| Transit Strike Costly - Business Loss Heavy As NYC Crawls | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1744 |
| Catalog #: | 426309 | |
| Clip Number: | 426309-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-003-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:13:33 - 00:16:33 | |
| 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: Traffic Scenes | |
| Description: | When the transit wheels grind to a stop in New York City it's world-wide news. Mayor John Lindsey sets an example for most New Yorkers when he leaves reporters dropping behind as he walks from his mid town hotel to City Hall. Not in decades has the Brooklyn Bridge across the East River been so crowded with pedestrians. Along with other river crossing it is jammed with workers form Brooklyn and Queens trudging to their jobs. Motor traffic, never a bargain in New York, is increased many fold, but the paralyzing jams that were feared never materialized. Commuters from the suburbs were able to reach the city by train and then hoof it to their office. The most miserable day of them all came when it rained from dawn to dusk. But the people took this, too, in their stride. With all odds against them New Yorkers were winning out! View of New York's skyline taken from a boat (POV). MS - Mayor John Lindsey walking down the city street's shaking hands with some shoppers. Low Angle Shot - Mayor Lindsey and his entourage walking (very fast) up the steps of city hall. MS - Throngs are walking across the Brooklyn Bridge, it looks like a mass exodus. High Angle Shot - Commuters packed in like sardines at the train station "Long Island and Pennsylvania Trains" High Angle Shot - New York City traffic early evening. CUS - Sign - "Civil Jail , City of New York." High Angle Shot - One of the Union Leaders, Michael Quill - is cited for contempt, when he ignored an injunction against the strike and so he is escorted to jail with other Union Leaders. High Angle Shot - Throngs of people trying to get home as they queue in line at Grand Central Station. High Angle Shot - Traffic going and coming, day light to night time. MS - A rainy day in New York, People going and coming to work with their umbrellas open | |
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