Manhatta

Synopsis

Morning reveals New York harbor, the wharves, the Brooklyn Bridge. A ferry boat docks, disgorging its huddled mass. People move briskly along Wall St. or stroll more languorously through a cemetery. Ranks of skyscrapers extrude columns of smoke and steam. In plain view. Or framed, as through a balustrade. A crane promotes the city's upward progress, as an ironworker balances on a high beam. A locomotive in a railway yard prepares to depart, while an arriving ocean liner jostles with attentive tugboats. Fading sunlight is reflected in the waters of the harbor. The imagery is interspersed with quotations from Walt Whitman, who is left unnamed.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Paul Strand Charles Sheeler
Visual Effects	Visual Effects	Sarah McGrail
Camera	Director of Photography	Paul Strand Charles Sheeler
Crew	Poem	Walt Whitman
Department	Role	Name

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