New York: A Documentary Film : City of Tomorrow (1929-1945) (2001)
Directed by Ric Burns
Genres - Historical Film |
Sub-Genres - Social History, Politics & Government, Biography |
Run Time - 120 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis
Filmmaker Ric Burns polishes off his 14 and one-half hour history of the Big Apple with two concluding episodes that take New York City through the 20th century. The first: "City of Tomorrow (1929-45)" focuses on Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, who used his close ties to FDR to make the city "a gigantic laboratory of civic reconstruction"; and master builder Robert Moses, who "adapted a 19th century city to 20th century circumstances," says historian Kenneth Jackson. The biggest one: the car. Says narrator David Ogden Stiers: "It challenged all previous assumptions about urban life."
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big-city, Great-Depression, project [plan], roots [origins], stock-market-crash, auto-industry, chronicle, airport, bridge [structure], industry, mayor, urban, World's-Fair
