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New York in 1937

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Posted by M636C on Friday, September 17, 2021 9:38 AM

The colouring of the newsreel was a bit more "artificial" rather than "Intelligent".

I recognised the "Queen of Bermuda", although, since they cut the sequence before the name, it could have been "Monarch of Bermuda". I'm surprised the funnel coulours were so wrong. At least the original film must have been panchromatic to render the red such a light colour.

This has been listed on these forums before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJDLl2RbS_c

But this has genuine colour footage of New York in 1939 if I've followed it correctly. It has closed captions (in French like the commentary) but you should recoginse the names of the areas.

The unloading of passenger's cars and the elevated railway scenes were high points, but the actual colours of clothing was interesting. Many more brown suits and jackets than more recently.

The New York scenes are from 30 minutes to 40 minutes in the video. There is some B&W newsreel footage.

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Posted by pennytrains on Thursday, September 16, 2021 7:07 PM

Big Smile  Same me, different spelling!  Big Smile

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Posted by Backshop on Thursday, September 16, 2021 9:39 AM

54light15

The SS Queen of Bermuda. 

 

Thanks!

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Posted by 54light15 on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 9:10 PM

The SS Queen of Bermuda. 

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Posted by Backshop on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 7:51 PM

Does anyone know which ocean liner that was at the very beginning?

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 4:08 PM

54light15

What I find most interesting are the sailing ships looking like they are still working vessels. In 1937, yet. 

 

Coasting schooners hung on for quite a while.  While subject to the vagaries of winds (although schooners can sail a lot closer to the wind than a square-rigger can) they were still a very economical way to haul cargo of various types up and down the East Coast. 

Square-riggers were also an economical way to haul non time sensitive cargos to areas where the prevailing trade winds could take them, especially to harbors that didn't have the infrastructure to support steamships, but their time was rapidly coming to an end. 

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Posted by 54light15 on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 3:46 PM

What I find most interesting are the sailing ships looking like they are still working vessels. In 1937, yet. 

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 11:44 AM

Wow!  What a great time machine!  Thanks for posting!

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New York in 1937
Posted by 54light15 on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 9:55 AM

This is mainly about ship traffic but there is a little railroad action in the form of barges and the Hell Gate bridge. It's worth seeing. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T65ZBMLlgp0 

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