NEW YORK - THE WONDER CITY

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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  2. BALI 1939
  3. MEXICO 1940
  4. NEW YORK—THE WONDER CITY 1940
  5. NATIVE AFRICA 1941
  6. Gateway to the Orient (Hong Kong). 1957
  7. SOUTH PACIFIC HORIZONS 1957
  8. CAMERA ON RUSSIA 1958
  9. FLORIDA'S HIGHSPOT 1958
  10. Yosemite Wonderland 1958
  11. Exotic Nippon 1976
  12. Fantastic Yellowstone 1976

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Sources

  1. Educational Film Guide 1946 — title, year, creator, length, format, sound, description, catalog record
  2. Bell & Howell Filmosound Library Catalog of Educational Motion Pictures, 1942 — title, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description
  3. 16mm Filmography editors — catalog record