Film maker Alfred Hitchcock's movie 'The Birds' is released at RKO Palace theater at 1564 Broadway in New York City at Times Square. Alfred Hitchcock and actress Tippi Hedren stand in front of cages. A crowd gathered to watch them. Several cameramen take photographs. Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren release pigeons from cages. The birds in flight. Advertising boards are seen around Broadway. Views of the theater marquee advertising "The Birds" and views of several advertising posters for the movie "The Birds".
Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and actress Tippi Hedren stand in front of cages adjacent to the RKO Palace Theater on Broadway in New York City. In a promotional stunt for the movie "The Birds", they release pigeons from cages. The birds in flight. Advertising boards around Broadway are seen in the streets. Alfred Hitchcock's movie 'The birds' is released, debuting at the RKO Palace theater. Advertising picture and posters of the movie. Pigeons in cages.
A sign reads 'Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios'. A man enters through the gate of MGM studios. View from inside an open gated entranceway. Small building, tall flag pole, and cars parked outside.Car approaches gateway. 'Stop' written on the road. Messages and signatures of famous film stars, including Judy Garland, inscribed in cement outside Grauman's Chinese Theater. Ostriches in an enclosure. A sign in a street reads 'Madam Louise'. Buildings, automobiles and pedestrians in Los Angeles. A sign reads 'Brooklyn Ave 2000 E, Cummings 500 N'. View of electric poles in a street.
Vehicular traffic on a street in Los Angeles, California. Buildings on the streets. View of several residential buildings. Gardens in front of the houses. Pedestrians cross the road. Cars wend their way through pedestrians on street corner.
Street level view near the southeast corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles, California. View facing north on Vine Street. A car towing a three-wheel motorcycle turns east onto Hollywood Blvd. Late 1940s and early 1950s automobiles driving on the street. Camera pans westward and other buildings are seen looking north on Vine, including the El Capitan Theatre at 1735 North Vine Street (now the Avalon Hollywood nightclub), the Ontra Cafeteria at 1719 North Vine Street (now the Redbury Hotel at 1717 North Vine), the Melody Lane cafe at the northwest corner of Hollywood and Vine, and the Harris & Frank store on Hollywood Boulevard. Brief view of a streetcar or trolley going west on Hollywood Boulevard. Street level camera view then shifts to the southeast corner of Ivar Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard, looking west on Hollywood Blvd. Theater marquee of the Admiral Theatre (later the Vine Theatre) is seen across the street at 6321 Hollywood Boulevard. Beyond it, looking west, is the Security Pacific Bank building at 6381 Hollywood Boulevard, and beyond that are the Warners Radio Towers for station KFWB atop the Warner Bros Theatre. Pedestrians walking on sidewalks, and cars and trucks on the street. Scene shifts to various elevated views of Los Angeles with a heavy smog layer settled over the city.
Shops at Olvera Street in Los Angeles. The Jose Herrera Candle Shop at 27 1/2 Olvera Street. A picture shop displays caricatures on the street. Several small articles and bags kept on display in shops. A vendor wearing a sombrero sells produce. A sign reads '1500 children live here! Drive slowly' at Bloom Street. Women and children on walkways of apartments on Bloom Street. Traffic on road. View of houses at the edge of a cliff.
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