1940s Traffic
1940s Traffic
Clip: 311630_1_1
Year Shot: 1940
(Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 15
Original Film:
HD: N/A
Location: New York, NY USA
Timecode: 15:31:11 - 15:33:02
Faded (has faded--has that "Eastmancolor Pink" look) footage of New York City traffic in the late 1940s/early 50s. Opens with WS Grand Central Station; skyline shots; cars entering Queens Midtown Tunnel; cars on freeway; people crossing street (all signs flipped l to r); Still skyline shots; Very wide long shot of manhattan skyline from the water - shaky. Woolworth Tower. Nice MS tilt up on Empire State Building. Note that some of this footage was transferred flipped