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1970s
This B&W clip shows a tough, gritty 1970s New York City, focused mostly on Wall Street, the Diamond District, and Greenwich Village.
The clip begins with the camera zooming out from a close-up of Central Park to a wide shot of Manhattan’s skyline -- a collection of skyscrapers crowned by the iconic Empire State Building.
Low-angle shot of the Statue of George Washington on Wall Street. An old, orthodox Jewish man with a long white beard walks on the street.
The camera pans from the circular hole of Isamu Noguchi’s "Red Cube" statue to a low-angle skyline shot.
A downward pan features the Statue of George Washington, while Trinity Church is seen in the background.
A sign hanging over a stairwell reads “MENACHEM DWORMAN'S LEVANTINE INTERNATIONAL CAFE”; patrons walk down the stairwell to enter this very cafe, which is on MacDougal Street. The camera zooms in to a vintage-style poster of Jerusalem.
A helicopter flies through the sky. POV shot from a helicopter of the city buildings below.
Large crowds of pedestrians walk down the street. The camera zooms in to a “First Israel Bank” sign. A zoom-out from a large diamond symbol into a “Mr. Diamond” sign.
From across the street, we see customers leaving the “Gold Wedding Band Center” where rings are on display.
Shot of the “Hebrew National” logo. Camera tracks a young, orthodox Jewish man walking through a crowd of pedestrians.
A diverse group of young men plays basketball in Greenwich Village. Players dribble and take shots while men watch alongside the chain-link fence. Two African American men debate while one smokes and onlookers watch. A shitless man with an afro dribbles the ball down the court. A man in a beanie dribbles around a defender and shoots the ball.