Skyline New York

Skyline New York is a short film from ca. 1956 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

01:01:46:21 CU 1950s father says �That�s a good even Steven proposition, Mother your daughter�s a born bargainer.�

01:01:52:04 CU 1950s mother with look of concern exclaims �All the way to New York ?�

01:01:54:12 CU 1950s young woman in late teens early twenties laughing �Oh gosh Mrs. Martin you make it sound like it�s the end of the world. Really it�s only a few hours away.�

01:02:01:16 MS blonde haired young woman with CU Mother in foreground of frame; girls says to her Mother �Of course Mother, you can fly coast to coast in only eight hours.�

01:02:12:27 MS Blonde girl in late teens seated between her parents at dinner table, girl excitedly cries out �Oh Mother and Daddy you�re the most� CU smiling brunette friend; blonde girl again �New York here we come!�

01:02:23:06 CU teenage girl says �Well, we�ve already reserved seats on TWA.�

01:02:36:04 Passengers climb stair ladder to board TWA plane; two girls wave goodbye at top of ladder; low-angle of parents waving back from behind fence.

01:02:52:21 TWA airplane taking off runway; TWA plane with American flag painted on its side, in air flying over clouds in blue sky.

01:03:06:13 VS inside TWA airplane in 1950s.

01:03:27:29 High-angle looking down on TWA plane flying above the Grand Canyon.

01:03:52:18 Stewardess or Flight Attendant delivers two girls their meal on TWA flight as they look out plane window excitedly.

01:04:18:19 TWA airplane flies over New York City; NYC skyline in background; VS aerials of New York City skyline in 1950s; plane lands on runway at Idlewild New York International Airport (now John F. Kennedy International).

01:05:02:04 Man stands on airport traffic control platform, hands on hips, with large letters spelling �New York� along railing, and large clock behind him reads 12:05.

01:05:07:11 Two 1950s young women stop out of TWA airplane onto stair ladder and wave white gloved hands excitedly to someone off in distance; MS man outside in beige suit waves arm; clock behind him on wall of building reads 12:09; man walks out of frame past sign �Transient Pilots Register Port Authority Operations.�

01:05:14:01 Passenger of TWA flight exit plane by way of staircase.

01:05:19:20 Man greets brunette sister with her blonde friend by their side. Audio track narration �The usual brother sister bit with Fran, and a good close-up look at the girlfriend from the West. Very nice.�

01:06:02:28 Pan over New York City skyline from a ferry in the Hudson River.

01:06:19:27 Statue of Liberty.

01:06:39:19 Castle Clinton in New York City, camera pans to downtown New York City skyline.

01:07:12:23 Pan up New York City Stock Exchange building on Wall St.

01:07:20:17 VS on and around Wall St. and Broad St. in New York City. Trinity Church

01:07:41:16 VS Trinity Church graveyard.

01:07:58:16 Great shot from ferry boat of Manhattan while passing beneath the Brooklyn Bridge on the East River.

01:08:10:21 One man and two young women look at NYC skyline from ferry and pass the U.N. Building. VS U.N. Building; pan across U.N. member states flags outside of U.N. building. VS inside U.N. building.

01:09:08:19 Shot from ferry on Hudson looks up at underside of George Washington Bridge; VS George Washington Bridge connection New Jersey and Washington Heights in Manhattan.

01:09:23:16 West Side Drive with 1950s cars and George Washington Bridge in background. VS on West Side Drive.

01:09:41:25 Grant�s Tomb and Riverside Church.

01:09:52:01 High-angle pan up Park Avenue of the 1950s.

01:10:14:14 New York city policemen on horseback in parade up Fifth Avenue. VS parade on Fifth Avenue with Trans World Airline (TWA) building in background.

01:10:37:22 High School cheer squad does choreographed dance in parade on Fifth Avenue.

01:10:57:07 Fifth Ave and East 40th St. in 1950s midtown Manhattan; pan to NYC Public Library; VS busy NYC sidewalks in midtown.

01:11:21:10 Two young women walk into Tiffany�s & Co; camera pans to Tiffany�s name engraved in building.

