1906 - USA: Primitive Documentary Setting Fiction Story, Skyscrapers Of New York, The 08,14-15Nov06

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1906 - USA: Primitive Documentary Setting Fiction Story, Skyscrapers of New York, The 08,14-15Nov06 11:04:12 Pan over panorama of New York City / Manhattan rooftops includes Union Square & street. 11:04:59 Men hand bricks to others laying bricks along top of a building, Hudson River & New Jersey (?) seen in background. 11:05:21 A man in suit & hat stands supervising while rivets are heated, thrown to man w/ bucket catching; others w/ tongs pull out & hammer thru iron girders. 11:06:08 Ironworkers sit on beam, high up. A third worker climbing vertical beam; girder lifted by crane & pinned into place, another man slides out on beam to help. 11:07:11 4 or 5 workers are swung out mid-air on ball or hook of crane cable & lowered, rooftops & building signs visible behind them as they wave. 11:07:56: Intertitle: Dago Pete starts a fight and is discharged. 11:08:11 Three men working on planks on top floor; Pete walks out & picks fight w/ one who picks up pipe; others two workers separate them & foreman or contractor smoking pipe runs up & grabs Pete walks him off. 11:08:40 Intertitle: To get even he robs the contractor. 11:08:48 On the rooftop, man / contractor smoking pipe takes off coat & vest & hangs on table of sawhorses & walks off. Dago Pete puts on jacks & steals pocket watch from the vest & leaves. 11:10:07 Intertitle: He Returns To The Building And Accuses The Foreman Of The Theft. 11:10:16 Three men put on coats from sawhorses / table. Another man walks up, puts on coat & contractor finds watch missing. Accuses foreman & they begin to fight. Men separate them. 11:11:14 Intertitle: He secretes the stolen property in the home of the foreman. 11:11:29 Woman & child in living room of house; disgruntled employee enters the house & hides watch on mantel. 11:12:15 Intertitle: Atop The Skyscraper - Thrilling hand-to-hand encounter on one of the highest buildings erected in New York. 11:12:32 Contractor on top floor cleaning up; foreman climbs up & they argue & fight w/ contractor pushed off. 11:13:21 Intertitle: Rescue of the Contractor. 11:13:29 Man half-hanging between iron beams, two men climb out & pull him up. 11:14:04 Intertitle: The Culprit Exposed. 11:14:10 Courtroom w/ foreman arguing before judge. Daughter / girl brought in w/ watch; points out guilty man. Foreman and contractor shake hands. Melodrama; Skyscraper Ironwork Construction; Daily LIfe; Working Class; Actuality Setting; Early Cinema; 1900s; American Mutoscope & Biograph Company; New York City; NYC; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk