NEW YORK, NEW YORK 1950s NEW YORK CITY & STATE TRAVELOGUE MD52104

The Big Apple and the Empire State are the focus of the 1950s travel film, “New York.” It opens with scenes of skyscrapers and bustling streets as the narrator explains how they are symbols of a great metropolis. Some of them famous around the world — such as the Waldorf-Astoria (mark 01:03) or Grand Central Station (mark 01:20). The film proclaims NYC as a mix of new and old, and we see scenes from an art show in Greenwich Village (mark 01:55) and St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery in the East Village (mark 02:25), which was consecrated in 1799. From here we go to Radio City (mark 03:07) and its outdoor skating rink and look at Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Heading Uptown, the film shows us Columbia University (mark 04:20) and the tomb of US President Ulysses S. Grant (mark 04:49). There is a ticker tape parade on Broadway and we view the neon lights of Broadway and Time Square before viewing the Statue of Liberty (mark 05:45) in New York Harbor and city’s many bridges and tunnels. There