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An armchair tour of behind-the-scenes activities at Rockefeller Center. It offers a complete inspection of this amazing city-within-a-city, literally from top to bottom, from its carpenter shop three levels below street level to its observation roofs 850 feet above the street and includes the gardens, art program, Radio City Music Hall, NBC's television and radio studios and many other features which comprise the largest privately owned business and entertainment center in the world."…
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★★★ · What Hath John D. Wrought · Dodsworth the Cat · 2023-11-12
Viewers may think of Rockefeller Center as the home on NBC but, as this travelogue film shows us, it's much more than that. There are 24 restaurants, narrator Dwight Weist tells us, pointing out the Center is actually 14 buildings. This isn't just a building tour. There is behind-the-scenes footage, too. RKO short subject cameramen William Deeke and Harry W. Smith come up with very good shots, including a lovely pan of New York of the mid-40s from the rooftop of 30 Rock, and an overhead view of the Rockettes in rehearsal. Some sailors ogle them through a telescope. Well, "this is America"…
