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THE PASSING OF FAMOUS NYC MANSIONS. NEW YORK CITY. 8/24/25.
FAMOUS HOUSES ON 5TH AVENUE ARE TO BE SOLD TO MAKE WAY FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION. BEAUTIFUL NYC MANSION HOUSES ALL WITH DIFFERENT BUT ORNATE ARCHITECTURE. UNIDENTIFIED HOUSES INCLUDE: HOUSE OF COLIN F. HUNTINGTON AT 57TH STREET TO BE RAZED & THE F.W. WOOLWORTH HOUSE AT 80TH STREET (WHICH WILL BE REPLACED BY 15 STORY BUILDING. HIGHLIGHTS: 02 01 03 CONSTRUCTION SITE: EARLY STEAM-SHOVEL IN HOLE ON NYC STREET. |
02:01:16 14.47 |
PAN ALONG TO DIFFERENT ANGLE OF STEAM
SHOVEL WORKIG IN HOLE. HORSE-DRAWN CARTS GO PAST. |
02:01:36 35.47 |
PAN DOWN LARGE WHITE BUILDING TO STREET
BELOW |
02:01:58 57.47 |
LARGE STONE BRICK MANSION ON CORNER
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02:02:18 76.47 |
FRONT ENTRANCE WITH IRON GATE & FENCE &
STONE LIONS ON PILLARS |
02:02:37 96.47 |
ANOTHER VIEW OF STONE MANSION WITH CAR
TRAFFIC IN FRGD & CLOCK STRUCTURE IN STREET |
02:02:48 107.47 |
CU DETAILS OF MANSION: BUST APPEARS ABOVE
WINDOW BY ROOF |
02:03:26 144.47 |
STONE RELIEF OF CHILDREN ON CORNER PILLAR
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02:04:07 185.47 |
PAN UP EXTREMELY ORNATE PILLAR TO STONE
LION SITTING ON TOP |
02:04:41 219.47 |
LARGE CEMENT STONE MANSION BUILDING
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02:04:56 235.47 |
CU PAN DOWN FACADE WITH ORNATE WINDOWS TO
MEN SITTING ON STEPS. |
02:05:29 267.47 |
HUGE ORANTE IRON GATE & FENCE. PROBABLY
ENTRANCE GATE TO CORNELIUS VANDERBILT MANSION |
02:05:41 279.47 |
VIEWS OF VINCENT ASTOR-JOHN JACOB ASTOR
HOUSE AT 5TH AVE. & 65TH STREET. SOLD FOR APARTMENT BUILDING. |
02:06:29 327.47 |
PAN DOWN LARGE CORNER BUILDING, ALREADY
GUTTED FOR DESTRUCTION |
02:06:54 352.47 |
PAN DOWN SKYSCRAPER TO THE CORNELIUS
VANDERBILT MANSION AT 5TH AVE & 57TH STREET (TO GIVE WAY TO A SKYSCRAPER) |
02:07:06 364.47 |
VIEW OF PARK FOUNTAIN & COURTYARD WITH
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT MANSION IN BKGD |
02:07:18 376.47 |
GREAT ESTABLISHING SHOT OF CORNELIUS
VANDERBILT FRENCH CHATEAU-STYLE ARCHITECTURE MANSION |
02:07:43 401.47 |
VANDERBILT MANSION WITH ORANTE NYC STREET
LIGHTS & TRAFFIC (INCLUDING DOUBLE-DECKER BUSSES) IN FRGD |
02:08:15 433.47 |
CU DETAIL VIEW OF ORANTE WINDOWS
(STONEWORK?) & TURRETS |
02:08:37 455.47 |
LARGE HOME BY CORNER OF 5TH AVE & EAST
53RD. PROBABLY THE W.K. VANDERBILT HOUSE AT 51ST STREET |
02:08:55 473.47 |
PAN DOWN POINTED TURRET ROOF & ORNATE
DESIGNS ON ROOF & WINDOWS OF NYC MANSION |
02:09:38 516.47 |
VIEW LARGE STONE MANISON
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02:10:00 538.47 |
THE W.H. VANDERBILT TWIN HOUSES BETWEEN
51ST & 52ND STREETS TO BE WRECKED. |
02:10:15 554.47 |
STORY #15-366. SARATOGA HORSE RACE ATTRACTS SOCIETY. SARATOGA, NEW YORK. 8/1/32.
HIGHLIGHTS: 02 10 23 CROWD OF MEN STANDING AROUND RACE TRACK WAITING FOR RACE TO BEGINNING. WATCHING HORSES GO PAST & CHECKING THEIR BETTING CARDS. |
02:10:55 594.47 |
MOB OF MEN CROWD UP AGAINST FENCE TRYING
TO SEE HORSE RACE. |
02:11:14 612.47 |
HORSES RACE, COME AROUND THE BEND
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02:11:38 637.47 |
HORSES IMPATIENT & FIDGETY AT THE
STARTING GATE |
02:12:04 662.47 |
HORSES RACE PAST AS SPECTATORS LEAN
AGAINST FENCE TO WATCH RACE. |
02:12:14 672.47 |
HIGH ANGLE OF EMPTY FIELD & HORSES
WALKING ALONG TRACK, SOME SIDEWAYS. |
02:12:49 708.47 |
HORSES AT STARTING GATE, OWNER HAS
TROUBLE GETTING HORSE TO BEHAVE. |
02:13:07 725.47 |
AND THERE OFF! HORSES START RACE
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02:14:17 795.47 |
JOCKEY & HORSES COME IN AT END OF RACE.
OWNERS LEAD HORSES IN. FAIRNO WINS HANDICAP. |
02:14:51 830.47 |
OLD MAN SITTING IN PRIVATE BOX AT RACE TRACK
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02:14:55 834.47 |
CU BUGLER BLOWS HIS HORN. OLD MAN WALKING
PAST COVERS HIS EAR AS IT BLASTS HIM |
02:15:04 842.47 |
MRS. HARRY PAYNE WHITNEY, WIFE OF
MILLIONARIE & SPORTSMAN, WITH MR. & MRS. JOCK WHITNEY. HIGH SOCIETY SPORTS. WATCHING RACE WITH BINOCULARS. BETSEY WHITNEY? OR GERTRUDE VANDERBILT WHITNEY? |
02:16:18 916.47 |
CROWD AT RACE TRACK STANDING AROUND. PAN
OVER TO SPECTATORS IN GRANDSTAND & PRIVATE BOXES & BACK AGAIN |
02:17:12 970.47 |
START OF RACE AS HORSES LEAVE STARTING GATE
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02:17:18 976.47 |
SHOT OF CROWD IN COVERED STANDS
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02:17:30 988.47 |
HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF PEOPLE STANDING DOWN BELOW BY RACE TRACK. MULLING ABOUT
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