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New York City USA 1916 stock footage and images
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Views of New York City and environs, especially Manhattan, in the United States.
Film begins showing location of New York City on a world globe, at the mouth of the Hudson River on the East Coast of the United States. It transitions to an aerial view of the Southern tip of Manhattan Island at the junction of the Hudson and East Rivers and slowly shows views moving Northward along the Hudson River. Piers along the Hudson are visible. Scene shifts to above those piers, looking South at the cluster of Manhattan skyscraper buildings, and beyond to New York Harbor, the borough of Queens, and Brooklyn, and beyond to Long Island in the misty distance. Next the skyscrapers are seen from Queens,across the East River. A large ocean liner is seen underway in New York Harbor, among ferry boats, barges, and tugboats. The Statue of Liberty is seen in the background. An animated map shows regions around New York and traces the Hudson and Mohawk valleys into the Great Lakes. The map is then overlaid with numerous lines representing transportation routes by lend, water, and air. View of Brooklyn Bridge, wharfs, and Manhattan skyline in hazy background. Seagoing freighters loading and unloading at New York's piers. A truck and other cargoes being moved by cranes. Passenger trains moving in the New York city area. View of the famous Beaux-Arts style Penn Station by architects McKim, Mead, and White, at West 34th Street and Eighth Avenue, in Manhattan. Train station interior crowded with travelers and commuters. Commercial aircraft taxiing at a New York area airport. Closeup of two young children watching the planes. Passengers deplaning from a large aircraft. Sign for Peruvian International Airways atop an airport building. A Swissair passenger plane being serviced. Passengers boarding a TWA Lockheed Constellation airplane. A family watching airplanes from an airport observation deck. The Lockheed Constellation starting its engines. A Douglas DC-4 aircraft taxis out and takes off, as several boys watch from the observation deck. Closeup of another group of boys watching planes from the observation deck. Aerial view of Manhattan skyscraper buildings from an overflying airplane. Traffic on streets at Times Square. The Astor Hotel at the left and the Times building straight ahead. Several other street scenes in Manhattan, crowded with pedestrians. A view residential apartment houses along Park Avenue. Views of African Americans crowding the sidewalks in Harlem. Views of "Little Italy" in the lower East side of Manhattan, where Italian restaurants and other businesses are seen. Chinatown is seen with some of the business signs in Chinese. A man of Chinese heritage reading a letter. Asian American children playing together in a neighborhood. New high rise apartment buildings are seen replacing older homes in parts of Manhattan. Mothers wheeling their children on sidewalks in one of the new neighborhoods.
British anti aircraft men honored in a parade and ceremony at New York City Hall (WW2)
British anti-aircraft men march in parade as people give them a warm welcome to New York City during World War II. Soldiers on foot march to the hall. A ceremony to honor the anti-aircraft men outside the New York City Hall. New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia speaks at the ceremony in New York City Hall (City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007, United States).
An Ohio farmer's wife milks her cow during a visit of the Ohio Society to New York City, USA.
A visit of the Ohio Society to New York City. An Ohio farmer's wife milks a cow in a small median strip park, between busy street traffic lanes, amid the city of New York. Two man stand beside the cow. Tall New York City buildings and skyscrapers in the background. Farmer walking with the cow. in the small green area with traffic on either side.
A large crowd protests against price inflation in New York City
A large crowd gathers to protest against rising prices and inflation in New York City, as prices increased during World War I wartime assistance production for allied nations. People show banners. A large banner reads: "America First. We appeal to you for mercy and justice. Our children are starving. Come down with the prices." A banner reads 'We want bread'. Women stand with children in strollers and baby carriages during the protest. A line of women and children march as families in the protest rally.
Point House, Hamburg American Building, Battery Place Station in New York City.
Looking up Broadway from 69th street in Upper West Side of New York City. Automobile traffic. Sign reads "Hippodrome". Herald Square with Times Building in distance. Point House, Hamburg American Building, Battery Place Station. Battery Park and Aquarium.
Buildings and views from a moving elevated train of the IRT line in Manhattan, New York City
View from a rider on an elevated train of the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) system in Manhattan, New York City. Lower Broadway and Singer building in the distance. Buildings on sides of railroad tracks. The train proceeds along the 9th Avenue section, where at the 72nd Street Station, the Acker, Merrall & Condit building (Wine & Liquor Merchants) at 160 West 72nd Street, can be seen from the train on the Upper West Side.
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