- Title: PA-30
- Summary: FOR THE LIVING: Improvement of living conditions in 1940s New York City through construction of public housing. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY. (RED HOOK, FORT GREENE, VLADECK HOUSE)
- Description:01:15:09 - PAN ABOVE VIEW NEW YORK CITY HIGH RISE, LOW RISE APARTMENTS, SKYSCRAPERS, TENEMENT HOUSES. 01:15:43 - PAN DOWN SKYSCRAPER IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER TO GOLD STATUE OF MAN AT ITS BASE. CIRCA 1949. 01:15:44 - MONTAGE VARIOUS ANGLE VIEWS, STREET SCENES, BUILDINGS, STORE WINDOWS, DINERS, SUBWAY STATIONS, PARKS, BRIDGES, (GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE) AND LIBRARIES, TO SHORT MONTAGE OF THE "BACKWASH OF A CITY GROWTH, THE SLUMS". 01:16:00 - ABOVE VIEW CROWDS AT INTERSECTION, PEDESTRIANS WINDOW SHOPPERS SHOPPERS EXITING DEPARTMENT STORES WOMAN PUTS CIGARETTE IN MOUTH AS SHE EXITS STORE WITH FRIEND. PEOPLE ENTERING EXITING "LINDY'S". 01:16:19 - MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS CROWDS PEDESTRIANS, SHOPPERS CU WALKING FEET. VOICE OVER TELLS OF 8 MILLION NEW WORKERS WHO "LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TOGETHER". 01:16:39 - MS CITY BUS COMES TO STOP AT CORNER, DISCHARGES PASSENGERS. 01:16:44 - UNIFORMED DOORMAN WALKS OUT OF HOTEL WITH OVERHEAD CANOPY, OPENS DOOR ON LIMO, SALUTES AS HE LETS OUT EXECUTIVE 01:16:52 - VARIOUS GOOD SHOTS, CROWD GOING DOWN STAIRS TO SUBWAY, "INDEPENDENT SUBWAY SYSTEM, BMT LINES" 01:17:02 - CROWDS CROSSING STREET INCLUDE GARMENT WORKERS PUSHING CLOTHING RACKS WITH CLOTHING ON HANGERS. 01:17:11 - FAT WOMAN TAKES SEAT NEXT TO ANOTHER ON PARK BENCH, STARTS HER KNITTING. 01:17:14 - LS PILE DRIVER DRIVING BEAM AT CONSTRUCTION SITE IN HEART OF CITY, TILT UP HIGH RISE OFFICE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION.. CU STEAM ROLLER. 01:17:25 - LS GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE. MS VARIOUS SHOTS TRUCKS, CARS, CIRCA LATE 1940S EXITING BRIDGE, TUNNEL (?), TOWARDS CAMERA R TO L. COP DIRECTING. 01:17:44 - 2 CU CROWDS, WAITERS AT OUTSIDE CAFE. 01:17:47 - HORSE AND CARRIAGE RIDER WITH TOP HAT, STANDS BY HIS RIG, LOOKING FOR CUSTOMER. LS DOUBLE DECKER BUS SPEEDS BY MAIN PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING. 01:17:51 - MS TWO MEN WALK WITH OIL PAINTINGS JUST PURCHASED . PEDESTRIANS PASS" FERAR GALLERIES" 01:17:58 - LS TILT UP MULTI-STORIED SKYSCRAPER 01:18:08 - ELEVATED SUBWAY TRAIN, PAN DOWN CROWD IN STREET IN SLUM AREA BUSINESS SECTION ALONGSIDE "EL". 