New York City - Documentary Film 1939

New York City People walking the streets of New York. Stock exchange transactions (Wall Street). Images of the buildings. Facade of the Mayor's Office. Old prison with the bridge of sighs. Steamboat navigating the river and crossing under the Brooklyn Bridge. People walking the streets of Mulberry. People buying food, shirts and other things at a community fair. Chinatown with dragon dance and other ceremonies. Washington Arch on Fifth Avenue. Images of Greenwich Village. Children bathing in a fountain and in the lane of a street where the water runs. Ocean liner departing from the port, people at the dock and firing passengers. Port images with various ships moored at the dock. Facade of the skyscraper "El Flatiron", better known as La Plancha and cars traveling along Fifth Avenue. Facade of a small church. Facade of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station. Facade of the Empire State building. Aerial images of the Empire State and Chrysler buildings. People walking down the street, traffic cars, trams and buses on Fifth Avenue (5th. Aven. - W. 42 street). Facade of the Public Library. Cars traveling on Park Avenue. Facade of the St. Patrick's Cathedral. Couples traveling in a mateo (horse-drawn carriage). Facade of the Rockefeller Center (Radio City). Dancers rehearsing on the terrace of Radio City. People skating on the ice rink of the Rockefeller Center. People skating on the icy lake of Central Park. Facade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Facade of the Natural History Museum. Facade of the University of Columbia. Riverside walk along the Hudson River. Tomb of General Grant. Facade of the Riverside Cathedral. Images of the Harlem neighborhood. Police of color directing the traffic. Boy dancing jazz in the street and eating a slice of watermelon. Facade of the Medical Center. Images of the George Washington Bridge. Vehicles transiting Fifth Avenue. Night images of New York City and vehicles traveling along Fifth Avenue; buildings and skyscrapers with the lights on; people walking on the street; and Brooklyn Bridge.
Date: 1939
Duration: 7 minutes 31 seconds
Film code: D-00708

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