Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: V-1421

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00:46:02 19.85	NARRATOR'S INTRODUCTION
00:46:33 50.82	AERIAL DAY NEW YORK SKYSCRAPERS HARBOR PIERS VARIOUS ANGLES CITY SKYLINE
00:47:20 97.82	VARIOUS SCENES EARLY MORNING STREETS OF MANHATTAN EARLY MORNING TRAFFIC, FEW PEDESTRIANS
00:47:32 109.82	SCENES OF COMMUTERS COMING INTO MANHATTAN ON THROUGHWAYS, CONGESTED MORNING COMMUTE TRAFFIC SLOWLY MERGING DOWNTOWN GREAT 1950s CARS
00:47:59 136.82	SUBWAY STATION, SUBWAY TRAIN COMING INTO STATION
00:48:02 139.82	CU PASSENGERS PUSHING THEIR WAY ONTO SUBWAY CAR COMMUTERS. SUBWAY LEAVING STATION
00:48:12 149.82	CU COMMUTERS SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY UP SUBWAY STATION STEPS RIVER AVE.
00:48:15 152.82	CITY STREET SCENES TRAFFIC COMING & GOING, COFFEE SHOP, PEDESTRIANS CITY LIFESTYLE
00:48:18 155.82	MONTAGE CITY MODES OF TRANSPORTATION: SUBWAYS, BUSES, TRAINS
00:48:25 162.82	CITY STREET SCENES STREETS PACKED WITH PEDESTRIANS
00:48:32 169.82	WS GRAND CENTRAL STATION TRAIN STATION CIRCA 1959. Or is it Penn Station?
00:48:39 176.82	OUT OF TOWN NEWSPAPER STAND CUSTOMERS BUYING MORNING PAPERS, ECU VARIOUS CITIES NEWSPAPERS, MAN SELECTING BIRMINGHAM NEWSPAPER
00:48:48 185.82	NEW YORK CITY STREET SCENES MORNING COMMUTE
00:48:54 191.82	ECU STREET CORNER BLINKING DON'T WALK
00:48:57 194.82	MS NO PARKING 8 AM TO MIDNIGHT STREET SIGN PANS BACK SHOWING 1950s CARS PARKED ON CITY STREET
00:49:06 203.82	MS MAN WITH CAR TROUBLE LEANING OVER ENGINE OF CAR WITH HOOD UP FIXING CAR IN BUSY CITY. SHUTS HOOD, WIFE JUMPS IN CAR, THEY DRIVE AWAY
00:49:25 222.82	HIGH ANGLE NEW YORK CITY MORNING COMMUTE
00:49:30 227.82	ECU FINGER DIALING ROTARY TELEPHONE
00:49:32 229.82	ECU SWITCHBOARD, OPERATOR PLUGGING IN LINES
00:49:39 236.82	ECU TELEPHONE OPERATOR. MS SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS PLUGGING IN PHONE LINES
00:49:47 244.82	HS BUSY CROWDED OFFICE WORKERS WORKING IN CUBICLES
00:49:50 247.82	LOW ANGLE SKYSCRAPER
00:49:54 251.82	MS MANY WINDOW CLEANERS SUSPENDED BY ROPES HIGH ABOVE THE STREET CLEANING WINDOWS
00:49:59 256.82	POV WINDOW CLEANER LOOKING DOWN TO STREET BELOW
00:50:02 259.82	CU GROUP OF WINDOW CLEANERS. POV FROM ABOVE LOOKING AT CLEANER JUST BELOW
