- Title: VM-150
- Summary: NORTHEASTERN STATES: THE INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN STATES. ANIMATION DESCRIBES THE REGION'S PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS & THE DISTRIBUTION OF ITS POPULATION. SHOWS EXAMPLES OF THE REGION'S AGRICULTURE & MINERAL RESOURCES, THE BEAUTIFUL RECREATION AREAS, AND THE CLOSELY-KNIT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. LEADS THE NATION ON COMMERCE & INDUSTRY, INVESTMENT, WEALTH, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS. NEW YORK, NEW ENGLAND, WASHINGTON D.C.
- Description:00:10:49 - NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE SEEN FROM HARBOR. LOTS OF HARBOR ACTIVITY 00:11:00 - ANIMATED MAP OUTLINES APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS, COASTAL PLAIN, ROCKY UPLANDS, VALLEYS, RIVERS. NEW ENGLAND, MID-ATLANTIC, METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS, 00:12:49 - TRAIN COMES INTO CITY STATION. RUNS PARALLEL WITH WATER 00:12:56 - MAN IN TRAIN CAR UNLOADS MILK. DAIRY 00:13:01 - FARM YARD FILLED WITH CHICKENS 00:13:05 - DAIRY FARM, COWS 00:13:09 - MEN LOAD BACK OF TRACTOR WITH BALES OF HAY. 00:13:13 - CU DAIRY COW. OTHERS FEED BEHIND 00:13:16 - "TRUCK FARM". AGRICULTURE. CARS PASS IN BKGD 00:13:30 - APPLE FARMER SORTS-LOOKS OVER BOXES OF APPLES. 00:13:36 - CRANBERRIES POURED INTO BIG WOODEN BOX FROM BOGS OF MASSACHUSETTS 00:13:40 - TOBACCO HARVESTER IN CONNETICUT. 00:13:43 - POTATO FARMER IN MAINE BAGS WHITE POTATOES. 00:13:49 - NEW ENGLAND FISHERMEN. HARBOR, DOCKS, FISHING BOATS, SEAGULLS, COD, HADDOCK. 00:13:59 - FISHERMAN SORTS LOBSTERS IN WOODEN CRATES. 00:14:02 - CU LOBSTER. 00:14:08 - OYSTER FARMERS OFF LONG ISLAND. THROW OYSTERS OFF BOAT INTO WATERS 00:14:17 - WOMEN IN CANNING FACTORY. BOXING FISH 00:14:30 - LIMESTONE QUARRY. CU MAN DIRECTING CRANE. VERMONT MARBLE. 00:14:48 - OIL, NATURAL GAS, WEST VIRGINIA. INDUSTRY 00:14:56 - COAL MANUFACTURING. TRAIN FULL OF COAL. COAL MINING. 00:15:05 - PANS HUGE TRAIN LOAD OF COAL, MILES OF COAL. 00:15:15 - INDUSTRIAL PLANT. 00:15:26 - HEAVY INDUSTRY IN MID-EASTERN STATES 00:15:29 - SPECIALIZED INDUSTRY, NEW ENGLAND. 00:15:33 - WOOLEN MILL, NEW ENGLAND. 00:15:39 - TRUCKS FILLED WITH WOOL FIBER LEAVE PLANT. 00:15:45 - CU HUGE SPINDLE, MAKING YARN 00:15:52 - POWER LOOM. TEXTILE MANUFACTURING. 00:15:59 - MAKING CLOTH BIG SHEET OF FABRIC. 00:16:06 - MEN ROLL RACKS OF CLOTHES DOWN CITY STREET. GARMENT DISTRICT. READY MADE CLOTHES. 00:16:14 - STOREFRONT WINDOW DISPLAY. FEMALE MANNEQUIN-BUST WEARS BIG NECKLACE, FUR DRAPED OVER SHOULDER. UPPER CLASS STORE. 00:16:18 - CU PEOPLE IN SHOE FACTORY BOXING SHOES. PUTTING PAIRS OF SHOES INTO BOXES 00:16:25 - TANNER SORTS HIDES-LEATHER. CUTS LEATHER INTO FOOTWEAR. PROCESS OF MAKING SHOES. SHOE MAKER. COBBLER. 00:16:43 - ANIMATED MAP OF AMERICA. 00:17:03 - ORE MINING. PIG IRON, STEEL. 00:17:08 - STEEL MANUFACTURING PLANT. TRAIN. RAILROAD TRACKS. MEN WORK ON HUGE MOTOR 00:17:24 - CU TRAY WITH WATCH PARTS. WATCH MAKER PRECISION-FINE INSTRUMENTS 00:17:37 - PANS DISPLAY OF GOODS MADE IN NORTHEAST: CAMERAS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, TOY TRAIN SET, TOOLS, CLOCK. 00:17:47 - NEW YORK HARBOR. BARGES, WATERFRONT. 00:17:51 - RAW MATERIALS TRANSPORTED BY BOAT. HUGE CRATES LIFTED TO DOCK. 00:17:58 - MONTAGE BOATS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES BRINGING RAW MATERIALS INTO NEW YORK HARBOR. 00:18:07 - LUXURY LINER, QUEEN MARY IN NY HARBOR. 00:18:16 - AERIAL OVER HUGE RAILROAD YARD. TRAINS ARRIVE, LEAVE. 00:18:28 - AIR FREIGHT. LOADING GOODS ON PLANE 00:18:32 - PEOPLE EMBARK PASSENGER PLANE. 1950s FASHIONS, CLOTHES. TRAVEL. 00:18:37 - CROWDED HIGHWAYS INCLUDING BELT PARKWAY. CAR TRAFFIC. 00:18:50 - NATURAL BEAUTY: NIAGARA FALLS. 00:19:00 - NEW ENGLAND LANDSCAPE, HILLSIDE, TREES. 00:19:05 - LAKE UPSTATE NEW YORK & SURROUNDING AREA 00:19:09 - ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JEREY. BOARDWALK. PEOPLE ARE PUSHED IN CART BY MAN. 00:19:14 - BEACH AT ATLANTIC CITY FILLED WITH PEOPLE. SEASIDE CAFE-RESTAURANT. BUSTLING WITH HUMAN ACTIVITY. TOURIST TRADE. 00:19:23 - MONTAGE OF METROPOLITAN CENTERS IN NORTHEAST STATES: NEW YORK, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON. 00:19:42 - CROWDED CITY STREET FILLED WITH PEOPLE, HEAVILY POPULATED AREA. HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF PEOPLE WALKING ON SIDEWALK 00:19:51 - ORCHESTRA PLAYS CLASSICAL MUSIC. 00:19:55 - ABC RECORDING STUDIO, TAPING TELEVISION SHOW. 00:20:01 - BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. PANS UP HUGE BUILDING. NYU LOEB STUDENT CENTER 00:20:09 - INVESTMENT BUILDING, WASHINGTON'S STATUE, WALL STREET 00:20:13 - NYC SKYLINE, BUILDINGS. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, TALLEST IN CITY 00:20:19 - WASHINGTON MONUMENT, WASHINGTON, D.C. 00:20:25 - CU PAN UP UNITED NATIONS BUILDING.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1956
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-150