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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 Dating to the 1940s, this well shot, silent home movie was filmed by an unknown visitor to New York's famous Bowery. From the 1940s through the 1970s, the Bowery was NYC's “Skid Row,“ notable for “Bowery Bums“ (disaffected alcoholics and unhoused persons). At :22, a large crowd is visible outside what appears to be the Salvation Army soup kitchen. At :37, the Golden Labor Agency, some kind of employment bureau, looms large under the Third Avenue Elevated tracks. Visible in this film are several street people, including a man seen at 2:13 who appears to have his arm in cast — perhaps he was injured on the job and unable to work as a result. At 3:41, a vagrant lies on the sidewalk, while at 4:10 a man smokes while another sleeps off his drink on the sidewalk. At 4:50, the cameraman pans down from a glamor ad in a barbershop window for Wildroot Hair Cream to another bum, lying on the street unconscious. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. 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