00:50:11 268.82	VARIOUS ANGLE CONSTRUCTION BUILDING SITES IN MANHATTAN
00:50:33 290.82	MS OLD BUILDING BEING RAZED TORN DOWN DEMOLISHED
00:50:36 293.82	MS TILT UP LENGTH OF NEW SKYSCRAPER
00:50:44 301.82	CU CRANE DIGGING OUT FOUNDATION. FILLING DUMP TRUCK WITH DIRT CONSTRUCTION SITE
00:51:09 326.82	MONTAGE RESIDENTS WALKING PET DOGS ON MORNING WALK. SMALL LAP DOG, POODLE, IRISH WOLFHOUND, BOXER
00:51:40 357.82	MONTAGE DEPARTMENT STORES, LORD & TAYLOR, MACY'S,
00:51:48 365.82	MS SPECIALITY SHOP WINDOW DISPLAY OF SKULLS
00:51:54 371.82	CU HUMAN SKULLS ON DISPLAY IN WINDOW
00:51:57 374.82	CU SIGKLEIN'S FAT MEN'S SHOP. MS BIG & TALL MAN BEING FITTED ON CITY STREET IN FRONT OF SPECIALITY SHOP. SATISFIED CUSTOMER THANKING TAILOR WEARING MEASURING TAPE AROUND HIS NECK OBESE MAN
00:52:06 383.82	CU ROBERT ABELS ANTIQUE SHOP MINIATURE ARMORED STATUE GUARDS ENTRANCE TO SHOP. CUSTOMER WALKING OUT OF SHOP WITH PURCHASE
00:52:12 389.82	MS SALESWOMAN IN SHOP WINDOW MAKING DISPLAY WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS RITA FORD MUSIC BOXES WRITTEN ON WINDOW PUTTING ZITHER IN WINDOW DISPLAY
00:52:22 399.82	CU SIGN HANGING ON DRUG STORE "LOVE POTIONS" PANS BACK TO CUSTOMERS EXITING PHARMACY
00:52:30 407.82	MS TROPICAL FISH AQUARIUM STOCK CO. STORE. CU SIGN ADVERTISING SEA HORSES.
00:52:39 416.82	MS FACADE VAN CLEEF AND ARPELS JEWELERS, JEWELRY STORE. CU JEWELRY DISPLAY. MS CUSTOMER BEING FITTED WITH "EMPRESS JOSEPHINE'S" TIARA
00:53:04 441.82	INTERIOR: SALESMAN'S MODEL SHOWING CUSTOMER JEWELRY WEARING NECKLACE & EAR RINGS. CUSTOMER NODDING HEAD IN APPROVAL. WEALTHY COSTUMER EARRINGS ALONE COST $200,000 IN 1959!
00:53:30 467.82	MS JEWELRY CASE DISPLAYING EXPENSIVE JEWELRY
00:53:37 474.82	CU WORKER FILLING BUCKETS WITH CRUSHED ICE FISH MARKET CU FRESHLY CAUGHT FISH BEING THROWN ON SCALE WEIGHING FISH
00:53:46 483.82	LS FACADE FULTON FISH MARKET, NEW YORK CITY SCENES FROM FISH MARKET WORKERS WEIGHING PACKING FISH IN ICE FOR SHIPMENT LOADING ONTO REFRIGERATOR TRUCKS
00:54:06 503.82	SCENES FROM NEW YORK HARBORFRONT. CU LOIDE-URUGUA SHIPS FROM RIO DE JANEIRO LOADING FREIGHTERS WITH CRATES OF FISH SHIPMENTS
00:54:28 525.82	SCENES OF CRUISE SHIPS LUXURY LINERS PASSENGERS GOING ON CRUISE WAVING TO FOLKS ON PIERS STREAMERS BEING THROWN FROM DECK OF SHIP. TUG BOAT PASSING LINER SHOWS IMMENSE SIZE.
