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Ted MyersStory of a City: New York (1946)

Pictorial explanation of historic & economic causes for emergence of new york as one of world's largest cities & of its vital relation to rest of America.

Produced by Edward C. Simmel; Written by Irwin Braun; Directed by Ted Myers; Supervised by James Warren Sever.


This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Director: Ted Myers
Producer: Edward C. Simmel
Production Company: Simmel-Meservey, distributed by Encyclopedia Britannica
Audio/Visual: sound, B&W
Keywords: need keyword

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: Spuzz - - June 25, 2005
Subject: Start spreading the news..
The Simmel and Miservy team take a break from criticizing Junior about his eating habits so that they can lead us on a nice little trip into New York. I actually liked the film visually, having a lot of great images of the city circa 1940's, the narration though is slow, with many pauses in between (no doubt so Junior can write this all down). Somewhat curious dismissal of the Lower East Side too. But all in all, a great intro into NY culture of the past.