Here’s a clip showing New York City during the 1950s, focused on bridges, highways, and the flow goods into the city.
Clip begins with views of bridges leading into Manhattan, including the Brooklyn Bridge and the George Washington Bridge. A truck, a bus, and a car roll past the George Washington Bridge’s toll booth after exiting the bridge.
There’s an aerial shot of the Henry Hudson Parkway.
There is a "Queens Midtown Tunnel" sign. The narrator tells us that various highways built under nearby rivers lead from Manhattan to New Jersey, Brooklyn, and Queens.
On a highway possibly in New Jersey, a shot shows the Manhattan skyline in the distance and traffic in the foreground.
We see the entrances and exits of tunnels connected to Manhattan.
A line of trucks move through Manhattan. Later we see trucks being unloaded. The narrator says that tons of food are needed everyday for NYC's homes, restaurants, and hotels. A sign reads “GEO F. FISH” on one of the buildings where several trucks are parked. A man picks up a half barrel from a truck, which is stacked with half barrels. Another truck is stacked with sacks of what appears to be potatoes; men are removing these sacks onto hand trucks. The narrator tells us that farms as far away as Oregon, California, and Texas help to feed the people of Manhattan.
There are wide shots of boxes on a street, waiting to be moved, and many people moving items with dollies or hand trucks.
In the clips final shots, men pour fish and ice into open crates, and other men fill a truck with crates and barrels.
