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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website “Joe’s Tour New York ‘68” (1968) is a color, home movie travelog produced by a man named Larry Wood. Unfortunately we do not know much about Larry, but he seems to have had some entertainment industry connections as the film is very well made, and even features a soundtrack and title cards. In the film, Larry and his wife, Vicki, play tourist in New York City for the weekend while visiting their friend Joe Niedzwiecki. Larry takes the viewer along with them on his tour of New York City as he visits the Empire State Building, explores Times Square, and attends the Merv Griffin Show, as well as a show at the Radio City Music Hall, and more. Retro American Airlines check-in and ticket counter, women in A-line 1960s-era jackets talk to representative behind counter (0:09). Departures board in airport for American Airlines Boeing 707 Astrojet going to New York Laguardia Airport (0:14). Opening credits play over image of American Airlines Boeing 707 Astrojet, passengers boarding plane (0:19). Boeing 707 Astrojet takes off from snowy runway (0:35). Silhouette of man in fedora and trench coat on subway platform illuminated by 7 train lights as it pulls into station (0:42). Joe Niedzwiecki and his date inside subway car, Joe smiles for camera (0:53). Lights illuminate Theater near Times Square, sign for The Merv Griffin Show (1:01). Arthur Treacher sits on stage decorated with mid-century modern furniture, introduces Merv Griffin who comes in to audience applause (1:11). Footage from around Times Square at night: LED lights for large-scale advertisements illuminate street: Gordon’s Gin, Woolworths, camera pans illuminated panel of Allied Chemical Building One Times Square (former New York Times building) (2:08). United Nations Headquarters (2:39). Carson Kennedy building (2:44). Exterior of Madison Square Garden, Empire State Building seen in distance (2:53). View down 34th street of Gimbels and Macy’s (3:10). Empire State Building elevators in lobby (3:17). Panoramic views of New York City skyline, Chrysler, Pan Am, United Nations buildings, Wall Street, Statue of Liberty etc. from 86th Floor Observatory (3:19). Close-up Empire State Building broadcast antennas (3:51). Panoramic views from 102nd Floor Enclosed Observatory, views of Hudson River, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Lincoln Tunnel, Port Authority Bus Terminal, George Washington Bridge, Central Park (3:56). ABC TV control room, TVs display feed coming from Olympics in Grenoble, France via satellite (4:54). Another ABC TV control room, close-up of switch board panels (5:06). Exterior Museum of Natural History, interior displays of animals - African deers, gazelles, lions and Mangbetu Woman bust (5:35). Joe, Tina, Vicki stand beside dinosaur fossils (5:57). Joe stands on street and hails a yellow taxi cab, 1968 Ford Galaxie 500 Taxi Cab (6:13). Views from taxi while driving through the Upper West Side of Manhattan: Lincoln Center (6:20). Exterior Mamma Leone's Italian restaurant, facade decorated with festive lights, interior festive decorations (6:29). Radio City Music Hall, Sandy Dennis and Anthony Newley in movie Sweet November, NYC Rockettes come on stage and perform (6:43). Camera pans down Chrysler building to reveal Vicki in a-line jacket and silk scarf in hair waiting for bus to airport on sidewalk (7:14). MetLife Building (formerly PanAm building); New York Airways Boeing-Vertol Turbocopter on MetLife roof (7:28). View from waiting area of Laguardia Airport of air traffic control tower, different terminals, Boeing 727 taking off (7:39). View from American Airlines BAC One-Eleven window as it takes off from runway (8:14). Closing credits (8:58). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
