World Parade: New York The Wonder City
Identifier
F.2005-01-0149
Date Of Production
1947
Abstract
A Castle Films “World Parade” short about New York City. Covers many significant landmarks, taking the viewer on a whirlwind tour through areas such as Wall Street, Chinatown, Harlem, Rockefeller Center and Central Park while making vastly sweeping generalizations about neighborhoods and cultures.
Log
00:00 - Titles. LS Exteriors of many New York landmarks; Statue of Liberty, skyline, lower Broadway, Wall Street, Trinity Church, Subtreasury, Stock Exchange, Municipal building, Brooklyn Bridge, the lower east side.
2:22 - Streets of Chinatown, with parade and dancing. Centennial Arch and CU of children in the nearby fountain. MacDougal Alley and artists on the street. Church of Transfiguration, Penn Station. Empire State Building TILT DOWN and aerial view, Chrysler building aerial view. Traffic and pedestrians at 42nd Street in LS and aerial. Public Library exterior. St. Patrick’s Cathedral with LS and CU of crowd at Easter Parade.
04:57 - Var. views of Rockefeller Center; flowers, dancers on rooftop, fountain, ice rink. Park Avenue, Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive. Var. Central Park; skating, pond, zoo, Cleopatra’s Needle. Museum of Natural History with diorama CU.
07:01-08:40 - Aeriel view of west side highway and buildings alongside. Riverside Church TILT DOWN and aerial. Var. residents of Harlem, MS and CU. George Washington Bridge. Var. city scenes with crowds and traffic, buildings lit up at night.
2:22 - Streets of Chinatown, with parade and dancing. Centennial Arch and CU of children in the nearby fountain. MacDougal Alley and artists on the street. Church of Transfiguration, Penn Station. Empire State Building TILT DOWN and aerial view, Chrysler building aerial view. Traffic and pedestrians at 42nd Street in LS and aerial. Public Library exterior. St. Patrick’s Cathedral with LS and CU of crowd at Easter Parade.
04:57 - Var. views of Rockefeller Center; flowers, dancers on rooftop, fountain, ice rink. Park Avenue, Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive. Var. Central Park; skating, pond, zoo, Cleopatra’s Needle. Museum of Natural History with diorama CU.
07:01-08:40 - Aeriel view of west side highway and buildings alongside. Riverside Church TILT DOWN and aerial. Var. residents of Harlem, MS and CU. George Washington Bridge. Var. city scenes with crowds and traffic, buildings lit up at night.
Run Time
8 min 40 sec
Format
16mm
Extent
325 feet
Color
B&W
Sound
Optical
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Print
Genre
Form
Subject
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Distributor
Main Credits
Castle Films (is production company)
Additional Credits
Castle Films (is contributor)
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