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New York City Newsreel "The Wonder City" Manhattan Wall Street Hudson River 72332D (1939)

1939 · Short film · 9 min

Synopsis

This travelogue view of New York City was released by Castle Films just before WWII, and features highlights of the Big Apple from Wall Street to downtown, City Hall, the "Tombs" of the city prison (demolished in 1941), Brooklyn Bridge, the Bowery, Harlem, Lower East Side, Chinatown, Greenwich Village, the Hudson River and the ocean liner docks, the Flatiron Building, the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Public Library, Park Avenue, Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, Central…

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