00:00:30 0.4 |
SUBWAY DOOR OPENS CROWD STEPS OUT. WALKS UP STAIRS TO
42ND STREET EXIT. |
00:01:08 38.4 |
TWO FOLKS WAITING FOR SUBWAY CAR. SUBWAY CAR RUSHES
BY |
00:01:28 58.4 |
SUBWAY CAR FLIES BY, POV FROM INSIDE TUNNEL.
|
00:02:13 103.4 |
HIGH ANGLE AS SUBWAY CAR COMES TO CLOSE & PEOPLE STEP
OUT. |
00:02:44 134.4 |
HIGH ANGLE CROWD ASCENDS STAIRWAY.
|
00:03:33 183.4 |
PEOPLE DESCEND AND ASCEND STAIRWAY.
|
00:03:51 201.4 |
CU OF FOLKS WALKING UP STAIRWAY.
|
00:04:38 248.4 |
HIGH ANGLE SUBAWAY CAR EMPTIES & FOLKS CLIMB STAIRS.
TYPICAL NEW YORK CROWD. GRIM, UNEMOTIONAL FACES. |
00:06:00 330.4 |
GROUND LEVEL VIEW OF PEOPLE PASSING.
|
00:06:18 348.4 |
SLOW MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY OF PEOPLE GETTING OUT OF
SUBWAY. CARS ARE OFTEN PAINTED RED. |
00:08:43 493.4 |
CROWD ASCENDS STAIRS.
|
00:09:15 525.4 |
FROM PLATFORM AS FOLKS WALK DOWN TO TRAINS.
|
00:09:30 540.4 |
FOLKS PASSING THROUGH BANK OF TUNRSTILES IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS. |
00:11:20 650.4 |
VIEW FROM END OF WALKWAY DOWN PLATFORM AS CROWD WALKS
TOWARD CAMERA. POSTERS FOR MOVIES & BROADWAY SHOWS LINE SUBWAY STATION: "THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG" AND "CATS". THIN BLACK MAN IN BLACK HAT PLAYS THE FLUTE. READING FROM MUSIC STAND. STREET MUSICIAN. |
00:12:15 705.4 |
CU FLUTE MAN.
|
00:12:33 723.4 |
PORTLY WHITE SAXOPHONIST PLAYS ON PLATFORM LEANING
AGAINST COLUMN. PLAYS "THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND". HIS CASE IS OPEN FOR CHANGE AS FOLKS PASS BY. |
00:13:52 802.4 |
LONG LINE OF PEOPLE WAIT TO USE ESCALATOR.
|
00:14:15 825.4 |
34TH STREET SUBWAY STATION AS TRAIN PULLS IN.
|
00:14:45 855.4 |
TRAINS ON EITHER SIDE OF PLATFORM OPEN DOORS. PEOPLE
TRANSFERRING FROM ONE TO THE OTHER. FAMILIAR "DEE- DAH" TONE SOUNDS INDICATING DOOR ABOUT TO CLOSE. SUBWAY CARS PULL OUT. |
00:15:33 903.4 |
RIDING ESCALATOR GOING UP. MAN AHEA GLANCES BACK
SEVERAL TIMES. |
00:16:10 940.4 |
GOLDEN METAL COLUMNS ON MEZZANINE LEVEL.
|
00:17:00 990.4 |
STREET LEVEL WITH BUSES PULLING UP. SUNLIGHT HITTING
BUILDINGS. WOOLWORTH'S STORE. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ENTRANCE OF PENN STATION AT 34TH STREET |
00:18:13 1063.4 |
BRIEF SHOT OF "NATURAL" FOOTAGE.
|
00:18:15 1065.4 |
CU POLICE LIGHTS ON TOP OF POLICE CAR. CAMERA PULLS
BACK TO SEVENTH AVENUE. PENN STATLER HOTEL AKA HOTEL PENNSYLVANIA IN BKGD. |
00:18:48 1098.4 |
YELLOW TAXIS PASS BY.
|
00:19:34 1144.4 |
"OLIVER SAMUELS" ON MARQUEE OVER MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN. TAXIS LINED UP TO PICK UP PASSENGERS |
00:19:47 1157.4 |
MOUTH TO ENTRANCE TO PENN STATION. CROWD ASCENDS
STAIRS AND ESCALATOR. "SLOTZILLA" AD FOR TRUMP PLAZA OVERHEAD. |
00:20:25 1195.4 |
CAMERA FOLLOWS CROWD NORTH ON 7TH AVE.
|
00:21:43 1273.4 |
DESCENDING ESCALATOR INSIDE PENN STATION.
|
00:22:18 1308.4 |
MORNING RUSH HOUR VOLUME OF PEOPLE
|
00:23:30 1380.4 |
CAMERA FOLLOWS PEOPLE UP STAIRS TO 7TH AVENUE.
