Summertime in New York City, 1934

Title card: "Is City a Summer Resort?" / MS pan across skyline of New York City to roof deck of the London Terrace, with people relaxing on deck chairs, some in bathing suits; US flag flies on pole above / MS women relax on deck chairs near a structure decorated like part of a ship, with life preservers from the SS Manhattan and SS Majestic, and with skipper's wheel atop / VS people enjoy the sunshine on Terrace roof / street scene lower Fifth Avenue in Manhattan; VS outdoor cafes, with women lunching, smoking / VS patrons at outdoor cafe, with Washington Square Arch in background; women at table smoke in foreground / ladies lunching and smoking outside of Longchamps Restaurant / pan down EXT RCA Building (later 30 Rockefeller Plaza) to garden in front / POV looking across garden to street / QS Rockefeller Center grounds / tilt-down shot people walk down steps away from RCA Bldg / cluster of patio umbrellas in outdoor cafe / VS people at cafe / VS man hands glass to woman sitting in deck chair on rooftop of the Hotel St. Moritz; she sips from glass, leans forward in reaction to drink / boats on Central Park lake / young family in rowboat, with man rowing / tennis courts, with Grant's Tomb in bg / VS sunbathers and people at Riverside Cascade pool / WS skyline at night, with lights on in buildings / Note: exact day not known
Title card: "Is City a Summer Resort?" / MS pan across skyline of New York City to roof deck of the London Terrace, with people relaxing on deck chairs, some in bathing suits; US flag flies on pole above / MS women relax on deck chairs near a structure decorated like part of a ship, with life preservers from the SS Manhattan and SS Majestic, and with skipper's wheel atop / VS people enjoy the sunshine on Terrace roof / street scene lower Fifth Avenue in Manhattan; VS outdoor cafes, with women lunching, smoking / VS patrons at outdoor cafe, with Washington Square Arch in background; women at table smoke in foreground / ladies lunching and smoking outside of Longchamps Restaurant / pan down EXT RCA Building (later 30 Rockefeller Plaza) to garden in front / POV looking across garden to street / QS Rockefeller Center grounds / tilt-down shot people walk down steps away from RCA Bldg / cluster of patio umbrellas in outdoor cafe / VS people at cafe / VS man hands glass to woman sitting in deck chair on rooftop of the Hotel St. Moritz; she sips from glass, leans forward in reaction to drink / boats on Central Park lake / young family in rowboat, with man rowing / tennis courts, with Grant's Tomb in bg / VS sunbathers and people at Riverside Cascade pool / WS skyline at night, with lights on in buildings / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
605117632
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
June 01, 1934
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:01:48:15
Location:
New York City, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr001973_02_01.mov