01:11:45:14 VS famous stores in 1950s New York City: Best & Co., Peck & Peck.

01:12:02:26 Two young women happen upon Atlas statue; camera pans up Atlas statue at foot of RCA building?.

01:12:25:11 VS Rockefeller Center.

01:13:14:13 Pan up RCA building.

01:13:35:21 VS atop RCA building on roof terrace.

01:14:03:14 Comical shot of girls face behind rooftop binoculars atop RCA buildings; the binoculars look like a smiling mask over the girls face.

01:14:07:27 Pan over Manhattan facing north from atop RCA building; Central Park and all of upper west and east side all the way over to the Queensborough bridge.

01:14:29:13 Shot from atop RCA building pans from Queensborough bridge to U.N. and the Chrysler Building; then pans to the Empire State Building.

01:14:59:25 St. Patrick�s Cathedral on Fifth Ave.

01:15:20:14 Cathedral of St. John the Divine in uptown Manhattan.

01:15:24:24 Temple Emanu-el Synagogue in NYC.

01:15:38:14 Young woman on phone with her mother seated on bed. College flags for Cornell and Princeton hang on wall. Blonde girl in blue dress says into phone �Cultural? You mean like libraries and museum and such. Well no not yet. Culture is scheduled for a little later. Tomorrow I�m booked for fun��

01:16:15:19 Packed beach at Coney Island.

01:16:24:13 Man and woman arm in arm walk over bridge to Coney Island beach; woman�s dress shoots up from air coming out of vent on bridge, woman jumps in surprise; audio track narration: �There�s a surprise a minute at Coney Island.�

01:16:33:20 Spinning Wheel ride at amusement park �George C Tilyou�s Steeplechase the Funny Place�; MS with camera on ride looking back at woman on mans lap spinning in circles on ride; VS of ride.

01:16:57:22 Parachute jump ride carnival ride.

01:17:22:01 Coney Island Ferris Wheel.

01:17:28:28 VS Coney Island�s Cyclone roller coaster.

01:18:27:13 VS couple in horse drawn carriage riding through central park; VS Central Park.

01:18:59:29 VS 1950s kinds playing baseball on field in Central Park.

01:19:29:28 VS animals in Central Park zoo cages: gorillas, polar bear, giraffe walking out of brick building; lions (in the Bronx Zoo).

01:20:08:21 Cute little blonde girl about 3 years old in petting zoo looks at bird perched on rail several inches from her; bird flaps wings and little girl surprised opens mouth wide.

01:20:12:18 Metropolitan Museum of Art; VS inside museum.

01:21:11:25 Pan down Radio City Music Hall Building.

01:21:35:01 1950s Yankees baseball game against Atlanta Braves.

01:21:57:05 1950s NY Giants football game

01:22:17:29 Belmont Park Racetrack horserace.

01:22:48:21 Ice skating at Radio City.

01:22:55:21 Madison Square Garden; ice hockey game, New York Rangers versus Maple Leafs.

01:23:15:05 1950s boxing match.

01:23:29:19 Time square neon lights at night. Ads for Lockheed and TWA.

01:23:54:18 Couple slow dancing while neon signs of 1950s nightclubs flash over shot: Latin Quarter, Versailles, El Morocco, Copacabana.

01:24:37:00 CU loud speaker; audio track �The departure of flight 912, Paris, Rome, Cairo. All aboard please.�

01:24:54:05 Passengers climb staircase to board TWA plane.

01:25:00:200 Woman waves good bye with white gloved handed; family behind railing waves goodbye smiling; woman kisses hand goodbye and cries.

01:25:14:25 Large TWA plane on runway crosses over highway underpass; TWA plane takes off.

01:25:41:26 Aerial shot of Statue of Liberty.

01:25:50:02 TWA plane in flies in air with southern tip of downtown Manhattan skyline visible below.

01:26:14:13 Nice montage of NYC tourist views, landmark buildings and sites: Brooklyn Bridge; Rockefeller Center, United Nations, Times Square with large Pepsi ad.

Skyline New York
Produced by	Dudley Pictures Corporation
Production company	Dudley Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Dudley Pictures Corporation
Release date	ca. 1956
Language	English

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