Vanishing “El”, The

The Vanishing “El” Presented by Sterling Films; If Things Could Talk series. 18:20:18 Traffic around New Jersey entrance Lincoln Tunnel; passengers boarding four-engine plane; streamliners along river. Elevated subway railroad car. 18:20:38 Subway yards w/ elevated cars, pan across. 18:20:57 Third Avenue Elevated tracks w/ three car train past from street w/ Chrysler Building. Drawing of original el, photographs. 1950s shot in Lower Manhattan & various shots from below. 18:21:39 Gabled station on Elevated Platform & covered stairs, people walking up. Platform as trains come in. Driver leaving. People in car holding straps. POV along train, express passing local. Thru Bronx park & Botanical Gardens. 18:23:00 View from in car; overhead of train heading downtown. POV from cab & interior w/ driver at controls. View over ornate cast iron supports in Bronx w/ tenements behind. Past buildings intercut w/ driver. Tenements & clothes lines. Around big curve & over Harlem River, train s on bridge going uptown & downtown. Kids diving into Harlem River & on piers. 18:24:33 View along track w/ trains in both directions thru Spanish Harlem. Large construction projects. Int. of cars w/ upholstered seats. Waldorf Astoria towers. Various skyscrapers. 18:25:47 Forty-Second St. station & traffic beneath w/ trams aka trolleys. scenic view of Chrysler Building. Views of Lower East Side from Brooklyn. Kids fighting on streets & hanging out on street corner; girls w/ dolls. Shadows & traffic on street under overhead platform. Chinatown signs. Bums in doorway. Barbershop; man sleeping on sidewalk. 18:27:12 LS of two trains in Chatham Square. Woolworth building beyond stairs w/ woman & child down. Views of trains in narrow corridors thru buildings. Wall Street & station w/ pot-bellied stove. Tight curve at docks w/ freighters & pulling in to South Ferry. Harbor w/ freighters & ships. statue of Liberty. Sightseeing guide pointing up for tourists, old & young. People hanging out windows alongside tracks. Transportation; Elevated Trains; Poverty; Street Scenes; New York City Daily Life; NYC; 1950s; IRT Third Avenue LIne; NOTE: South Ferry was opened August 26, 1878. South Ferry Spur was closed Dec. 22, 1950. 12May55 Chatham Square to 149th St. in Bronx closed. Balance closed in April 1973. VERY GOOD quality.