Ever New...New York, 1962

d [Music] [Music] [Music] coming going always on the move the people the Customs even the places in this Restless bustling city that is New York [Music] new construction new facilities striving to keep a breast of the ceaseless teeming traffic of the growing families of the mass of busy workers in ever new New York New York is up to the minute fast moving Dynamic but its charm can be found by just turning a corner here you will find many who cling to [Music] yesterday New York's past and present live side by [Music] side the city's dignity its reverence its amazing and delightful contrasts are Blended in beautiful [Music] proportions the soft clap clap of the old is not forgotten just submerged by the clatter of the new change just for the sake change is not the purpose in the constant rebuilding and expansion rather it is an endless effort to keep up with her people their ideas their [Music] energies some 14 million visitors a year join the throngs that hustle and bustle about the city sightseers tourists and natives use every man manner of Transportation [Music] devised it is no longer unusual to see people Airborne to the Heart of the City nor is it strange that they find their way through the apparent Maze of [Music] streets in the vast complex that is New York there are such diverse activities as the Money Mart the Wall Street area gauging the financial health of the nation Fifth Avenue the world of [Music] fashion just off Fifth Avenue are the quiet garden-like surroundings of the Museum of Modern Art [Music] the shapes and forms of the sculpture on display here range from the newest to the now classic [Music] modern New York's uncompromising pursuit of creativity has often given expression to genius a much visited example is the ghai museum unusual indeed controversial of course but its soaring internal vastness is breathtaking in its Majesty Frank Lloyd Wright's conception of the ideal showcase for art is a literal transport to a different sphere nothing is humdrum in this relatively small spot on the East Coast ever new New York changes and grows almost 62 million square ft of office space will spring up in a single busy year modern castles of business and industry Built of Glass aluminum steel Plastics Ceramics they are soundproofed air conditioned modular efficient and dramatic when change is demanded change is made when the urgency of modern business requires a quickened pace a company moves this building gave 37 years of service to the great insurance company it housed but a new headquarters was needed Uptown so work began [Music] a [Music] [Music] it took 2 years to do this Herculean job and at least that long to plan the move of its citizens and effects from the old [Music] building every possession must be tagged from where it has been to where it is going work cannot be interrupted business must go on as usual nothing must be lost least of all all [Music] time 1,800 truck loads 125,000 pieces of equipment to be shifted [Music] on a quiet Sunday morning a critical stage of the move 5.5 billion dollar of policyholder assets are placed in armored trucks convoyed by New York's finest literally accounted for every block of the trip [Applause] [Music] security continues from the old Vault to the new a cavernous structure four stories underground encased in 200 tons of special [Music] steel the building enjoys its very last respit before starting its term of service not slumbering but poised ready to begin a long busy and useful [Music] life good morning the Equitable life people arrive they occupy themselves in their new surroundings well oriented because nothing is out of of place rather it is better and more [Music] [Music] efficient coming going always on the move the people customs even the places in this Restless bustling City always fascinating always is inspiring ever new New York [Music]