1942 NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD PROMOTIONAL FILM NEW YORK CALLING NEW YORK CITY 55534

Produced by the Public Relations Department of the New York Central System and New York Central Railroad, the 1942 film New York Calling offers viewers a tour of all they can see in New York City by visiting via New York Central’s many lines that connect the country with the famed city. The film opens with a shot of the skyline of New York City (00:10), and then follows a modern and luxurious train as it follows the Hudson River (00:38), passing the highlands (00:52) with Breakneck and Storm King Mountains as well as West Point. Travelers play cards in the luxurious boxcars as the train leaves the Hudson and follows the Harlem River to Manhattan Island before diving into a tunnel under Park Avenue. Grand Central Terminal (02:11) hosts more than one-and-a-half million people every day; the Grand Central Zone boasts such famous landmarks as the Chrysler Building (02:36). The film’s “tour” of New York City begins on the lower end of Manhattan Island (02:55), with Old Trinity Church, Wall Street, and the bustling