1931NEW YORK CITY
CITY LIFE IN BRONX, NEW YORK. OUTDOOR STORE SALES, PUSH CARTS, FISH MARKET, EVERY DAY NEIGHBORHOOD LIFE SCENES IN SLUM, ETHNIC SECTIONS OF BRONX. ICE AND COAL DELIVERIES.
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MS SPEEDING SCENERY AS SEEN FROM ELEVATED SUBWAY TRAIN TRAVELLING OVER BRIDGE, VIEW OF SPEEDING TRACKS. ABOVE VIEW OF CITY STREETS, TRAFFIC, TROLLIES, (CIRCA 1931) TENEMENT HOMES, FACTORY BUILDINGS POV WINDOW OF ELEVATED SUBWAY TRAIN IN MOTION. ALSO, STORE FRONTS, CARS PARKED AT CURB IN BUSINESS SECTION.
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| 01:59:55 61.8 |
MCU BARBERS POLE, SIGN "EXPERT LADIES HAIR BOBBING, ANY STYLE, 50 CENTS". CU WINDOW DISPLAY OF FEMALE HATS OF VARIETY 1930S STYLES, ON FEMALE MANNEQUIN HEADS, ONE SPINNING AROUND. CU SIGN ON TOP OF BARBER POLE, "HAIRCUTS 40 CENTS". CU SPINNING BARBER POLE
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| 02:00:13 79.8 |
"THE BRONX DOES BUSINESS" - MLS "LOST OUR LEASE"
ABOVE AWNING ON STORE FRONT, WITH GOODS DISPLAYED OUTSIDE, UNDER AWNING. SHOPPERS RUMMAGING THROUGH GOODS. MS SIGNS "FIRE SALE", "BELOW COST" GOODS ON DISPLAY OUTSIDE STORE, FEMALE CUSTOMERS. |
| 02:00:43 109.8 |
CU PAN "PRICES DOWN" BEING PAINTED ACROSS STORE WINDOW. HAND WITH PAINT BRUSH FINISHING "N" ON WORD "DOWN". REFLECTION ON STORE WINDOW, SHOPPERS WALKING BY.
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| 02:00:58 124.8 |
MLS ABOVE VIEW ROWS STORES WITH AWNINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF STREET, GOODS ON OUTSIDE DISPLAY, PEDESTRIAN, AUTO, TRUCK TRAFFIC, CIRCA 1930.ZOOM IN CORNER STORE, SHOPPERS WALKING BY, WOMAN WITH BABY CARRIAGE, MAN CHECKING OUT MERCHANDISE. POV APARTMENT ACROSS STREET
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| 02:01:23 149.8 |
MCU SIGN SAM'S FISH MARKET. TILT DOWN CUSTOMERS ENTERING, EXITING. MS WOMAN MERCHANT SITS OUTSIDE STORE WITH BANANA DISPLAY BEHIND HER, HEBREW WRITINGS ON WINDOW. ethnic neighborhoods.
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| 02:01:30 156.8 |
CU SALESMAN'S ARM DRAPED WITH ALL SORTS OF PEARL BEADED NECKLACES IS HELD OUT AS WOMAN CUSTOMER CHECKS THEM OUT.
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| 02:01:40 166.8 |
MS MA, BACK TO CAMERA, FILLS PAPER BAG WITH FRUIT FROM VARIETY FRUIT ON OUTDOOR FRUIT STAND. CANVAS COVER SLOWLY COVERS FRUIT DISPLAY. CU BASKETS WITH VARIETY OF FRUIT.
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| 02:01:58 184.8 |
MAN, BACK TO CAMERA, PASSES WITH SIGN DRAPED OVER SHOULDERS, "LOOK WHO IS HERE", "MORRIS".
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| 02:02:00 186.8 |
MCU LONG ROWS OF FIRE ESCAPES ON MULTI-STORY TENEMENT HOUSES. PEDESTRIANS, CARS, TRUCKS AT CURB ON STREET BELOW. LS TENEMENT HOUSES WITH FIRE ESCAPES, CLOTHES LINE WITH CLOTHING HANGING FROM BUILDING ON ONE SIDE OF STREET TO OTHER.
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| 02:02:21 207.8 |
"....AND THE BRONX LIVES" MONTAGE APARTMENT, TENEMENT HOUSES, WITH STRIPED AWNINGS ON WINDOWS . BROWNSTONE FACADES, FIRE ESCAPE, WINDOWS WITH SHADE DRAWN. CU WINDOW BEING CLOSED, SHADE BEING DRAWN. CU WOMAN DROPPING MAT ON OUTSIDE STOOP LANDING
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| 02:02:49 235.8 |
".... AND IN THE STREETS" - MS LOWER PART OF WOMAN SITS ON STOOP WITH LAGS STRETCHED OUT AS SHE SEWS.
MCU TWO CHILDREN SEATED ON SIDEWALK PLAYING. CU DENTED GARBAGE PAIL, FULL WITH GARBAGE. |
| 02:03:08 254.8 |
CU MECHANISM ON DUMP TRUCK ENGAGING. MS HUGE DUMP TRUCK, LARGE SIGN "STEVENS" ON DUMPER. RISES TO DUMP ITS LOAD (COAL DELIVERY ?) IN FRONT OF TENEMENT HOUSE,
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| 02:03:24 270.8 |
MCU ICE MAN CUTTING INTO HUGE SLAB OF ICE, BACK TO DUMP TRUCK, THEN BACK TO ICE MAN CUTTING ICE WITH ICE GRIPPING TOOL.
