Budget Films

Stock Footage

Lower Manhattan & Immigrants

Three shots of a monument commemorating Peter Minuit's purchase of Manhattan island from the Indians. Overhead and street level shots of Battery Park and lower Manhattan, in which an elevated subway train is visible. Followed by brief shots of immigrants, accompanied by offensive ethnic stereotyping overdubbed on the soundtrack. Climaxes with a shot of Al Smith's birthplace and an overhead shot of the New York Aquarium.



IdentifierCLIP-10236
Duration45 sec
GenreDocumentary
Date1930's
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