This is New York

New York City from a child’s viewpoint. A French boy and his papa visit New York, and the wide-eyed boy describes what he sees and tells some of the facts he has learned about the city. Adapted from Miroslav Sasek’s book ‘This is New York’ for children.

Credits

production company

Weston Woods Studios

producer

Sonny Fox

Morton Schindel

author

M. Sasek

Duration

00:11:27:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1962

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010833

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cities and towns - Interpretive programs

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cities and towns - United States

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → New York (N.Y.) - Description and travel

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travel

Childrens Films

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Expression in children

Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations

Places → Cities and towns - Interpretive programs

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/73725--this-is-new-york/ |title=This is New York |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=28 May 2022 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

United States, 1962

Please note