| Gotham Rides Again: NY Strike Ends After 13 Days | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1744 |
| Catalog #: | 426315 | |
| Clip Number: | 426315-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-005-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:28:57 - 00:30:44 | |
| Location: | New York, New York | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Pedestrians LABOR UNIONS: Strikes LABOR UNIONS: Transportation LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York TRANSPORTATION/MASS TRANSIT: Buses & Coaches TRANSPORTATION/MASS TRANSIT: Subway & Underground | |
| Description: | In the early morning hours of the 13th day of the long, long walk has ended. New York's wheels are turning once again as Mayor John Lindsay announces the agreement to end the transit strike. 6,000 busses are back on the streets and more than 270 miles of subway rails are ringing once more. President Johnson, in a surprise press conference, denounced the settlement of from $50 to $70 million dollars as "against the national interest". He thought the raise too great. But, for the moment, New Yorkers don't tote up the cost: They're too happy to back - strap-hanging! Just before day-break the sky line of New York City, lights on in the buildings. MS - Mayor John Lindsay walking up the steps of City Hall. Mayor John Lindsay: "New York's transit strike is over, a new contract between the transit authority and the striking unions was agreed to in the early hours of this morning. Union members are returning to work, and the busses and subway cars are beginning to roll." MS - The large doors to the garages that house the busses opens up and inside are the waiting busses. MS - Busses driving out of the garage. MS - A moving sign resembling ticker tape reads; NY transit system operating again. MS - People embarking on to a bus. CUS - Interior of the bus with people standing with bewildering looks on their faces. MS - New York City traffic mid afternoon. LS - Train elevated tracks above the street. MS - Throngs waiting for trains to stop. CU - Man dropping his 15 cents in a transit collecting box. CU - Interior of a bus people sitting and standing holding on to the bus straps that hang from the ceiling of the bus. CU - Train in an underground tunnel. LS - New York sky line afternoon. | |
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