New York City Neighborhood Prior To Clearing For United Nations Construction, 1947

New York City Neighborhood Prior To Clearing For United Nations Construction, 1947 Low angle of truck wheels over Manhattan cobblestone streets; view to west along ca 46th St. w/ traffic turning 03:11:08 East River towards Queens, NYC, w/ traffic past & pan to 59th Street bridge. 03:11:30 Bocci balls & feet. 03:11:44 Man loading wooden frames into truck. Surveyor in street, buses, taxis. Traffic past. CU. 03:12:24 Men loading wooden frames into large truck, tying rope. 03:12:31 Tracy Tugboat pushing barge on East River. Man sitting on dock w/ shirt off reading newspaper, East River Drive & skyscrapers beyond. 03:13:05 Large brick warehouse w/ fire escape, Auto Body sign. 03:13:31 Construction Laborers Local 1010 AF of L union w/ sign in window: On or After June 9th, 1947 this office will be located at 838 Third Ave. 03:13:39 Fire escapes on building, tilt down to woman w/ baby in stroller on cross street; family of grandmother, mother & boy reading newspapers on front stoop. MCU. Front of buildings w/ roof cornice & tilt down to family on stoop, boy on neighboring stoop. 03:14:59 Man in doorway of Jack’s Tavern, cat in window; lights cigarette & throws trash on ground. Littering. MCU cat sitting in window. 03:15:25 Upside down aerial 03:15:40 Sign on storefront window re Moved to... Old type phone number: NE.9-3898. 03:15:46 High angle of intersection w/ taxis & trucks. Building sign: Flashgun Corner. 03:15:57 Views up (?) First Avenue w two-way traffic. MCU truck United Dressed Beef Company. 03:16:37 Shell service station w/ man, taxi-driver, pouring water in car / taxi radiator; attendant filling taxi gas tank from gasoline pump. 03:17:01 Kids playing, mothers watching on sidewalk by busy street w/ traffic past, pedestrians. 03:17:36 East River w/ cattle up ramp from barge next to East Side Highway, skyscrapers & 59th St. Bridge seen. MCU white-face, Hereford, cattle. 03:18:28 Low angle of three men sitting, eating lunch; street cleaner picking up trash from sidewalk, cars past (rolls out of frame). 03:18:56 Pedestrians walk under awning: Steaks - Midtown - Chops 765 (First Avenue). Ball Games - Television - Fights - Racing. 03:19:15 CU street sign: 1st Ave & E. 42 St. 1940s; 1947 Americana; Redevelopment; NOTE: VERY GOOD shots of daily life NYC. Summer & well-lighted.