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This early 1940s silent film “New York City” was produced by Walter O. Cutlohn Inc., a leading film distributor, and gives viewers an insight into the diversity of New York City. It focuses mainly on architecture and covers impressive buildings across the city. It then looks at some of the services provided, like markets and different medical centers. It also focuses on new projects in the city, such as houses from the Queensbridge Housing Projec

Shot by an unknown amateur filmmaker, “Around Town” is a silent 16mm home movie from 1952. It begins with images of New York CIty’s harbor including the first propane carrier SS Natalie O. Warren (:26). At (:50) the cityscape of skyscrapers as seen from the harbor. At (1:01) Castle Williams on Governor’s Island is visible. At (1:08) ice skaters at Rockefeller Center, and then at the Wollman Rink at Central Park. At (2:05) images of Times Square

This 1960s film, “Our High Society” by Teen Challenge Productions was produced by Thirtyfive-Sixteen, Inc. shows scenes of drug addiction in New York City and describes the challenges and changes facing youth, particularly emphasizing the Teen Challenge rehab center. The film begins with a montage of various scenes of inter-city hardships, such as children in poverty, people using drugs and overdosing, drug paraphernalia, needles, graffiti, and t

This 1938 silent home movie was shot by someone who was aboard a “banana boat” ocean liner as it cruised from Panama to Cuba and then New York City, and the eastern United States. (There was probably another reel to this film, starting in New York and heading to Cuba, but it has not been located.)

The film begins with two swimmers in a pool with a water polo sign (0:15), then cuts to passengers standing on a ship deck. A blurry statue can be se

This silent, color, home movie chronicles the filmmaker’s travels around Paris and journey by passenger ship on the Cunard White Star RMS Queen Elizabeth to New York City. Shot in 1949, just a few years after the end of World War II, the film features footage of iconic sites across Paris, such as the Grand Palais, Panthéon, and Eiffel Tower, in addition to the Western suburb of Versailles, home to the former royal residence of Queen Marie Antoine

This silent, untitled, color home film depicts the early moments of a married couple’s life together from wedding to honeymoon likely shot in 1949. The film follows the newlywed couple from the day of their wedding to their honeymoon adventures road tripping in a 1949 Kaiser Bermuda sedan across New York City, New Hampshire, and Niagara Falls. The film features shots of 1940s New York City and New Hampshire including now-defunct businesses like B