Way Out West in Old New York

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

723

Date Released

31 Oct 1968

Date recorded

10 Oct 1968

Length of issue (in feet)

810

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Way Out West in Old New York

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

Pathe synopsis: The Statue of Liberty has the world’s most photographed face. Manhattan is the most famous skyline. Seen from the air they seem so familiar but get down on the ground amid the skyscrapers - the Empire State building, the Chrysler, Pan Am, Radio City, Wall Street and they tower endlessly. Any first timer becomes an involuntary rubber-neck. But New Yorkers don’t look up, and the second time you see the skyline [is] from the round-Manhattan island Circle Line boat trip. Washington Square, with its fountains and hippies, painters and chess-players is a cosy spot in the open air. Many of New York’s pleasures are free and easy: a visit to the Ford Foundation: a huge sky-scraper garden within glass, the Rockefeller Center where there’s always a band playing or parade parading, and the quieter pleasures of Central Park where New Yorkers, used to the old-fashioned buggy-ride, have now taken to bikes. But New York is also New York State. In the Adirondack mountains - a land of pines and lakes, wild deer and breath-taking views, the old west is preserved. There’s the barbecue, naturally, which every American enjoys in his own backyard, and there’s a place called Dawson City, a replica of the famous feuding Yukon gold rush town. There’s a real live Indian chief called Mr Dennis, and a genuine prospector called Beechnut, on hand to give the authentic atmosphere of old New York, way out west. New York’s most spectacular eye-catcher is not the Empire State building. It’s Niagara Falls. Come down amongst the boulders below the American Falls and feel the power and thunder of millions of tons of falling water; or up in a helicopter from Goat Island, and literally fly into a rainbow that’s always there. This too is New York, just a few hours up the thruway from the ever-changing lights of Times Square - an apt reminder that when you’re really rubbernecking, the best things in life are absolutely free.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Scenery and travel

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

750

Story extras:

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