ROOSEVELT ISLAND 1978

For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) 00:15:45 ROOSEVELT ISLAND: AERIAL VIEW OF TWO MILE NARROW ISLAND IN MIDDLE OF EAST RIVER BETWEEN MANHATTAN & QUEENS, BOUGHT BY DUTCH SETTLERS IN 1637, CAPTURED BY ENGLISH, INHERITED BY BLACKWELL FAMILY WHO SOLD IT TO NEW YORK CITY IN 1828, NOW CALLED ROOSEVELT ISLAND. 00:16:11 MONTAGE OLD PHOTOS OF ISLAND, WITH CLOSE-BY QUEENS AND MANHATTAN ON EACH SIDE. IT MAINLY BECAME LOCATION FOR MENTAL INSTITUTIONS, PRISONS, IT BECAME KNOWN AS ISLAND NOBODY KNOWS. 00:16:46 PAN FROM MANHATTAN SIDE WITH TRAFFIC MOVING ALONG COASTAL PARKWAY TO ROOSEVELT ISLAND, WHICH BECAME ONE OF MOST ADVANCED NEW TOWNS IN U. S. 00:16:54 ZOOM OUT OLD CHURCH BUILDING WHICH HAS BEEN PRESERVED AS LANDMARKS, INTEGRATED FUNCTIONALLY INTO LIFE OF COMMUNITY. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BLACKWELL HOUSE STANDS IN SHARP CONTRAST TO NEW HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS. PAN TO NEW APARTMENT HOUSES. ALMOST EVERY APARTMENT HAS VIEW OF RIVER. 00:17:13 AERIAL U-HAUL TRUCK PARKS ALONG CURB. DONALD AND JANET GOLDMAN EXIT TRUCK AFTER MOVING TO ISLAND FROM BOSTON AREA. THE TWO START UNLOADING FURNITURE FOR THEIR NEW APARTMENT. 00:18:15 MINI SCHOOL, ONE OF FIVE LOCATED ON FIRST FLOOR OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES, DISBURSED THROUGHOUT ISLAND. EACH FOR 225 STUDENTS, ALL WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE 00:18:21 DOZENS OF CHILDREN PLAY ON MONKEY BARS, SLIDING PONDS IN PLAYGROUND. DAY CARE IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO WORKING PARENTS. 00:18:40 PHOTOS OF LIVING QUARTERS. BLACK WOMEN POSE AT DINING ROOM TABLE. SHOTS OF KITCHEN, BEDROOM. SHOT OF HIGH RISE APARTMENT COMPLEX. GOLDMAN COUPLE LOOK OUT WINDOW WITH VIEW OF RIVER. 00:18:55 BOY RIDES BIKE WITH GIRL SITTING ON BACK. ANOTHER BOY DOES TRICKS ON SKATEBOARD. MOTHERS WITH SMALL CHILDREN WADE IN GLASS ENCLOSED BABY POOL. 00:19:15 BUSINESSMEN CLIMB ONTO CLEAN, NOISELESS, POLLUTION-FREE, BATTERY-CHARGED, ELECTRO-BUS FOR RIDE TO AERIAL TRAMWAY, JUST FIVE MINUTES FROM MANHATTAN. TRAMWAY RIDES ACROSS RIVER ON OVERHEAD CABLES. PAN VIEW OF ISLAND, AS SEEN IN TRAMWAY.