00:54:43 540.82	AERIAL OVER FRENCH LINER MOORED IN HARBOR OTHER SMALLER SHIPS FOLLOWING LINER OUT OF HARBOR
00:54:52 549.82	COMMERCIAL PLANE TAKING OFF BOAC
00:55:05 562.82	SCENES FROM NEW YORK AIRPORT LAGUARDIA PLANES LANDING
00:55:26 583.82	HS NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
00:55:28 585.82	SCENES FROM N. Y. PUBLIC LIBRARY CU LIONS GUARDING ENTRANCE & INSCRIPTION
00:55:37 594.82	INTERIOR LIBRARY CIRCA 1959
00:55:40 597.82	MAN BROWSING OVER CARD CATALOG CARRYING DRAWER OF CARDS TO TABLE
00:55:43 600.82	POV WALKING THROUGH LIBRARY SHELVES & SHELVES OF BOOKS
00:55:53 610.82	CU YOUNG MAN SELECTING BOOK FROM SHELF
00:55:56 613.82	HS TABLES IN LIBRARY FILLED WITH READERS
00:56:05 622.82	SCENE FROM THE BOWERY SECTION OF MANHATTAN HOMELESS MEN LEAVING SHELTER. DARK SIDE OF THE CITY
00:56:11 628.82	MS HOMELESS MAN SITTING ON SIDEWALK STREET BEGGING FOR MONEY
00:56:14 631.82	MS HOMELESS MAN SLEEPING ON SUBWAY GRATE IN MANHATTAN. DERELICT, BUM. UNFORTUNATE
00:56:16 633.82	CU BOWERY BUM DRUNK SMOKING CIGARETTE STAGGERING
00:56:24 641.82	MS TWO HOMELESS MEN SHARING BOTTLE ON CITY STREET GETTING DRUNK DROWNING THEIR SORROWS
00:56:29 646.82	MS HOMELESS MAN ORGANIZING HIS BELONGINGS
00:56:31 648.82	MS CRAZY HOMELESS MAN SITTING ON CURB SHAKING FISTS TALKING TO HIMSELF
00:56:36 653.82	AMBULANCE ARRIVING AT HOSPITAL BELLEVUE ORDERLIES TAKING STRETCHER OUT OF AMBULANCE INTO HOSPITAL
00:56:48 665.82	SCENES FROM WALL STREET FINANCIAL AREA OF MANHATTAN
00:56:59 676.82	HS FLOOR OF THE EXCHANGE MS READING TICKER TAPE USUAL PANDEMONIUM ON STOCK EXCHANGE FLOOR
00:57:14 691.82	EXTERIOR TILT DOWN TRINITY CHURCH
00:57:32 709.82	MS SMALL CEMETARY BESIDE CHURCH. CU GRAVESTONES ROBERT FULTON, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, CU GRAVES FROM REVOLUTIONARY WAR
00:58:09 746.82	CU LUNCH BOX BEING THROWN INTO GARBAGE CAN, MISSES & FALLS ON GROUND LITTERING
00:58:13 750.82	CU PIGEONS EATING BITS OF BREAD THROWN ON GROUND CU SQUIRREL BEING HAND FED SQUIRREL EATING FROM MAN'S HAND
00:58:18 755.82	CU YOUNG BOY FEEDING BIRD FROM HIS HAND
00:58:19 756.82	MS OLD MAN SITTING AT JACK KEMPS RESTAURANT TOOTHLESS OLD MAN GUMMING HIS LIPS
00:58:24 761.82	CU YOUNG WOMAN SIPPING FROM STRAW AT SODA SHOP
00:58:27 764.82	CU MADE UP YOUNG GIRLS EATING AT SODA SHOP FALSE EYELASHES
00:58:33 770.82	CU BARTENDER POURING MUG OF BEER FROM TAP
00:58:36 773.82	AERIAL OVER CENTRAL PARK
00:58:40 777.82	SCENES FROM CENTRAL PARK FAMILY PICNIC ON GRASS CHILDREN PLAYING ROW BOATS IN LAKE BOY WEARING SAILOR CAP
00:58:46 783.82	MONTAGE RESIDENTS TAKING NAPS IN PARK GREAT SHOT OF SLEEPING BAREFOOT MAN
00:58:55 792.82	CU SIGN IN PARK READING "THIS LAWN OPEN FOR PASSIVE USE" CUTS TO COUPLE KISSING ON LAWN
00:59:04 801.82	MS OLDER COUPLE TAKING RIDE AROUND PARK IN HANSOM HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE
