Opening ceremonies for New Jersey and New York highways, 1954
Title card: "Highway Progress! Thruway and Garden State Openings Hailed" superimposed over WS highway / opening of Garden State Highway / toll booths on highway / cars on 2-lane highway / speed limit sign / traffic going in both directions / ribbon cutting ceremony on Telegraph Hill by New Jersey governor Robert Meyner and former governor Alfred Driscoll / governors cut ribbon / first car thru driven by O. C. Catan of Teaneck / antique cars follow / WS highway in both directions / title clip: "The Thruway" superimposed over traffic on highway / opening ceremony in New York / Governor Thomas Dewey cutting ribbon to open the New York Thruway / traffic on Thruway / people watch from bridge / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
1401744504
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
October 01, 1954
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:01:45:17
Location:
New Jersey, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr005084_01_06
- New Jersey,
- 1950-1959,
- Antique,
- Archival,
- Black And White,
- Car,
- Ceremony,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Governor,
- HD Format,
- Highway,
- Horizontal,
- Human Interest,
- New York State,
- New York State Thruway,
- Newsreel,
- Opening Event,
- Produced Segment,
- Real Time Video,
- Ribbon Cutting,
- Robert B. Meyner,
- Telegraph Hill,
- Thomas E. Dewey,
- USA,
- Video with Sound,