NEW YORK - THE WONDER CITY
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A visitor from the Old World enters New York harbor and goes on well-organized and excellently photographed sightseeing trip.
Complete catalog record
Presents glimpses of the following highlights in New York City: views of New York harbour; Ellis Island; Statue of Liberty; Broadway; Wall Street; Stock Echange; City Hall; The Tombs (Prison); Brooklyn Bridge; the Bowery; Chinatown; Festivities; Washington Square; Fifth Avenue; Greenwich Village; Great pier on the Hudson, liners; Flat Iron building; Church of Transfiguration; Pennsylvania Station; Empire State building; Chrysler building; Public Library; Park Avenue; St Patrick’s Cathedral; Rockefeller Centre; dance rehearsals on the rooftop of Radio City Music Hall; Central Park activities; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Natural History; Columbia University; Riverside Drive; tomb of General Grant; children dancing in the streets of Harlem; George Washington Bridge. The film closes with footage of the city’s night lights. Edited by Eugene W. Castle.
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- Yosemite Wonderland 1958
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Sources
- Educational Film Guide 1946 — title, year, creator, length, format, sound, description, catalog record
- Bell & Howell Filmosound Library Catalog of Educational Motion Pictures, 1942 — title, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description
- 16mm Filmography editors — catalog record
Record added 2026-07-02 14:42:49