00:59:10 807.82	MS TWO MEN HORSEBACK RIDING IN CENTRAL PARK
00:59:12 809.82	BOYS PLAYING BASEBALL GAME IN CENTRAL PARK
00:59:15 812.82	BOYS FISHING IN CENTRAL PARK
00:59:19 816.82	COUPLES ROWING IN CENTRAL PARK ROW BOATS
00:59:23 820.82	ELDERLY MEN PLAYING CHESS CHECKERS IN CENTRAL PARK
00:59:28 825.82	CU SIGN TAVERN ON THE GREEN. SCENES OF CUSTOMERS EATING OUTDOORS AT TAVERN ON THE GREEN CIRCA 1959
00:59:34 831.82	AERIAL MANHATTAN CENTRAL PARK
00:59:42 839.82	CENTRAL PARK ZOO. CU CAGED WHITE BEAR. MS MONKEY ENTERTAINING CHILDREN AT THE ZOO.
00:59:51 848.82	GARMENT DISTRICT, MEN PUSHING & PULLING CARTONS BOXES CLOTHING ETC..CLOTHES BEING TRANSPORTED THROUGH THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY
01:00:25 882.82	INTERIOR FACTORY SEAMSTRESSES MAKING CLOTHING AT SEWING MACHINES GARMENT WORKERS
01:00:38 895.82	FASHION SHOW MODELS WEARING EVENING GOWNS
01:00:43 900.82	COMMUTERS GOING INTO SUBWAY STATION 8TH AVENUE UP TOWN
01:00:55 912.82	RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC CIRCA 1959. CU SPEED LIMIT SIGN 60 MPH. CU COMMUTER WITH HEAD IN HAND WAITING OUT TRAFFIC JAM. CU HAND ON STEERING WHEEL FLICKING ASHES OF CIGARETTE ONTO FLOOR OF CAR
01:01:04 921.82	MS TRAFFIC JAM CARS MERGING
01:01:06 923.82	CU WOMEN IN BACK STREET BEING DRIVEN LEANS UP TO TALK TO DRIVER, DRIVER KEEPING HIS COOL WAITING TRAFFIC JAM RUSH HOUR
01:01:18 935.82	LS NIGHT SHOT HARBORFRONT SKYLINE SEEN FROM ACROSS HARBOR
01:01:29 946.82	VARIOUS SCENES MANHATTAN AT NIGHT GREAT WHITE WAY TIMES SQUARE FLASHING ELECTRONIC BILLBOARDS
01:01:39 956.82	WALTER WINCHELL SPEAKING ABOUT THE "NIGHT PEOPLE"
01:01:45 962.82	NIGHT SCENES. TIMES SQUARE, BROADWAY. ELECTRONIC BILLBOARDS. THE GREAT WHITE WAY. MONTAGE BROADWAY SHOW SIGNS : SOUTH SEAS IN CINERAMA, THE MUSIC MAN, THE WORLD OF SUSIE WONG (WILLIAM SHATNER STARRED IN THIS SHOW), A MAJORITY OF ONE,
01:02:13 990.82	THEATER GOERS ENTERING THEATER OPENING NIGHT
01:02:24 1001.82	WALTER WINCHELL EXITING THEATER, GETTING INTO CAB, PAUSES & ADDRESSES CAMERA LEANING ON CAR DOOR
01:02:48 1025.82	CU SARDI'S SIGN & STREET BELOW
01:02:51 1028.82	CU WALTER WINCHELL INSIDE SARDI'S AT TABLE TALKS ABOUT TONIGHT'S NEW SHOW
01:03:11 1048.82	MAITRE D' SEATING PATRON'S AT SARDI'S ON WALL CARICATURES HANG
01:03:26 1063.82	MS PRETTY BROADWAY ACTRESS MAKES EYES TOWARD WINCHELL WHO THEN JOINS THEM
01:03:43 1080.82	MONTAGE FAMOUS LANDMARK RESTAURANTS ON BROADWAY LINDY'S, ROTH'S GRILL, STORK CLUB, EL MOROCCO,
01:03:48 1085.82	MS CUSTOMERS GOING INTO RESTAURANT DOOR MAN DRESSED IN TRADITIONAL MIDDLE EASTERN COSTUME
01:03:53 1090.82	MS COUPLE KISSING ON BENCH SLOW ZOOM BACK REVEALS THEY ARE MODELS IN ART CLASS ARTISTS DRAWING IN CHARCOAL ON EASELS COOPER UNION ART SCHOOL CU DRAWINGS. CU WALTER WINCHELL DRAWING
01:04:42 1139.82	SCENES OF YOUNG MAN RUNNING THROUGH STREETS PHYSICAL TRAINING BOXER FIGHTER PUGILIST. JOGGER.
