New York 1978 archive footage

People watch the Twin Towers in New York in 1978

Archival footage shot by Otto Wolf, a Swiss filmmaker, while visiting the USA in 1978. It contains stock footage of New York: United Nations Plaza and the “Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares” sculpture, United Nations Building, people walking in Manhattan, Chinatown district, Rockefeller Center, the Empire State Building, panoramas of the city from the […]

New York 1970 archive footage

New York 1970

Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker visiting the USA in 1970. It contains stock footage of New York City: Jamaica Avenue in the Queens borough (starting at 193rd Street and traveling east), Manhattan’s Lower East Side, people walking on Jones Beach, Rockefeller Center, Clinton Foundation and UBS Financial Services buildings, Radio City Music Hall, […]

New York 1977 archive footage

New York 1977

Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while touring the USA in the summer of 1977, likely in early July. It contains stock footage of New York: people walking on Broadway, Avenue of the Americas, sightseeing tour helicopter landing, Manhattan views from the helicopters windows, panoramas from the GE Building of Rockefeller Center, African American […]

New York 1982 archive footage

New York 1982

Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while touring the USA in June 1982 It contains stock footage of New York: the Brooklyn Bridge, the Metropolitan Opera House, the Grand Central Station, the Chinatown district, the United Nations Headquarters, the Pan Am Building, the Guggenheim Museum, panoramas of the city from a Hudson River cruise, […]