PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL OPENS 1950s

For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) 05:58:16 WORLD'S LARGEST BUS TERMINAL OPENS. (1950s) #355 OUT OF THE SUBWAYS INTO THE WORLD'S LARGEST BUS TERMINAL - NEW YORK'S TRAVELERS ENJOY THE WONDERS OF MODERN TRAVEL. 05:58:39 PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL, NYC. NEW YORK CITY 05:58:47 PEOPLE & CARS ON EIGHTH AVENUE. 05:58:52 POV STANDING BEHIND DRIVER ON CITY BUS. ROUNDING A CORNER. 05:59:08 BUSES PASS BY ON TWO LEVELS OF ROAD, ONE ABOVE 05:59:12 BUSES ENTER PORT AUTHORITY ENTRANCE. 05:59:23 SIGN READS SUBURBAN BUSES. 05:59:25 PEOPLE GET OFF BUS AT TERMINAL, CIRCA MID 1950s 05:59:37 ESCALATORS MOVE STREAMS OF PEOPLE DOWN & UP. CU PEOPLE ON AUTOMATIC STAIRS. MEN IN SUITS, LADIES IN HATS. MAN READS NEWSPAPER. 05:59:53 ESCALATOR REACHES BOTTOM, PEOPLE GET OFF, GO ON THEIR WAY. COMMUTING TO WORK. 06:00:00 PEOPLE WALK THROUGH CONCOURSE. UNDERGROUND. 06:00:21 CU SIGNS FOR BARBER SHOP, BOOTBLACK, FLORIST, NEWSSTAND, THEATER TICKETS. SNACK BAR, TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY. 06:00:25 PEOPLE WALK INTO UNDER GROUND MUSIC SHOP 06:00:28 PEOPLE LOOK AT DIAMOND JEWELRY 06:00:31 STORE CALLED THE BOOK BANK 06:00:32 SIGN FOR DENTIST SUBURBAN CONCOURSE ROOM 2003 06:00:33 SIGN FOR DR. PHILIP LEWIS, PODIATRIST 06:00:35 HOSIERY REPAIR SHOP 06:00:38 HIGH SHOT OF GROCERY SHOP. PEOPLE BUYING FOOD. MAN GOES THROUGH MEAT SECTION. 06:00:49 CU TICKET AGENT PULLING TICKET DOWN FROM WALL OF TICKETS. THROWS IT DOWN VIGOROUSLY. 06:00:53 MONTAGE OF SIGNS ANNOUNCING VARIOUS DESTINATIONS CHICAGO, BOSTON 06:00:57 TICKET AGENT PULLS DOWN MUCH LONGER TICKET. CU STAMPING TICKET. 06:01:00 CAMERA PULLS BACK TO REVEAL FRONT OF WILMINGTON BUS. CHANGES TO PHILADELPHIA 06:01:04 CU MAN STAMPING TICKET WITH MACHINE 06:01:06 MONTAGE OF BUS DESTINATIONS 06:01:10 PANS UP TO TOP OF BUILDING, PARKING LOT. CAR PARK. 06:01:20 AERIAL SHOT OF PARKING LOT ATOP BUILDING 06:01:26 1940s CAR PULLS INTO LOT 06:01:32 MS, CARS PARKED ON TOP OF BUILDING