Immigrant Neighborhoods, NYC
Various shots of New York City in the mid-forties. Big tenement, with wash hanging on clotheslines. Crowded streets, street vendors, awnings. Quick shots of immigrants' business signs in many languages. Arresting shot of an elderly rabbi sitting on a stoop, reading.
| Identifier | CLIP-793 |
| Duration | 47 sec |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Date | 1946 |
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