"Always fascinating, always inspiring -- Ever new New York!"
Excerpts from this travel film reveal the New York of 1962, with its furious construction, booming tourism, and jazzy soundtrack.
To view this film in its entirety, visit the Travel Film Archive.
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Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg is the former executive producer and general manager of Atlantic Studios at The Atlantic.