- Title: V-A0212
- Summary: ON THE BOWERY: CIRCA 1956. FOOTAGE OF NEW YORK CITY'S BOWERY AREA. SKID ROW. WITH BOWERY BUMS, ALCOHOLICS, DERELICTS, HOMELESS. LOWER EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN. NYC. BOWERY NEIGHBORHOOD.
- Description:00:01:07 - BOWERY BUM WALKS ACROSS STREET. MEN TRY TO LIFT UP ALCOHOLIC SITTING ON SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF RESTAURANT. DRUNKS. SHIRTLESS MAN WALKS OUT OF DIVE RESTAURANT. 00:01:20 - EXTERIOR OF BOWERY BAR DRUNKS PANHANDLE FOR MONEY. BUMS ASLEEP ON STREET CORNERS. POLICE AWAKEN DRUNKEN BUM FROM PARK BENCH. COPS. 00:02:20 - POLICE ROUND UP DRUNKS NICE MONTAGE OF BOWERY BUMS AND ALCOHOLICS LIVING ON THE CITY STREETS HAULED OFF BY POLICE. NYC COPS. OFFICERS. 00:03:30 - MAN WITH SUITCASE CROSSES STREET UNDER ELEVATED SUBWAY ON BOWERY 00:04:00 - DRUNKS ARGUE AT BAR INTERIOR BOWERY BAR 00:05:24 - CU BARTENDED POURS DRINK FROM BEHIND BAR MEN AT BAR ORDER BEERS MAN BUYS DRINK FOR ANOTHER MAN AT BAR 00:09:00 - BARTENDER WIPES BAR WITH WHITE TOWEL 00:13:00 - MONTAGE OF SCENES BUMS RUMAGE THROUGH USED CLOTHES NICE EXTERIOR SCENES LIFESTYLES OF BOWERY BUMS 00:16:40 - SCENE INTERIOR OF FLOP HOUSE HOTEL SINGLE NIGHT EFFICIENCY HOTEL SOR HOTEL FLOP HOUSE 00:18:00 - MONTAGE MOURNING ON THE BOWERY BUMS SLEEPING ON STREET UNDER CARDBOARD BOXES NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK CITY HOMELESS SLEEP IN CORNERS, ON THE STREETS 00:20:00 - MAN PULLS OPEN STEEL GATE OF STOREFRONT OPENING STORE 00:22:00 - BUMS PANHANDLE PASSING CARS BEG FOR MONEY FROM CARS STOPED AT STREET LIGHT 00:23:20 - CU BOWERY ALCOHOLICS DISSCUSS DRINKING WINE BUM LIFESTYLES ALCOHOLICS BUMS DISCUSS THEIR LIFESTYLES 00:26:40 - ELDERLY BUM PANHANDLES BEGS ON STREET BEGGAR 00:30:00 - SCENES OF DAILY LIFE INSIDE THE BOWERY MISSION ELDERLY PLAY DOMINOES 00:33:45 - EXTERIOR BOWERY MISSION BUMS FILE IN FOR MASS OR RELIGIOUS SERVICE 00:35:00 - SERMON IN BOWERY MISSION ON SKID ROW PREACHER BEHIND PULPIT 00:38:00 - INTERIOR SOUP KITCHEN MEN ON BREAD LINE IN SOUP KITCHEN BREADLINE GOOD CUs OF FOOD BEING PASSED OUT AND UNEMPLOYED EATING IN SOUP KITCHEN MISSION 00:42:00 - HOMELESS MEN SLEEP ON NEWSPAPERS 00:47:00 - INTERIOR BOWERY BAR SKIDROW BAR MEN DRINK AND YELL classic old men's bar interior 00:52:00 - DRUNK IS ROLLED DRUNK ATTACKED AND ROBBED 00:52:20 - EXTERIOR NYC NEON BAR HOTEL SIGN INTERIOR SRO EFFICIENCY HOTEL ROOM BUM SLEEPS IN FLEA BAG CHEAP HOTEL DIVE HOTEL ROOM entire film has scenes which illustrate the lifestyles and daily life of bowery bums panhandlers and alcoholics men drink out of paper cups on street ext numerious location shots of New York City's Bowery NEIGHBORHOOD
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1956
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-A0212