1956 - Color, Americana: Invitation To New York

1956 - Color, Americana: New York City Tug on Hudson River & lower Manhattan beyond. POV upriver past docks. Empire State building above sign: Madison Ave & 34th St. Tilt down NY Times Building at Times Square looking south, little traffic. Man out of ornate subway entrance. Many people hurry to work, sunshine. 08:02:10 Wall Street, tilt down to church. St. Patrick’s Cathedral entrance, spires. Seagram Building (?). Rockefeller Ice Rink from above & skaters, flags; CU woman watching. 08:03:12 Museum of Modern Art, MoMA sculpture garden & visitors looking at statues. Sketching boaters on lake in Central Park. Fifth Avenue, department stores & wealthy stylish windows. Men standing at counter in sidewalk cafe eating; sitting on park benches in sun, playing chess in Washington Square Park. 08:04:24 Eating at sidewalk cafe; CU man eating at hotdog stand. CU. Boy feeding geese in Children’s zoo & kids playing on Noah’s Ark. Camel ride. Small merry-go-round on back of truck & CU of kids faces; mothers watch. Boy & sailboat on pond in Central Park. 08:05:48 Professional baseball player hitting & running bases. Lifeguard on beach w/ small children. Cotton candy spun in machine & handed to boy at amusement park w/ Wonder Wheel in background. Small children’s rides in rocket ships. 08:06:26 Young girls skating in Washington Square Park; others strolling. Greenwich village art show, man looking at paintings. Indian woman in sari looking in window; other street scenes & vendors w/ food stalls, fish in boxes, hats, vegetables into scale. Chinatown dragon parade & drummers. United Nations building, flags, people. 08:07:56 Lower Manhattan & Statue of Liberty. 3-stack liner leaving. George Washington Bridge; Freighter, tugs. Empire State Building from restaurant table in ?? w/ couple drinking cocktails. Various fancy ethnic restaurants. 08:09:20 Lights & signs in Times Square at night. Nightclub show w/ dancers in costumes, French can-can stage show. Montage of New York scenes day & night. The End. Promotional Travelogue; 1950s; 1956; Stereotypes; Daily Life; Street Scenes;