01:18:15 - LS CHILDREN RUN IN LITTER BEHIND SLUM AREA MULTI-STORIED ATTACHED TENEMENT HOMES WITH FIRE ESCAPES, CLOTHES LINES CU CHILDREN CLIMB WOOD FENCE IN BACK 01:18:23 - MS WOMAN HANGING CLOTHES ON LINE FROM WINDOW. AREA OF TENEMENT HOUSES. MLS CHILD ON FIRE ESCAPE. CHILD ON FIRE ESCAPE, BEING PUSHED BY ANOTHER CHILD, ON SWING ATTACHED TO FIRE ESCAPE OF FLOOR ABOVE, CLOTHING HANG ON CLOTHES LINES IN F/G. 01:18:43 - MCU TEENAGE BOYS PLAYING DICE IN ALLEY. gambling 01:18:45 - VARIOUS VIEWS CHILDREN PLAYING IN FLOOD WATER AT CURBS, GIRLS JUMPING ROPE IN SLUM AREAS. (LOWER EAST SIDE ?) 01:18:54 - BOYS HANGING AROUND ON STOOP NEXT TO BARBER SHOP WITH FAMILIAR CANDY CANE LAMP POST. VOICE OVER TELLS OF HIGH RATE OF DISEASE, DEATH IN THESE SLUM AREAS. 01:19:25 - VARIOUS VIEWS SQUALID LIVING CONDITIONS INCLUDE SEVERAL CHILDREN SLEEPING IN ONE BED IN SLUMS AS VOICE OVER OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT (FDR) MAKING SPEECH ABOUT SUCH CONDITIONS. 01:19:33 - ROWS BROWNSTONE APARTMENT HOUSES WITH FIRE ESCAPES. HEAVY TRAFFIC, PEOPLE IN STREETS ON NARROW SLUM STREET. 01:19:42 - BUILDING WITH SIGN, "LAURA FRANKLIN FREE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN WITH CHILD LOOK OUT WINDOW HAVING BROKEN WINDOW PANES. 01:19:53 - VARIOUS VIEWS CHINATOWN STREETS WITH HANGING OVERHEAD CHINESE SIGNS, PEDESTRIANS. 01:19:59 - CU ELDERLY DERELICT MAN WITH CRUMBLED HAT, BEARD, SUNGLASES, TOWARDS CAMERA.. 01:20:04 - WOMAN WITH TWO YOUNG BOYS ON STOOP OF TENEMENT HOUSE, KNOCKS ON FRONT DOOR, ASKS IF SHE COULD SEE APARTMENT ADVERTISED IN PAPERS, WOMAN ANSWERS, "NO CHILDREN!",, PAN TO "VACANCY" SIGN IN WINDOW. MS WOMAN, WITH CHILDREN IN HAND, BACKS TO CAMERA, WALKS AWAY DEJECTEDLY, PAST CIRCA 1940S CAR PARKED AT CURB. discrimination 01:20:33 - YOUNG MAN IN BUSINESS SUIT HANDS IN APPLICATION TO AGENT, WHO READS THE JEWISH NAME ON IT. "SORRY. "APARTMENTS ARE ALL GONE!" WHEN DISAPPOINTED MAN LEAVES, AGENT THROWS APPLICATION IN THRASH CAN. bias discrimination, prejudice. 01:21:23 - MS AGENT TELLS FEMALE APPLICANT FIFTY DOLLARS FOR RENT, 50 DOLLARS DOWN AND THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR FURNITURE. WOMAN GETS UPSET, "A THOUSAND DOLLARS?" "YOU CALL THAT FURNITURE? ......I WON'T GIVE YOU A DIME FOR IT." "WELL, THAT'S HOW WE RENT THE APARTMENT", SAYS AGENT. WOMAN ANGRILY WALKS OUT 01:21:48 - MS MAN IN PHONE BOOTH, BACK TO CAMERA, INQUIRING ABOUT "APARTMENT ADVERTISED IN PAPER?". MEN IS REJECTED WHEN ASKED FOR HIS CURRENT ADDRESS. MAN EXITS PHONE BOOTH, IS AFRICAN AMERICAN WHO WAS REJECTED WHEN HE TOLD HE LIVED IN "LENNOX AVENUE" BLACK GHETTO AREA. discrimination, prejudice. housing shortage 01:22:12 - BLACK MEN LOITERING ON STOOP IN BLACK GHETTO AREA, (HARLEM) MS YOUNG BLACK WOMAN AND BOY SEATED ON STOOP READING BOOKS. CU SAME. VOICE OVER TALKS ABOUT "GHETTO BOUND" PEOPLE. 01:22:34 - LS PAN VARIOUS VIEWS HIGH RISE HOUSING PROJECTS WITH NYC SKYLINE IN B/G. CLOSER VIEW, SAME. 01:22:47 - MCU PLAQUE ON WALL OF PROJECT TELLS OF "FIRST HOUSES BUILT BY THE CITY IN 1935". MS ROW OF HIGH RISE PROJECTS HOUSING 258 FAMILIES, PAY 25 DOLLARS MONTH RENT. FOR FOUR ROOMS, INCLUDING UTILITIES. CHILDREN PLAYING, MOM WITH BABY CARRIAGE,,TREES. 01:23:06 - VARIOUS ABOVE VIEWS "RED HOOK" PROJECTS IN BROOKLYN, BUILT IN 1939.. CU PLAQUE ON WALL OF "VLADECK HOUSES", BUILT IN 1840, PAN TO PEOPLE SEATED ON PARK BENCHES, TREES, GREENERY. 01:23:26 - MAN IS ASSISTED BY CROWD OF CHILDREN AS HE RAISES FLAG IN "FORT GREENE" HOUSES, BROOKLYN, BUILT IN 1941. LS U. S. FLAG RISES IN FRONT OF HIGH RISE PROJECTS VARIOUS VIEWS SAILORS, SOLDIERS MARCHING, VOICE OVER, "WAR! AND NO MORE HOUSES WERE BUILT". 01:23:47 - LS ROW OF QUANSET HUT HOMES WITH CHILDREN PLAYING IN FRONT . VOICE OVER, "FOUR YEARS LATER, VICTORIOUS ARMY CAME HOME TO THIS". 01:23:55 - ELDERLY BLACK MAN CARRIES BUREAU ON BACK WITH STRAP TO HIS FOREHEAD, PLACES IT IN THE STREET WITH OTHER FURNITURE AFTER BEING EVICTED. 01:24:05 - MS CITY HOUSING RENT COMMISSION MEETS TO SET RENT CONTROLS. DRAFTSMEN DRAWING PLANS FOR NEW HOUSING 01:24:30 - IN VARIOUS SHOTS MAYOR O'DWYER MEETING WITH HIS BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND BOARD OF FINANCE. OTHERS CHECKING COSTS AND PLANS.. 01:25:14 - CITY PLANNING COMMISSION CHECKING OUT WALL MAP OF BUILDING SITE.. 01:25:21 - LS WRECKING BALL SMASHES INTO OLD STRUCTURES. CU SAME. VARIOUS VIEWS BRICK WALLS TUMBLING DOWN, WORKERS GUTTING OLD TENEMENT HOUSES. 01:25:46 - NEW CONSTRUCTION UNDER WAY, NYC SKYLINE, BRIDGE (MANHATTAN ?) IN B/G. VARIOUS VIEWS HARDHAT WORKERS HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS AT SITE, CRANE LOWERING BEAMS. FACE SHOTS MEN, CHILDREN WATCHING CONSTRUCTION.. 01:26:07 - .MLS STEEL WORKERS SETTING BEAM AS IT IS LOWERED IN PLACE BY CRANE, VARIOUS VIEWS HARD HATS FLIPPING HOT RIVETS AND CATCHING THERM IN SCOOPS. DAREDEVIL STEEL WORKER STANDING ON BEAM SETTING RIVETS. 01:26:29 - TILT DOWN NEW HIGH RISE PROJECT. SIGN "NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, 2 FRANKFORT STREET". 