1965 - Economics, USA Government Production: Uptown - Portrait of the South Bronx

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1960s - Economics, USA, South Bronx: Ghetto Poverty & Caribbean Immigration Statistics across bottom of black screen: population, demographics since 1950 - 1960s in the Bronx. High Angle / HA of rooftop activity & poverty, kids play on roof tops; kite flying, pigeons, basketball. 22:55:58 HA pan w/ elevated subway along tenements; expressway & bridges in distance. 22:56:18 HA MS pan of elevated train, city buildings. POV from front of train, tracks, tenement buildings & brief still shots of children on fire escapes & at windows, MCUs daily life. Boy on roof flying kite. 22:57:40 Film titles. Elevated train into station & passengers on / off; crowded street scenes of immigrants, pedestrians of many nationalities including Blacks, Hispanic, Whites w/ resident’s racist voice over re undesirables. CU White policeman; Black man handing out leaflets w/ headline: America Falling. 22:59:03 Montage: Old white residents walk around. Shoe shine man on pavement. Movie marquee in Spanish for Vampire movie. Shop signs: hair straightened; record shops; poster Merengue Dos Santia; clothes; religious pictures; hat w/ Puerto Rico banner. Delicatessen - sandwich bar; kids looking at displays. 23:00:04 Market, many nationalities selling & shopping w/ prices on fruits & vegetables. Bagging plantains. Sidewalk Coca-Cola stand w/ ices. Secondhand furniture shop display. HA Woman puts towel on shoulder of man w/ baby; people on street. Pan tenement buildings w/ washing hanging, children on fire escapes. Kids play in lot w/ trash; play in street & along sidewalk gutter 23:02:44 MCU Little girl playing dress up trying to walk in high heeled shoes. GOOD. Kids play / climb on fire escapes. Others look out windows & playing games. CUs. 23:03:10 Pan two old White ladies walking CU Child walks w/ mother; kids play in street; Black women & kids on doorstep/stoop. Young Black men hanging around streets. Black children fighting on street. Street scenes. Black family walking w/ baby. POV tracking past large American cars parked outside tenements & gates on store windows. 23:05:49 Tilt down fire escape to kids; Hispanic men & boys play stickball game in street w/ car past. 23:07:01 CU; LS men on rooftop; unemployed hanging around - going thru trash; in doorway, sitting, standing on corners; kids playing on streets - gang name on coat. Police car CU lights/siren. Latin American youth w/ gang Colours. Kids playing on fire escape. Fist fight between young men. Still frame & moving image of teenager sniffing glue. POV up at tenement fire escape, laundry; rooftop graffiti & kids; washing on line; boy flying kite from rooftop; washing on line. 23:10:26 Montage: CU guitarist hands; night shots, neon signs; silhouetted street action, window shopping; man serving shaved ices; blinking street signs; Prospect club sign; street entertainers & Garcia Lorca play by mobile street theater; stage performance, CU faces watching. Moody night street shots, group of men play dominoes. Shop window reflections. Wedding shop & party. Lighted cross over church. Signs re finance; loans w/ elevated train at night behind. 23:14:46 Montage: Daytime, train out of tunnel POV train driver; elevated train past. Sunday activities: people to churches including Spiritualists; to baseball in St. Mary’s park; kids at play; wash car; sidewalk revivalist meeting; play in hydrants sprinklers. 23:16:21 Churches, nationalities & faiths, signs. Families at amateur baseball game. 23:18:43 Plane over tenements. Summary montage: people & poverty of Puerto Rican immigrant lives. 23:21:38 Titles. Daily Life; New York City; NYC; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk