Wwii Era New York City, Times Square & Niagara Falls (1940)

Synopsis

This recently re-discovered home movie shows New York City during WWII. This home movie, captured between 1938 and 1945, showcases a WWII era New York City. The war transformed NYC into a vital home front hub. It operated as a warfront arsenal pumping out war materials and logistical launch pad for troops and supplies. It features rare color footage of the city’s skyline, night scenes through Times Square, Fulton Fish Market at it’s peak, youth feeding the iconic city’s gray pigeons, the…

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18 minutes