New York in 1953, Niagara Falls, horse races (1953)
1953 · Ephemeral film · 8 min
Synopsis
Reel from 1953 with three beautiful minutes of Times Square neon signage at night, skyscraper views of daytime Manhattan, a trip to the horse races, and then Niagara Falls.
Uploader's description on archive.org
Details
- Running time
- 8 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- New York
- Manhattan
- Times Square
- neon sign
- Mr. Peanut
- Camel cigarettes
- skyline
- skyscrapers
- horse racing
- Niagara Falls
Reviews on the Internet Archive
Summer of '53 · spuder · 2018-06-24
Great color footage here of classic animated signage of Times Square. There are several clues to the date of this film. The movies on the marquees are from 1952 & 1953. The one advertising first films of the Japan air crash probably refers to the Tachikawa air disaster of June 18, 1953 where a USAF C-124 crashed killing 129. It was the world's second worst air crash at that time. So, I'm betting this film was shot in early summer 1953.
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