This color silent 8mm home movie is about a visit to New York City and New Jersey in 1948. It was shot by San Francisco residents Edward and Mary Burns.

Opening: taxi cabs and people in New York City (:00). Hotel Pennsylvania (:12). A policeman directs traffic (:19). Tourists observe the policeman (:32). Inside Penn Station, people on the move to catch their trains (:50). 33rd Street sign (1:11​). Inside Penn Station (1:15​). Movie billboard for James Cagney in ‘The Time of Your Life’ (1:59​). Fulton Theatre on West 46th Street (2:11​). Hotel Astor in Manhattan (2:17​). Camel cigarette billboard (2:24​). Independent subway system sign (2:30​). Down a New York City street (2:37​). St. Patrick’s Cathedral (2:53​). Rockefeller Center (3:22​). Radio City Music Hall (3:37​). The Roxy (3:43​). Movie marquee and billboard for James Cagney in ‘The Time of Your Life’ (3:53​). Times Square Pepsi sign; Globe Theatre (4:09​). Bond Clothing for men and women (4:22​). Hotel Astor in Manhattan (sign lit up) (4:31​). Gimbels (4:38​). Cars, cops and people in New York City (4:46​). Toffenetti Restaurant (5:13​). People and buses on the move in Times Square (5:29​). Bond clothing for men and women (5:43​). Times Square (5:58​). Huge advertising billboard for Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in the movie ‘Easter Parade’ (6:12​). Taxis near the Hotel Pennsylvania (6:37​). Empire State Building (6:49​). Bright lights at night in New York City, Times Square (7:06​). Hotel Astor at night (7:31​). Budweiser neon billboard sign (7:44​). Buildings in a very small town (7:50​). A railroad car stationary on the tracks (8:12​). Rutgers University Press (8:38​). Homes in the area in and around New Brunswick, NJ near Rutgers University (8:42​). Cemetery (9:57​). Homes near New Brunswick, NJ (10:23​). A sign that shows how far NY is from where they are (11:02​). New Jersey community (12:00​). Train on the tracks goes over a bridge (12:59​). Strand Theatre (13:13​). Streets and people (14:10​). A man walks down a street and waves at the camera (14:49​). Two women stand well dressed with hats (15:08​). People ready for church at St. Paul’s Catholic Church (15:18​). People stand outside church (15:42​). A priest (16:10​). People talk and laugh (16:27​). A woman stands in her Sunday best (16:43​). A couple walk down a street hand in hand (16:58​). People lounge on a porch (17:29​). Fireworks in the night sky (18:41​). Outside of a home in New Jersey (19:30​). Suburban New Jersey neighborhood (19:47​). A train passes by at a train station (20:32​). St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church (21:09​). A quiet New Jersey street (22:00​). Sign for the Democratic National Convention (22:44​).