Presents glimpses of the following highlights in New York City: views of New York harbour; Ellis Island; Statue of Liberty; Broadway; Wall Street; Stock Echange; City Hall; The Tombs (Prison); Brooklyn Bridge; the Bowery; Chinatown; Festivities; Washington Square; Fifth Avenue; Greenwich Village; Great pier on the Hudson, liners; Flat Iron building; Church of Transfiguration; Pennsylvania Station; Empire State building; Chrysler building; Public Library; Park Avenue; St Patrick’s Cathedral; Rockefeller Centre; dance rehearsals on the rooftop of Radio City Music Hall; Central Park activities; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Natural History; Columbia University; Riverside Drive; tomb of General Grant; children dancing in the streets of Harlem; George Washington Bridge. The film closes with footage of the city’s night lights. Edited by Eugene W. Castle.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
312449
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Bowery (New York, N.Y.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cities and towns
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cities and towns - United States
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → New York (N.Y.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → New York (N.Y.) - Description and travel
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y)
Places → Bowery (New York, N.Y.)
Places → Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
Places → Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)