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| 02:03:38 284.8 |
MONTAGE STREET SCENES - MCU BABY CARRIAGE ON SIDEWALK BLOCKING WALK. PEDESTRIANS IN DISTANT B/G WALKING TOWARDS CARRIAGE, OTHER STREET ACTIVITY, TRAFFIC IN B/G. MCU THREE AWNINGS ON BAY WINDOW OF HOUSE, U. S FLAG ON WINDOW, NEWSPAPER STAND, OLD WOMAN IN FRONT OF FABRIC STORE WITH BOLD SIGNS, PRICES ON WINDOW, NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINE STAND.
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| 02:04:05 311.8 |
LITTLE BOY, BACK TO CAMERA, TURNS HANDLE ON GUM BALL MACHINE OUTSIDE STORE, WOMAN WITH BABY SEATED IN CARRIAGE TALKING TO ELDERLY WOMAN SEATED ON STOOP. MCU LITTLE GIRL ON TRI-CYCLE, PASSING ROW OF STORES, PEDESTRIANS, L TO R, AND AWAY FROM CAMERA.
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| 02:04:15 321.8 |
MS WOMAN LEANING OUTSIDE TENEMENT WINDOW. CU SHEET FACING CAMERA, BEING SHOOK OUT FROM WINDOW.
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| 02:04:25 331.8 |
MLS ELEVATED TRAIN SPEEDING ACROSS L TO R POV GROUND. MS LOWER HALF OF ELDERLY WOMAN, YOUNGER ONE WITH BABY IN CARRIAGE, SEATED ON CHAIR ON SIDEWALK.
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| 02:04:33 339.8 |
ABOVE VIEW HORSE AND WAGON WITH PRODUCE PASSING L TO R. TRUCK SPEEDS BY IN B/G. PAN OUTDOOR CARTS WITH CRATES FULL OF VARIETY FRUITS, VEGETABLES, PRICES ABOVE EACH CRATE WRITTEN IN BOLD LETTERS ON LARGE PAPER BAGS. MCU ABOVE VIEW MAN WEIGHING FRUIT ON HANGING SCALE. CU PAN VARIETY VEGETABLES.
CU PAN VARIETY PRICES WRITTEN ON BROWN PAPER BAGS |
| 02:05:03 369.8 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES WOMEN SHAKING, PUSHING, BABY CARRIAGES OF ALL SORTS, CIRCA LATE 1920S.
BACK AND FORTH, TRYING TO GET BABIES TO FALL ASLEEP |
| 02:05:52 418.8 |
MCU WOMAN WALKS UP STOOP HAND-IN-HAND WITH LITTLE GIRL, TO ENTRANCE DOOR OF APARTMENT BUILDING.
TILT UP TO FIRE ESCAPES. PAN ACROSS TO OTHER FIRE ESCAPES ON ATTACHED MULTI-STORIED |
| 02:06:08 434.8 |
CU VARIOUS VIEWS JETS ON SANITATION TRUCK WATERING WASHING STREETS. L TO R AND R TO L. BOY WALKS ALONG CURB WATCHING FLOW OF WATER RUN TO SEWERS.
4 DR AUTO, CIRCA 1930, PASSES. CU WATER FLOWING DOWN SEWER. SQUATTING LITTLE GIRL, BACK TO CAMERA, WATCHES HER TINY BOAT SAIL ALONG CURB. sports |
| 02:06:34 460.8 |
CU TWO BOYS PLAY WITH BALL NEAR FIRE HYDRANT. MS DICE GANE IN STREET. BOYS PLAYING STICK BALL IN STREET, TWO BOYS WRESTLING IN STREET.. gambling, sports
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| 02:07:12 498.8 |
CU GIRLS LEGS IN HOP SCOTCH GAME. GIRL DRAWING CHALK LINE IN STREET. CU GIRLS PLAYING STREET GAMES.
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| 02:07:41 527.8 |
TWO GIRLS, BACKS TO CAMERA, JUMP ROPE TOGETHER.
VARIOUS VIEWS GIRLS JUMPING ROPE. KIDS WATCH FROM BALCONY. VARIOUS SCENES GIRLS JUMPING IN AND OUT AS TWO TURN ROPE. |
| 02:08:12 558.8 |
MS LEMON ICE VENDOR PARKED WITH CART ALONG CURB, FILLS PAPER CUPS FOR CHILDREN, MS BOY SITS ALONG CURB ENJOYING LEMON ICE, AS H GIRLS JUMP ROPE.
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| 02:08:28 574.8 |
CU SANITATION MAN'S PUSH BROOM SWEEPING ALONG CURB. LEGS OF WOMAN WITH APRON WALKS DOG ON LEASH.
CU CAT LICKING HIMSELF, CAT RUNNING BY R TO L. PIGEONS PERCHED ON FENCE. |
| 02:08:53 599.8 |
LS SHEETS OF NEWSPAPERS FLOATING DOWN FROM UPPER FLOORS OF MULTI-STORY APARTMENT HOUSE WITH FIRE ESCAPES FLOCKS OF PIGEONS IN SKY, CIRCLING AREA.
MORE VIEWS NEWSPAPERS FLOATING DOWN ALONG APARTMENT BUILDING FROM UNKNOWN SOURCE. |
| 02:09:27 633.8 |
AERIAL VIEW OF STREET BELOW AS NEWSPAPER FLOATS DOWN IN FRONT OF CAMERA. ABOVE VIEW STREET SCENE ON SUNNY DAY. LONE AUTO RIDING DOWN STREET, TOWARDS CAMERA. AERIAL VIEW TWO BICYCLISTS CROSS OVER TROLLEY TRACKS AS TROLLEY PASSES. PIGEONS FLYING BY.
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