01:26:38 - MLS HUGE DOUBLE LINE OF MEN, WOMEN, ON OUTSIDE OF BUILDING GETTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE NEW HOUSING. CU SAME. THERE WERE AS MANY AS 30,000 APPLICANTS FOR ONE HOUSING PROJECT. CU FORM. CU FORM BEING MAILED IN MAIL BOX. 01:27:07 - CU PUNCH CARDS BEING SIMULATED IN COMPUTER, (CIRCA 1940S), IN ACCORDANCE WITH INCOME, MARRIAGE, CHILDREN, PRESENT LIVING CONDITIONS. MS BLACK FEMALE WORKER AT COMPUTER. MS CROWD YOUNG ADULTS, BLACK, WHITE, SEATED IN WAITING ROOM OF CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY. MS COUPLES BEING INTERVIEWED. 01:27:59 - MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS HOUSING PROJECTS. MS BABY CRYING, ROLLING AROUND IN CRIB BY WINDOW IN HOUSING PROJECT, MOM PICKS HIM UP. 01:28:23 - MS YOUNG BOY BRUSHING TEETH BEFORE MIRROR ON MEDICINE CABINET. MOM WITH BABY IN ARMS IN F/G, LOOKS IN ON HIM. CU FACE SHOT, BOY BRUSHING TEETH, GOOD. 01:28:44 - MAN HAVING BREAKFAST WATCHES AS WIFE PLACES BABY IN HIGH CHAIR NEXT TO HIM. PLAYS WITH BABY. SIPS COFFEE. 01:29:04 - MS BOY IN LIVING ROOM, FIXES TIE, PREPARES SCHOOL BOOKS. TELLS DAD HE'S READY, DAD GETS HIS COAT, BENDS TO KISS BABY IN HIGH CHAIR, KISSES WIFE, DAD, SON, EXIT APARTMENT, GO TO ELEVATOR IN HALL. 01:30:18 - HOUSE WIFE CLEANS DISHES IN HER CIRCA 1940S KITCHEN. 01:30:44 - HOUSE WIVES, WITH IN STROLLERS, BUNDLES IN HAND, JOIN "THE BABY CARRIAGE PARADE", TO LAUNDRY ROOM IN PROJECT, ENTER ROOM WITH WASHERS LINING WALL, MOMS, KIDS, WAITING. 01:31:02 - MS MOM, CHILD STUFF CLOTHING INTO FRONT LOADER WASHERS, CIRCA LATE 1940S. 01:31:15 - MS PROJECT CHILDREN WHOSE MOMS WORK ARE SERVED LUNCH AT NURSERY , ALL DAY CARE, PROVIDED BY HOUSING AUTHORITY. CU CHILDREN EATING, DRINKING MILK. VARIOUS VIEWS CHILDREN SLEEPING, PLAYING ON COTS, UNDER CARE OF DEN MOTHER. 01:31:45 - CHILDREN PLAY AFTER SCHOOL IN PLAYGROUND AT PROJECTS. CU SAME. MOMS SIT ON PARK BENCHES, WATCH IN F/G. BLACK, WHITE CHILD PLAY TOGETHER. LS BLACK MOM CALLS FROM WINDOW NEARBY. GIRLS JUMP ROPE. 01:32:15 - PAN MAILBOXES WITH NAMES OF MANY NATIONALITIES. RELIGIONS. integration. 01:32:38 - MS MEN WORKING TOGETHER IN WOOD WORK SHOP. MS WOMEN WORKING TOGETHER IN SEWING SHOP, COOKING CLASS. 01:32:59 - CU HANDS OF CRAFTSMAN TURNING CLAY POT ON POTTERS WHEEL. arts and crafts 01:33:18 - OFFICE DOOR MARKED "THOMAS F. FARRELL, CHAIRMAN, NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY". FARRELL BEING INTERVIEWED AT HIS DESK CONTAINING SMALL SCALE MODEL OF PROJECTS.. CU FARRELL TALKING. CU PAN SCALE MODEL HOUSING PROJECTS COMPLEX. 01:34:04 - CU MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY, WILLIAM O'DWYER SPEAKS. "THERE IS ONLY ONE ANSWER, "THE SLUMS MUST GO". 01:35:07 - CU PILE OF DIRT BEING LIFTED BY DERRICK. TITLE: "THE BEGINNING".
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1949
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: PA-30