Synopsis
PA-0807 shotlist: Philadelphia as seen across Delaware River. Great shot from car on Delaware Bridge. Pan up industrial building in Camden, NJ; Campbell’s soup water tower on top of building. Aerial of Levittown, Pennsylvania suburbs; pan over Levittown suburbs. Aerial Trenton, NJ.; bustling streets in 1950s downtown Trenton, New Jersey. downtown Wilmington, Delaware in 1950s. High-angle Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; pan over steel mill, large smoke stacks and smoke rise from mill. Hess Brothers van drives down street; shot from car driving toward Allantown’s Hess Brothers toy store. baby cries in crib; camera pans up to drawing of Fulton steamship painted on wall above baby; cut to aerial of steamship freighter on Delaware River. little boy climbs up on pile of wood planks along pier and waves to Fernsrove cargo ship; low-angle of boy in matching jacket and hate waving at cargo ship. cargo ships in Port of Philadelphia. Ships include the Exiria and Angelina; Port of Philadelphia workers drive forklifts and move large pipes, cranes lift cargo into ships, trucks deliver produce. High-angle of trucks delivering produce in shipyard; Black dockworkers pass sacks of potatoes down line off of Dock St.; Great shot of Dock St. Pan over row of parked delivery trucks for Joyce Delivery Service, Food Fair Stores Inc. with ad on side of truck for “Super Speed Shopping”, Snow Crop Frozen Foods. newborn baby in crib tossing and turning in sleep. Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, largest city…
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Details
- Running time
- 9 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0807_Miracle_on_the_Delaware_07_10_55_00
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · A Miracle? No.. But still good. · Spuzz · 2016-02-01
This nice looking film, sponsored by a Philadelphia television station, showcases everything Philadelphia and the surronding area had at the time. Although the quality sometimes varies, the color on most of these shots are (I think) Kodachrome quality. From industry to sports and culture, it's all here, and lively narrated.