| SLUM CLEARANCE - NEW YORK Good shots of slum buildings being demolished in New York - Mayor La Guardia starts off the project. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6381 | |
| Catalog #: | 53986 | |
| Clip Number: | 53986-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 38/62 | |
| Timecode: | 01:23:02 - 01:24:04 | |
| Location: | New York City, New York | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CITY PLANNING: Urban Renewal DEMOLITION: Buildings LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York PERSONALITIES: LaGuardia, Fiorello | |
| Description: | Clearing out slums in New York. New York City, New York, United States of America. Various shots of slum housing being demolished in New York. Mayor La Guardia sits in a bulldozer and pulls a lever to start off the demolition project that will make way for new and better homes. Flimsy, rotten walls of houses are pushed and pulled down by men with ropes. A crowd of people watch as a large concrete ball on a chain is swung around to knock down a building - it looks like a church. | |
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