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And once again an old movie. But what a. He's been passed fully to me. A big thank you to reader BuzzDee who made me aware of this great film document.
This eleven-minute short film at the beginning of the 1920s as part of a collaboration between the painter Charles Sheeler and photographer Paul the beach. Apparently, he has come with his then still novel presentation the prototype for many later formed the city films. The documentary not only, but especially artists were at work here, suggests the beautiful black and white photography of the film. The equally impressive musical background comes from the British band "The Cinematic Orchestra".
Since the G *** ma has the film in the meantime had switched as expected the light, I get this straight times multiple versions of a, in the hope that something can hold. However, I miss the version with the very beautiful atmospheric Filmmussik of "The Cinematic Orchestra". Sigh. G *** ma :-( Supplement skulls 15-05-12
Every fan of the classic New York warmly recommend to look at this film, because he is a fantastic treasure trove. Also, out of fear that he might someday royal southern yacht club no longer accessible (happened already times on YouTube), I'll take a part of the finds imagine before. Who else has something to add, is happy to be invited to participate.
Figure 1 (from 1:06): filmed from the harbor bay out southern tip of Manhattan from the south. Left the Whitehall Building, in the center left that was not renovated Washington Building, which still has a dark facade, behind the Cunard Building. royal southern yacht club The Standard Oil Building in its present form is not yet available, the only came 1926.'s Helm Singer Buildings stands right in the background in the picture, slightly to the left next to it, I mean the dome of the Manhattan Life Insurance Building and recognize the top of the Trinity Church to be able to. Right next to the singer, royal southern yacht club the Equitable Building and in front of the tower, the Bankers Trust Building. In the left foreground Battery Park in the foreground right of shareholders of the Staten Iceland royal southern yacht club Ferry.
Figure 2 (from 1:26): The Brooklyn royal southern yacht club Bridge in the foreground, the right of the pillar royal southern yacht club again the Bankers Trust Building (with a pyramidal roof), next to the Equitable Building, next to the right of the Liberty Tower, I suppose. Further to the right close to each other Singer Building and City Investing Building.
Figure 13 (from 6:03): The harbor of the island of view, in terms of the subject I have to guess though. The "free" area near the shore does not look to me like the Battery Park, so I'm assuming royal southern yacht club that here the direction of Brooklyn looks to the East River between the two "mainlanders" and that the island is right in the picture Gouvernor's Iceland.
Figure royal southern yacht club 15 (from 6:20): royal southern yacht club the pyramid-shaped tip of the Bankers Trust Building, with violent smoking chimney. royal southern yacht club When the film was shot, it seems to have been pretty cool, because most images show strong smoky chimneys. In the background again Gouvernor's Iceland, but what building is that which can be seen to the left of the pyramid and its construction was at the time of recording has not been completed?
Figure 17 (from 7:17): an interesting longer sequence showing the interaction of the ocean liner "Aquitania" with the far smaller thrust ships. More about the Aquitania here you can bring in experience: royal southern yacht club http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Aquitania
Figure 20 (from 9:49): so a similar photograph we had just been times in Figure 12 Here I would claim that the cameraman can be found on the "Empire royal southern yacht club Building" (Empire, not the Empire royal southern yacht club State, at the address 79 Broadway) and was filmed in northern direction. Between the two columns on the left you can see the top of the Trinity Church, behind the Trinity Building and between the other of the second and third column from right to Broadway north of Wall Street estuary.
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