World Parade: New York The Wonder City
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A Castle Films “World Parade” short about New York City. Covers many significant landmarks, taking the viewer on a whirlwind tour through areas such as Wall Street, Chinatown, Harlem, Rockefeller Center and Central Park while making vastly sweeping generalizations about neighborhoods and cultures.
Credits
Castle Films (production company); Castle Films (contributor)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Margaret Conneely Collection
Subjects: Tourism; Cityscapes; City and town life; Architecture
Places: North America > United States > New York > New York
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - Titles. LS Exteriors of many New York landmarks; Statue of Liberty, skyline, lower Broadway, Wall Street, Trinity Church, Subtreasury, Stock Exchange, Municipal building, Brooklyn Bridge, the lower east side.; 2:22 - Streets of Chinatown, with parade and dancing. Centennial Arch and CU of children in the nearby fountain. MacDougal Alley and artists on the street. Church of Transfiguration, Penn Station. Empire State Building TILT DOWN and aerial view, Chrysler building aerial view. Traffic and pedestrians at 42nd Street in LS and aerial. Public Library exterior. St. Patrick’s Cathedral with LS and CU of crowd at Easter Parade.; 04:57 - Var. views of Rockefeller Center; flowers, dancers on rooftop, fountain, ice rink. Park Avenue, Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive. Var. Central Park; skating, pond, zoo, Cleopatra’s Needle. Museum of Natural History with diorama CU.; 07:01-08:40 - Aeriel view of west side highway and buildings alongside. Riverside Church TILT DOWN and aerial. Var. residents of Harlem, MS and CU. George Washington Bridge. Var. city scenes with crowds and traffic, buildings lit up at night.
Cfa elements: Print, 325 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2731
Subjects: Tourism; Cityscapes; City and town life; Architecture
Places: North America > United States > New York > New York
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - Titles. LS Exteriors of many New York landmarks; Statue of Liberty, skyline, lower Broadway, Wall Street, Trinity Church, Subtreasury, Stock Exchange, Municipal building, Brooklyn Bridge, the lower east side.; 2:22 - Streets of Chinatown, with parade and dancing. Centennial Arch and CU of children in the nearby fountain. MacDougal Alley and artists on the street. Church of Transfiguration, Penn Station. Empire State Building TILT DOWN and aerial view, Chrysler building aerial view. Traffic and pedestrians at 42nd Street in LS and aerial. Public Library exterior. St. Patrick’s Cathedral with LS and CU of crowd at Easter Parade.; 04:57 - Var. views of Rockefeller Center; flowers, dancers on rooftop, fountain, ice rink. Park Avenue, Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive. Var. Central Park; skating, pond, zoo, Cleopatra’s Needle. Museum of Natural History with diorama CU.; 07:01-08:40 - Aeriel view of west side highway and buildings alongside. Riverside Church TILT DOWN and aerial. Var. residents of Harlem, MS and CU. George Washington Bridge. Var. city scenes with crowds and traffic, buildings lit up at night.
Cfa elements: Print, 325 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2731
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Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:07