01:04:57 1154.82	LOW ANGLE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN MARQUEE, SIGN READING: ORTIZ VS LANE. FERNANDES VS REDL. BOXING MATCHES
01:05:02 1159.82	EXTERIOR CARNEGIE HALL. CU POSTERS BILLBOARDS FOR CONCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL LEONARD BERNSTEIN DIRECTOR PHILHARMONIC SEASON 1959-1960
01:05:25 1182.82	NIGHT MONTAGE CHINATOWN
01:05:41 1198.82	NIGHT SCENES GREENWICH VILLAGE. VILLAGE BARN. BEATNIKS. (HF-YTV)
01:05:46 1203.82	CU JAZZ BAND PLAYING IN NIGHTCLUB
01:05:51 1208.82	FOLK SINGER PLAYING ACOUSTIC GUITAR IN VILLAGE CLUB CIRCA 1959. FOLKIES. FOLK SCENE.
01:05:55 1212.82	CU BARKING DOG IN NIGHTCLUB
01:05:57 1214.82	BEATNIKS HANGING OUT IN COFFEEHOUSE. COFFEE HOUSE, CAFE. BOHEMIANS. NIGHTCLUB LISTENING TO FOLK MUSIC HOOTENANNY BEATNIK LIFESTYLE VILLAGE PARTY ARTSY BOHEMIANS DIGGING THE SCENE, FOLKIES, PRECURSOR TO HIPPIES.
01:06:59 1276.82	BEATNIK SEQUENCE ENDS. CU WOMAN SWEEPING FLOORS IN BUILDING MAINTENANCE WORKER
01:07:06 1283.82	SCENES OF WORKER CLEANING CHEWING GUM OFF STREETS IN FRONT OF BROADWAY THEATERS. RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL. SPECIAL STEAM MACHINE USED TO CLEAN STREETS
01:07:17 1294.82	MS RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL MARQUEE, STREET CLEANER WORKING IN FRONT
01:07:22 1299.82	DAWN, NEW YORK CITY SUN RISING, LONE MAN WALKING DOWN EMPTY CITY STREET (WALTER WINCHELL)
01:07:32 1309.82	MAN PAUSES IN FRONT OF U. N. UNITED NATIONS
01:07:37 1314.82	LS TILT DOWN UNITED NATIONS BUILDING
01:07:50 1327.82	CU VARIOUS NATION'S FLAGS FLYING IN WIND
01:07:55 1332.82	MS WALTER WINCHELL TURNS AROUND ADDRESSES CAMERA
01:08:00 1337.82	NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE HARBORFRONT WATERFRONT SEEN FROM ACROSS HARBOR
01:08:02 1339.82	MAN WALKING ACROSS WIDE CITY STREET TO 1950s CAR
01:08:21 1358.82	NARRATOR CONCLUDES