New York's Waterfront (1947)

1930s, New York City, Manhattan, New York Harbor, waterfront, docks, ocean liners, passenger ships, steamships, onlookers on pier waving to SS Reliance, liner crew at work, captain, men climbing mast, liner POV Manhattan skyline, tug boats, liner in quarantine being inspected, cleared liner proceeding up harbor, tug boats assisting liner in docking, reporters, photographers and cameramen clambering to interview disembarking celebrity, dockhands, longshoremen, baggage being unloaded, President Roosevelt Staten Island Ferry, ferry POV liners docked at White Star Line piers, Statue of Liberty from wheelhouse, Sailors’ Snug Harbor on Staten Island, retired sailors sitting down for meal, playing cards, reading, making belts and model ships.
This film, released in 1947, appears to have been made up of footage shot in the 1930s
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[@dmoney668]

These are so awesome thank you!

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

Amazing footage! Thank you for posting the film. It is appreciated!

[@angellight495]

This film cannot be from 1947. The Reliance of the Hamburg America Line was lost in 1938. This film seems to be from between 1932-1936 based on the Majestic still being in service but the Leviathan being apparently laid up.

[@jec1ny]

You are correct. I was about to post that the film footage is almost certainly from the interwar era. Not just the ships but the way people are dressed suggests late 20s or early 30s. That said, the copyright is from 1947. My guess is that the narrator just went with a script designed for the film footage.

[@robertsilva1016]

I have an ocean Liner that was just built that looks Exactly like the Titanic it is called SS Texas

[@charlieswift8382]

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[@robertsilva1016]

This was Not Release in 1947

[@robertsilva1016]

This Ship Was LOST in July 1938

[@wuzi9818]

Did mob own waterfront back in 1947?

[@fdub7077]

Yes!