Living in a Metropolis (Greater New York)

Year Published: 1952

Creator: Louis De Rochemont Associates

Complete Record: map of u.s. focusing on location of new york arial shots of NYC skyline ship with stature of liberty in background map describing lines of transportation docks, cargo boats, loading goods from docks, freight rails modes of shipping, passenger rail station, airports men in suits walking up steps to plane bored pre teens watching plane take off Arial shots over the city of downtown Manhattan street scenes; bustling business people walking in street shots of descriptions of various NYC neighborhoods including park avenue, harlem, little italy, families produce stands, china town, old chinese man reading postcard, "melting pot, boroughs,ferries, subway trains above and underground, people getting on and off trains, bridges, george washington bridge, highways, tunnels, traffic going through tunnels, shipments of produce from outlying farms that are delivered to central markets, people loading containers of produce, automat vending food despenses pre packaged portions to busy office workers wall street sign, chase national back exterior, security bringing in bags of money, skyscrapers, Chystler Building, Rockefeller Center, interior of buildings, office interior of press association, people typing at desks, mid town garment center manufacturing of garments, handcarts with dresses, interior of stylish clothing, 5th avenue fashion center, where the rest of america styles it's patterns from, upscale window displays; fashions, fresh flowers, china, father and son admire toy boat, metropolitan museum of art, people walking into met, students of teens looking at art, arial shot of central park, kids playing catch, boys sailing boats, kids on monkey bars, poor kids playing in streets and open fire hydrant, and older boys swimming in hudson and jumping off of peers and swimming in hudson , coney island, people on beach, coney island rides and board walk night life of time square and broadway, night shots of signs blinking, zoom out