE 00:08:33 - MONTAGE CHINATOWN, STREET SIGN MOTT ST. HS DRAGON PARADE, CHINESE LEAVING GIFTS FOR DRAGON IN IT'S MOUTH. ETHNIC CULTURAL DANCE 00:09:02 - MONTAGE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. DIAMOND JUBILEE SIGN. 00:09:11 - LS HAYDEN PLANETARIUM. CU ELDERLY MAN LOOKING THRU TELESCOPE AT IMAGE OF PLANET ACCURATELY PROJECTED 00:09:36 - MS PRETEEN BOY FIXING BICYCLE SEEN THRU WHEEL SPOKES 00:09:40 - DISSOLVES TO HUGE FERRIS WHEEL AT CONEY ISLAND PARACHUTE JUMP, VARIOUS AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES 00:09:58 - LS PAN BEACH AT CONEY ISLAND FILLED WITH BEACH GOERS, SUNBATHERS SWIMMERS 00:10:03 - MONTAGE STATUE OF LIBERTY VARIOUS ANGLES 00:10:12 - AERIAL OF NYC WATERFRONT, HARBORFRONT CIRCA 1946 PIERS DOCKS, POV LOOKING UP AT BOW OF MASSIVE TILT TO DOCK 00:10:28 - CHILDREN AT BRONX ZOO, WILD ANIMALS, LIONS SEALS ELEPHANTS CU SEALS ON ROCK "KISSING" CU KANGAROO WITH BABY IN POUCH 00:10:50 - CU MAN WRITING OUT LIST OF SIGHTS TO SEE IN NYC ON NOTE PAD 00:10:57 - FAMILY BOARDING AMERICAN AIRPLANE PASSENGERS GETTING ON COMMERCIAL JET PLANE 00:11:14 - PLANE FLYING OVER FARMS & TOWNS 00:11:22 - CU SMILING BOY LOOKING OUT AIRPLANE WINDOW, BIG GRIN 00:11:26 - AERIAL OVER COMPLICATED METROPOLITAN ROADWAY SYSTEM IN NEW JERSEY 00:11:31 - PLANE FLYING OVER NEW YORK BAY & STATUE OF LIBERTY, MARINE TRAFFIC BELOW 00:11:39 - CU YOUNG WOMAN LOOKING OUT PLANE WINDOW 00:11:44 - MS PLANE FLYING OVER MANHATTAN, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 00:11:59 - DC-4 PASSENGER PLANE LANDING AT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT CIRCA 1946 00:12:20 - PASSENGERS DEBARKING, FAMILY GETTING INTO STATION WAGON, PRIVATE CAR 00:12:52 - FAMILY TOURISTS GETTING ON OPEN TOPPED FIFTH AVENUE BUS. BUS TOUR OF FIFTH AVENUE, RETAIL SHOPS PASS TIFFANYS, BERDGOF GOODMAN, SAKS & COMPANY 00:13:36 - MONTAGE ROCKEFELLER CENTER, ATLAS & PROMETHEUS STATUES, FOUNTAIN IN LOWER PLAZA 00:13:47 - POV FROM TOURIST BUS PASS FRED F. FRENCH BUILDING 00:14:01 - FIFTH AVENUE & 42ND STREET BUSY INTERSECTION NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY, LIONS 00:14:14 - LS EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 00:14:20 - MS FAMILY ON TOURIST BUS CRANING NECKS BACK TO SEE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 00:14:30 - CU STREET SIGN W. 34TH & 5TH AVE. 00:14:32 - MS PAN UP EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 00:14:50 - TOURIST BUS STOPS IN FRONT OF EMPIRE STATE, TOURISTS GOING TO TOP OF EMPIRE STATE BUILDING TILT DOWN HUGE MURAL PLAQUE. CU TICKETS FOR OBSERVATORY. BUYING TICKETS AT WINDOW. GOING INTO ELEVATOR, DOORS CLOSING. CU ELEVATOR FLOOR NUMBER 86. DOORS OPENING TOURISTS GETTING OFF ELEVATOR 00:16:16 - TOURISTS BUYING SOUVENIRS AT EMPIRE STATE BUILDING GIFT SHOP 00:16:35 - MS YOUNG BOY JUMPING UP & LOOKING DOWN SIDE OF BUILDING 00:16:38 - POV LOOKING DOWN FROM TOP OF BUILDING 00:16:57 - PAN OUT LOOKING NORTH FROM TOP OF BUILDING BRYANT PARK, 42ND STREET. FIFTH AVENUE 00:17:16 - WS CITYSCAPE AT EXTREME LEFT, MEADOWS OF NEW JERSEY, HUDSON RIVER, ROCKEFELLER CENTER, SPIRE OF CHRYSLER BUILDING 00:17:39 - POV LOOKING DOWN AT EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN, EAST RIVER, WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE, 00:18:08 - YOUNG BOY LOOKING INTO TELESCOPE 00:18:13 - POV LOOKING AT TIP OF MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN AT LEFT FINANCIAL DISTRICT IN MIDDLE & STATEN ISLAND AT RIGHT 00:18:18 - LITTLE BOY LOOKING INTO HIGH POWERED TELESCOPE 00:18:24 - POV THRU TELESCOPE LOOKING AT STATUE OF LIBERTY 00:18:37 - POV THRU TELESCOPE LOOKING AT STEAMER SHIP 00:18:51 - POV LOOKING AT WEST SIDE OF MANHATTAN FROM TOP OF EMPIRE STATE 00:19:11 - PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH AT TOP OF EMPIRE STATE 00:19:31 - POV LOOKING OUT AT WATERFRONT FROM TOP OF BUILDING. NEW JERSEY IN B/G 00:19:43 - FAMILY EATING DINNER AT TERRACE TEA ROOM IN EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 00:20:45 - CU EXCITED TOURIST OOHING & AWING 00:20:51 - NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE AT NIGHT FROM EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 00:21:22 - CU ELEVATOR GOING UP TO 102ND FLOOR 00:21:31 - MS ELEVATOR DOORS OPENING TOURISTS GETTING OUT 00:21:45 - POV FROM TOP OF BUILDING AT NIGHT SPARKLING LIGHTS OF NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE, BUILDINGS LIT UP
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1946
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-1423