Home Movie: John Rieder Collection: 011313 (silent)

Description: Description: Part two of a comprehensive tour through the boroughs of New York City in the mid-1950s created by a local auteur, not a tourist. Includes a visit to Coney Island among many other locations. Notable sequences feature city workers performing street sweeping and waste management chores, and with a bagel vendor, a wedding, and a look behind the scenes at a restaurant with kitchen staff sharing a meal. Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1950s, Cities, Labor, Holidays, Construction, Parks and monuments, Leisure and recreation, Film and media art Tags: "Keep New York Clean" sign; street sweepers; garbage trucks; people sweeping; waste management; city workers; working class; children playing in the streets; bows and arrows; wipes; brownstones; "Clean your sidewalk, Curb your dog." dogs; people walking dogs; sign Columbus Circle; Central Park; titles; fountains; stream; swans; ducks; Rhinoceros; pigeons; raccoons; Bronx Zoo; greenhouses; knitting on the roof; shirtless; reading the funny pages; smoking; cigarettes; Coney Island; parachute jump; flower gardens; roses; strolling; magnolias; restoration; steam shovels; Vanderbilt Plaza; Christmas 1953; kitchen staff; chef's hat; cooks; squinting at camera lights; restaurant kitchens; cooking; large pots; worker goofing for camera; parties; intoxication; drinking; women lining up to kiss man; performative kissing; shaking hands; handshakes; crowded ice skating rink; multigenerational families; woman looking at photo album; models; model ships; hobbies; dining tables; carving turkey; holiday dinner; rooftop lounging; man at typewriter; Photographed by John Rieder sign; film bench; desks; construction; urban development; street scenes; walking in garden; flowers; roses; magnolias; the end title; "An HFJ Production;" cigarette rests on rewind; Lost Landscapes of New York; Film Sponsor: Creator: John Rieder Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: John Rieder Collection PC-0659, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: 1955 Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; New York; New York, New York; Brooklyn, New York; Bronx, New York, New York Genre/Form: home movie Language: Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: positive, reversal Color: color Color Process: Kodachrome Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: triangle, plus circle, circle plus, square plus Frame Rate: 12 fps Length (feet): 826

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