SUNLIGHT GLARE. |
00:24:18 1428.4 |
FILTERED, PROCESSED EFFECT. CAMERA PANS IN CIRCLES
OUTSIDE THE PENN STATION ENTRANCE. |
00:26:36 1566.4 |
NEWSPAPER SELLER YELLING "USA TODAY". BLACK MAN
HAWKING PAPERS. |
00:28:06 1656.4 |
FACING NORTH CROSSING 7TH AVENUE.
|
00:28:30 1680.4 |
PENN STATION ENTRANCE WITH TAXIS, BUSES &
PEDESTRIANS. CU BUS PARKED. |
00:30:15 1785.4 |
BUSSES FROM SOUTH SIDE OF AVENUE.
|
00:30:33 1803.4 |
FILTERED EFFECT FACING NORTH ON AVENUE AS PEDESTRIANS
HEAD NORTH & BOARD BUS. |
00:32:46 1936.4 |
CU PASSING BUS.
|
00:33:35 1985.4 |
SBARRO AND GYRO STOREFRONTS IN BKGD.
|
00:34:22 2032.4 |
YOUNG MAN IN SHIRT & TIE & RED TURBAN.
|
00:34:45 2055.4 |
ELECTRIC MADISON SQUARE GARDEN MARQUEE READS: "1993
N.Y. YANKEES", ALONG WITH AUGUST DATES. |
00:35:47 2117.4 |
DENSE TRAFFIC OF TRUCKS AND CABS.
|
00:38:45 2295.4 |
BACK AT PENN STATION, TRAIN TRAFFIC KEEPS POURING
OUT. |
00:39:40 2350.4 |
VIEW FROM SIDEWALK LOOKING UP AT WALL WHICH READS:
"PENN STATION" |
00:43:02 2552.4 |
BLACK HAWKER: "NEED A CAR?".HANDING OUT PINK CARDS.
|
00:44:13 2623.4 |
YOUNG LADIES GETTING IN TAXIS OUTSIDE PENN. CU DOOR
OPENING TO CAB. |
00:45:35 2705.4 |
MONTAGE OF TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIANS, BUSES AND TAXIS.
|
00:47:00 2790.4 |
FAMILY LOADS BAGS INTO CAB.
|
00:47:31 2821.4 |
AMBULANCE, EMERGENCY VEHICLE PASSES.
|
00:48:17 2867.4 |
MAN IN WHITE SHIRT AND CAP HAILS CABS FOR FOLKS.
|
00:48:30 2880.4 |
INTERIOR OF PENN STATION. CAMERA HEADS TOWARDS LONG
ISLAND RAILROAD ENTRANCE & TO TICKET AREA ON WAITING LEVEL. PASSING STOREFRONTS. TOWARDS THE 1,2,3 SUBWAYS. TO TICKET BOOTH FOR SUBWAY. TURNSTILES. |
00:51:44 3074.4 |
ON TRAIN PLATFORM THE #2 SUBWAY APPROACHES. STOPS AT
PLATFORM. |
00:53:06 3156.4 |
ANCIENT RAILING AT END OF PLATFORM. DARKENED TUNNEL.
SUBWAY TRAIN PASSES, STOPS AT PLATFORM. |
00:55:00 3270.4 |
BLURRY TRAINS PASS. UPSIDE DOWN, SIDEWAYS CAMERA
ENTERS TRAIN. |
00:55:45 3315.4 |
VIEW FROM FRONT OF SUBWAY CAR AT TRACKS IN DARK
TUNNEL. PASSES STATION PLATFORM. |
00:57:36 3426.4 |
NEARLY EMPTY CAR.
|
00:57:53 3443.4 |
VIEW FROM FRONT OF TRAIN TRAVELLING THROUGH TUNNEL.
|
00:59:25 3535.4 |
TRAIN STOPS AT STATION. CONDUCTOR ANNOUNCES: "CENTRAL
PARK NORTH". (PROBABLY 115TH STREET STATION). |
01:01:15 3645.4 |
TRAIN EMERGES ONTO ELEVATED RAILROAD. "EL"
|
01:01:45 3675.4 |
EXTERIOR OF POSSIBLY THE BRONX.
|
01:03:29 3779.4 |
VIEW FROM TRAIN LOOKING OVER AN OVERPASS AT STREET.
BUS PARKED ON STREET. |
01:05:05 3875.4 |
TRAIN CONTINUES THROUGH THE SOUTH BRONX. TENEMENTS &
SOMEWHAT BOMBED OUT APARTMENT BUILDINGS. "FREEMAN ST." SIGN READ AS TRAIN PASSES. |
01:07:00 3990.4 |
VIEW FROM PEDESTRAIN OVERPASS BEHIND CHAINLINK FENCE
AS SUBWAY TRAIN SLOWLY PASSES UNDERNEATH. BRIDGE IN DISTANCE. |
01:10:10 4180.82 |
SUBWAY SEQUENCE ENDS. CARS AND TRUCKS ON NYC CITY STREET. CITY TRAFFIC.
|
01:11:25 4255.4 |
UNDERGROUND SUBWAY. ESCALATOR TO STREET. SIGN READS
"DELANCY STREET". DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN. |
01:11:33 4263.4 |
CU SIGN "ATTENTION CUSTOMERS: MANHATTAN BRIDGE
PROGRESS REPORT." . |
01:11:56 4287.4 |
CU SUBWAY TRAIN APPROACHING PLATFORM. VARIOUS RACES
WAITING ON PLATFORM. AMERICAN MELTING POT |
01:13:02 4352.4 |
INTERIOR OF SUBWAY. PANNING TO PLATFORM. HOMELESS
BLACK MAN LIES AGAINST POST. |
01:14:10 4420.4 |
INSIDE SUBWAY CAR, YOUNG ASIAN KIDS IN ORANGE T-
SHIRTS. STRAP HANGING. WOMAN READING NEWSPAPER. |
01:16:31 4561.4 |
VIEW FROM END OF 42ND STREET PLATFORM AS TRAIN
PASSES. BLURRY. |
Description: 1990s FOOTAGE OF NEW YORK CITY TRANSPORTATION. SOME FOOTAGE SHOT WITH SLOW-MO EFFECT.
Keywords: traffic
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