This B&W clip offers snapshots of 1970s New York City — which comes across as dreary, busy, and somewhat dirty. This is clip 2 of 3.

Begins with a sign for “MICHAEL C. FINA CO. Silverware.” Another sign reads “PAUL SEIDEN Jeweler.”

The camera focuses on Orthodox Jewish men walking on New York City streets.

One of the men enters “FLUG ENTERPRISES,” which appears to be a jewelry store. Necklaces and earrings are displayed in the store window.

Jewish men chat with each other on sidewalks.

The camera focuses on the bottom-half of pedestrians — their shoes and pant legs, their walking.

One worried-looking man stands in front of a sign that reads “FEDERAL HALL NATIONAL MONUMENT,” the site of the First US Congress and where George Washington was inaugurated as America’s first president. People sit on the steps of Federal Hall. 

An older man in a suit stands around looking lost as pedestrians stream by.

There are stylized driving shots, more pedestrians, and signs that read “NO COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC” and “DON”T WALK.”