Construction on the IND 8th Avenue Line, 1929 [Sound]

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Channel: Speed Graphic Film and Video · 2018 · Autos & Vehicles

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Only after I had finished editing Movietone's silent footage of New York's 8th Avenue Subway construction did I come across this sound footage from the same shoot.  (It had been miscataloged as being taken in Chicago.)  It shows the same scenes, though with different camera angles, and with actual location sound.  The painters, the track crews, and the flares filling the location with smoke--they're all there here, too.
To see the silent footage, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-76Ogl77I8

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