Mighty Manhattan, New York’s Wonder City
Source: George Eastman House, Rochester, © 1949 Turner Entertainment Co.
Mighty Manhattan, New York’s Wonder City by James H. Smith
USA 1949, Retrospective
Source: George Eastman House, Rochester, © 1949 Turner Entertainment Co.
Mighty Manhattan, New York’s Wonder City by James H. Smith
USA 1949, Retrospective
Source: George Eastman House, Rochester, © 1949 Turner Entertainment Co.
Mighty Manhattan is an urban travelogue in Technicolor. The camera takes us from the Statue of Liberty along the Manhattan skyline to Broadway and Central Park. Along the way, we see the city’s skyscrapers and landmarks in their natural colours under a radiant blue sky.