The skyscrapers of New York / American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

Other author Dobson, F. A., camera operator.
Other author American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Format Video (Streaming)
Publication InfoUnited States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1906.
Description1 online resource (12 min.).
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?AHIV;782534
Subjects
Bricklayers--New York (State). --New York.
Building trades--Employees. --Drama.
Building trades--New York (State). --New York.
Commercial buildings--New York (State). --New York.
Construction workers--New York (State). --New York.
Skyscrapers--New York (State). --New York. --Design and construction.
Structural steel workers--New York (State). --New York.
Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Union Square (New York, N.Y.)

Variant title Copyright title: Skyscrapers
Variant title Skyscrapers of NY
SeriesNew York at the turn of the century
American history in video
Abstract This melodrama was filmed during the actual construction of a skyscraper in New York City, and includes several scenes of real work crews: a line of bricklayers, a man heating rivets in a forge, riveters assembling steel girders, men astride the steel framework maneuvering and setting a girder in place, and a group of men descending on a crane line. The story involves a construction foreman who fires one of his crew for fighting, which leads the disgruntled employee to steal. He causes the blame to be put on the foreman, who is finally exonerated when the thief is exposed. All of this conflict is woven in and around the actual construction of the building as the work is in progress. There is even one scene of a hand-to-hand fight between the foreman and the villain that takes place on the unprotected ledge of the steel framework of the building. Some New York City landmarks seen in the film include Union Square (between Broadway and 4th Avenue, 14th-17th Street), and the Everett House, opposite the northeast corner of the square at 17th St. and 4th Avenue. The film includes the original AM&B title frames at head of film.
General noteCopyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 11Dec1906; H86424.
General noteOriginal duration: 4:00 (part 1), 4:32 (part 2), and 3:08 (part 3) at 15 fps.
General notePreviously published as DVD.

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