Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This black and white 1930s film (part 4 of a series made by architect Walter Harrington Kilham Jr.) depicts the construction of Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York (TRT 17:22). Title card: “The Building of Rockefeller Center” (0:08). “Todd, Robertson & Todd, Engineering Corporation - Todd & Brown - Managers” and “Reinhard & Hofmeister - Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray - Hodd & Fouilhoux - Architects” (0:17). In a staged shot, three men in boater hats look up at the Manhattan skyline from street level (0:30). Cameraman Walter H. Kilham pans a 16mm film camera. Kilham uses a film viewer on a small editing table to inspect footage (0:38). Intertitle: “Part One 1930-1931” (0:50). The Manhattan Skyline as seen from the East River, with the Brooklyn Bridge in the foreground. A newsstand. A news ticke
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