AN AERIAL TRIP OVER NEW YORK / FUN IN FLORIDA

Dating to the late 1920s / early 1930s, this silent film contains two segments, the first showing an aerial trip over New York city and the second showing a tourist view of Florida. The "Aerial Trip Over New York" was probably released by Eastman Kodak, and the "Fun in Florida" segment (1937?) is a Castle Films release.

00:00 Title card: An Aerial Trip Over New York
00:04 Title card: The Island of Manhattan
00:20 Title card: The Skyline from the Hudson River
01:22 Title card: Battery Park and the Aquarium
02:29 Title card: The Statue of Liberty
02:42 Shots of New York Harbor including views likely shot from Liberty Island
03:11 Shots of the passenger steamship docks with ocean liners at anchor
03:14 Castle Films release, "Fun in Florida"
03:20 Title card: Historical St. Augustine with images of the Old Spanish Treasury
03:50: Title card: Alligators and porpoises at what might be Marineland Studios
04:16 Title card: Bok "Singing Tower". Bok Tower Gardens is a 250-acre contemplative garden and bird sanctuary located atop Iron Mountain, north of Lake Wales, Florida, United States, created by Edward Bok in the 1920s.
4:33 Title card: Cypress Gardens. Cypress Gardens was a botanical garden and theme park near Winter Haven, Florida that operated from 1936 to 2009.
4:51 Title card: Trailer camp, Sarasota, Florida. Recreational vehicle campsite or trailer parking.
4:58 A dog sized miniature trailer is shown.
5:06 Title card: Miami. Aerial shots of Miami, Florida.
5:23 Title card: Hialeah Park flamingos and horses.
6:08 Large scale swimsuit show or beauty pageant, probably at the Miami Coral Gables hotel.
6:20 Title card: Joyous days -- alluring nights. Images of sail boats on the water. The End.

Sources

  1. YouTube channel: PeriscopeFilm · video ↗ — title, description, video