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NYC Street Scenes 1930's and New Ulm, Minnesota
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keywords: new york city, jewish neighborhood, kosciuszko bridge, minnesota, new ulm, watch maker, bakery, baker, musicians
Synopsis: New York City street scenes in the 1930's, Jewish neighborhood plus street, lifestyle and business scenes in New Ulm Minnesota....(read more)
- Date: 1930's
- Duration: 00:12:02
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: New York City, New Ulm MN
NYC Street Scenes 1930's-1940's
1930's New York City: Street scenes of people and business store fronts in a section of New York City with large Jewish immigrant population. Parked delivery truck with bilingual Hebrew and English sign. Scenes of a newspaper store, bargain book rack, and newspapers printed in the Hebrew language. CU of street vendor and street vendor cart, people buying from street vendor. Scene of man pushing cart loaded with boxes along New York City street, people and store fronts in BG, men wearing hats or caps and overcoats, women in long coats.
1940's New York City: Scene of trucks and automobiles on dual roadways, leaving and approaching the Kosciuszko Bridge, formerly the Meeker Avenue Bridge, that spans Newtown Creek. Vehicles driving over the Kosciuszko Bridge . CU of placard on bridge that reads "Kosciuszko Bridge". Statue of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a Pole that became an American General in the American Revolutionary War. Saratoga is inscribed on base of statue. Statue in front of unidentified stone building.
New Ulm, Minnesota
Co-Op Services flashing neon sign. Older woman working spinning wheel in kitchen with Globe kitchen stove in BG. Older man sitting indoors, talking, pointing and smoking a pipe. Men playing cards, drinking beer, keeping score on table with chalk, other men in room look on. CU of man lifting glass and taking drink of beer. Road sign reads "New Ulm". Shows Brown County Historical Museum. Bilingual signs in German and English reads "Brew House". Scenes of August Schell Brewing Company mansion.
Shows tombstones of August Schell, Anna Schell, and John Graff. Street signs in New Ulm Minnesota, German Street & 1st So. St. Four men sitting at a booth table in a 1930's beer bar drinking beer, talking, and eating snacks. Men playing cards, smoking and drinking beer, Hand picks up mug of beer from ledge of table, cuts to CU of man in vest as he draws and discards a card.
Family of six sitting at dining room table, stack of pretzels in center. Mother passes platter of snacks, father and young man takes a drink of beer. CU of "Urquell Pilsen" decorated beer glass. CU of stuffed pastries, pan up to baker rolling dough and forming pastry by hand.
Precision craftsman at work making a magnifying glass. Removes piece of glass from polisher and takes measurements of glass. CU of polishing operation. Man holds magnifier up to eye magnifying eye. Jeweler sitting at table in shop using single eye loupe working with tiny part on machine. Jeweler uses tweezers to place tiny watch part into place in watch case. CU of watchmaker assembling tiny parts into a watch case.
Musical ensemble. Five men dressed in coats and scarfs standing on neighborhood sidewalk playing musical instruments, children watching the musicians. CU of each musician as he plays musical instrument.
- Related Titles:
- New York City: Turn Of The Century - Volume 1
- New York City: Turn Of The Century - Volume 2
- New York City Scenes
- New York City - 1958
- Harlem, N.Y.C.
- Central Park, New York City
