- Title: F-A2804
- Summary: THE GIRLS OF NEW YORK: EXAMINES THE PROBLEMS, POLITICS AND CULTURAL LIFE OF WOMEN IN NYC. WOMAN'S LIB. YOUNG, SINGLE, INDEPENDENT WOMEN. MID TO LATE 1960s LIFESTYLE.
- Description:00:00:09 - PEYTON ZEZSY. YOUNG GIRL WALKS DOWN THE STREET OF NEW YORK GOING TO WORK. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY. THE WORLD IS HER OYSTER 00:00:36 - POV PASSING BLIND BEGGAR. SEEING EYE DOG. 00:00:45 - YOUNG WOMAN WINDOW SHOPPING. 00:00:56 - YOUNG WOMAN WALKING DOWN MANHATTAN STREET GREETS FRIEND, HUGS & KISSES MALE FRIEND 00:01:24 - CU WOMANS' FEET AS SHE CROSSES THE STREET. BLACK LOW HEELED SENSIBLE PUMPS. 00:01:41 - WHITE HAIRED OLD WOMAN WITH A CANE WINDOW SHOPPING. 00:01:50 - POV PASSING SHOE STORE 00:02:51 - CU MOD RINGS ON FINGERS, MOD CHICK PEELS STICKY MIRRORS. BETSEY JOHNSON. PRE-CELEBRITY FASHION DESIGNER. (BETSY JOHNSON) 00:03:12 - COUPLES DANCE ON DANCE FLOOR IN DANCE CLUB. GO-GO GIRL BETSEY. SILVER DRESS AND SHOES. 00:04:16 - ARTISTIC, DISTORTED MIRROR IMAGES AS SHE CUTS PIECES OF MIRROR PAPER. 00:04:31 - PHONE RINGS. TALKS TO FRIEND. BETSEY JOHNSON, 23 YEARS OLD. TALKING WITH MALE SEAMSTRESS ABOUT ALTERATIONS OF DRESS. 00:06:15 - PARAPHERNALIA DESIGNER JOHNSON ARRIVES AT EXCLUSIVE CLOTHING STORE. LOOKS MORE LIKE AN ART GALLERY. CHROME. LOOKS AT HIP, FUNKY TIES. LOOKING AT DRESSES AND MODELS. FASHION TRENDS. 00:08:31 - CU MOTORCYCLE WHEEL. GUY AND GIRL ON MOTORCYCLE. BETSEY JOHNSON & TOM MATHESON, PHOTOGRAPHER. POV ON COUNTRY ROADS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK. RIDING ON MOTORCYCLE IN NATURAL SURROUNDING. SCENERY SPEEDS PAST. CAREFREE. BETSEY WAVES HER ARMS AS SHE RIDES ON BACK OF MOTORCYCLE. 00:10:20 - BACK IN HECTIC CITY, DANCING WITH NERD. SILVER DRESS & SHOES. DRINKING AT BAR. 00:11:01 - WOMAN LOOKS IN THROUGH WINDOW. CU EYES. WANNABE LOOKS AT TRENDY PEOPLE IN DANCE CLUB 00:11:35 - CU TEA KETTLE WHISTLING. SINGER, LONELY WOMAN. 00:11:58 - CU RECORD PLAYER. LP. WOMAN SITS ALONE ON COUCH SMOKING CIGARETTE. MAKING COFFEE. JOBLESS. OPENS LETTER, READS LETTER. 00:14:41 - BEING INTERVIEWED AT GOVERNMENT BUILDING BY BLACK WOMAN. AFRICAN AMERICAN OFFICE WORKER. RACIALLY INTEGRATED OFFICE. SIGNS PAPER. LOOKING FOR WORK. SOCIAL SERVICE OFFICE. UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE. 00:14:59 - WOMAN COMES UP FROM SUBWAY, MEETS FRIEND, ANN MCDONALD AT AUTOMAT, FOOD RESTAURANT. GETTING COFFEE. DRINKING COFFEE, SMOKING CIGARETTES TALKING ABOUT LIFE'S ISSUES, POP CULTURE "SELL YOUR SOUL & YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL" FRIEND TELLS HER TO "PLAY THE GAME". SELL-OUT. DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH INTEGRITY. 00:18:54 - WOMAN DRAGS HAND ALONG CHAIN-LINK FENCE. 00:19:04 - CU WOMAN'S SPIKED-HEELED FEET WALK ALONGSIDE WATER'S EDGE. 00:19:15 - WOMAN WALKING ALONG HARBOR. TOUR BOAT GOES PAST. SUNSET. 00:20:05 - KIMBERLY BRYNNING. CU PANSIES. CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST. WALK THROUGH PARK. DR. HAROLD MICHAEL SMITH. LOOKING AT STATUES. SPRINGTIME IN THE PARK. 00:21:46 - CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST CONDUCTING PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS ON CHILDREN. COLORS AND SHAPES. MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN. 00:23:43 - CU BARE FEET AT POOL'S EDGE. SWIMMING IN INDOOR POOL. WOMAN GETS OUT OF POOL. 00:24:34 - CU RECORD PLAYER. LP. CHILDREN DOING PLAY SONG IN CLASS. PLAYING WITH BEACH BALL.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1966
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-A2804