Video cover | Image: The Kino Library

Monday, January 29, 2018
by @thekinolibrary/YouTube

     Synopsis generated by the author: Lower East Side Bleecker Street. Awesome POV from left side of car past shops - If It Swims We Have It Fish Market, men working outside, look Italian? Young man makes peace sign to camera. People staring into the camera. Newspaper shop, Lit's Shoes, Bar-B-Treat. Great 70s fashions, young couple wearing flares, denim. Gritty New York. West 4th, Avenue of Americas. More POV from left of car O'Henry's Steak House. Busy street, sunny day, young woman pushing pushchair. Hippyish man wearing caftan, people sat outside restaurant African American young man waves at the camera. Past more shops, Pier 16, Tri-rite Deli-Appetizer, De Loir Boutique, Reflections, Mc Bell's, Records. Record shop, Indian family, multicultural. Gritty street with rubbish on the floor, shop Azuma, C0-op, Siegel Bros Shoes.

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📝 Transcription

>> 00:00 - It's extraordinary mixture
>> 00:01Of race
>> 00:02 - Languages
>> 00:03And creeds
>> 00:05New York is unique because of the New Yorkers
>> 00:08And the best place to meet them
>> 00:10 - Is on the streets
>> 00:54The Manhattan's skyscrapers
>> 00:56 - Dominate
>> 00:57 - The street.

📝 Subtitles

>> 00:00 - K
>> 00:01 - Bleecker Fish MKT
>> 00:01 - Fish daily
>> 00:01 - 253 If it swims we have it 253
>> 00:02 - Design for printing
>> 00:07 - Greeting cards
>> 00:07 - Jewelry
>> 00:07 - Gifts
>> 00:08 - Baroc Corp. 247
>> 00:10 - Bleecker Street Pastry
>> 00:11 - Cola
>> 00:11 - Newspapers
>> 00:11 - Tobacco
>> 00:11 - 233 A&S Smoke Shop 2
>> 00:12 - Coca-Cola
>> 00:12 - Lit's Shoes
>> 00:13 - Dependable Since 1921
>> 00:15 - Bar-B-Treat
>> 00:19 - O'Henry's
>> 00:19 - O'Henry's
>> 00:19 - O'Henry's Steak House
>> 00:23 - Do Not ter
>> 00:23 - One Way
>> 00:25 - O'Henry's Steak House
>> 00:31 - Office Space for rent
>> 00:31 - Pier 16
>> 00:35 - Tri-rite
>> 00:35 - Deli-Appetizer
>> 00:35 - 353 Tri-rite Deli-Appetizer 353
>> 00:36 - Catering
>> 00:37 - 355
>> 00:37 - De Loir Boutique
>> 00:37 - Cards
>> 00:39 - Reflections
>> 00:42 - Mc Bell's
>> 00:43 - Sale 3,25
>> 00:43 - Records
>> 00:43 - Sale 3,25
>> 00:43 - Taurant
>> 00:43 - Ers Restaurant
>> 00:44 - 385
>> 00:44 - Azuma
>> 00:51 - Self Service Co-op Food Store
>> 00:52 - 49 33 23 83 45 85 39
>> 00:56 - Siegel Bros Shoes
>> 00:56 - Market

🎬 Highlight Scenes

>> 00:00 - Lots of clothes in a store window
>> 00:06 - Man leaning against a bicycle in front of the entrance to number 251
>> 00:11 - Coca-Cola soft drink company logo
>> 00:11 - Man pushing a bicycle
>> 00:15 - Fruit and vegetable boxes
>> 00:30 - Commercial space for rent
>> 00:43 - Trash. Lots of trash in the street.
>> 00:51 - Various posters advertising products on sale.
>> 00:56 - A vehicle with the right side completely destroyed (or damaged)
>> 00:57 - The World Trade Center (WTC) twin towers.

Song detected in the video
🎧 Call Me
>> De Wolfe LP Library

🎥 Video Information
Audio: English | Subtitles: No | Time: 1:02 | Platform: YouTube | Profile: @thekinolibrary | Publication: Monday, January 29, 2018 | Original title: 1970s Bleecker St and 6th Avenue, Gritty New York, 4K | Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf206HJ55ts | More information, click here 🌐

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