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Curved row of national flags at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, circa 1955, as a yellow taxi and a woman in a white hat enter the frame.

The flag row fills the frame as a yellow taxi and a woman in a white hat appear at the bottom edge, circa 1955.

1955 · New York City, New York, United States

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A rounded 1950s yellow taxi passes the United Nations flag row in New York as a woman in a white hat walks along the pavement, circa 1955.

A yellow taxi drives along the avenue beside the UN flag row while a woman with a yellow bag walks away from the camera.

1955 · New York City, New York, United States

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Wide view of the United Nations flag row in Manhattan, circa 1955, with a yellow taxi on the avenue and a woman in a white hat at the left of frame.

The taxi continues along the avenue with the flags and apartment blocks behind, while the woman reaches the left side of the frame.

1955 · New York City, New York, United States

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A woman in a mid-1950s dark dress and white hat walks beneath the United Nations flags in New York as a yellow taxi leaves the frame, circa 1955.

The camera follows the woman as she walks on beneath the flags, her yellow bag at her side, while the taxi exits at right.

1955 · New York City, New York, United States

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Independence Hall replica at the 1939 New York World's Fair, flags on both sides, a man in a dark cap crossing the foreground

A man in a dark cap passes in front of the Pennsylvania Building's Independence Hall replica, 1939.

1939 · Queens, New York, United States

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Pennsylvania Building replica of Independence Hall in the Court of States, 1939 World's Fair, visitor under a yellow parasol

A visitor rests under a yellow parasol before the brick replica and its clock tower, 1939.

1939 · Queens, New York, United States

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Flag-lined approach to the Independence Hall replica at Flushing Meadows, 1939, with lamp posts and a parasol in front

Long rows of flags lead the eye to the Independence Hall replica at the 1939 fair.

1939 · Queens, New York, United States

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Visitors in white hats pass the Pennsylvania Building's Independence Hall replica, 1939 New York World's Fair

Visitors in white hats enter the frame below the replica's tower as the shot ends, 1939.

1939 · Queens, New York, United States

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1960 New York City 8mm frame showing people at street level beneath a large flag-lined building facade.

A crowd stands in front of a large urban building decorated with many flags.

1960 · New York City, New York, United States

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Handheld 8mm view in New York City showing a large building with rows of flags and people gathered near the base.

Flags hang along the building while the crowd remains partially obscured in shadow.

1960 · New York City, New York, United States

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Low-light 1960 New York City frame with flags along the street edge and people gathered near a large building.

The camera shifts to a darker section of the building and the flag-lined crowd area.

1960 · New York City, New York, United States

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Final 8mm frame showing people at the bottom of a New York City building facade with flags rising through the scene.

Flags and a shadowed crowd fill the lower frame beneath the masonry building facade.

1960 · New York City, New York, United States

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1960 New York City 8mm frame showing a tall business building facade viewed from below, with repeated windows and dark film borders.

Handheld upward view along a high-rise facade and window grid.

1960 · New York City, New York, United States

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1960 New York City 8mm frame looking up at the upper stories of a gridded business building against a pale blue sky.

The camera reaches higher on the facade, with sky visible beside the tower.

1960 · New York City, New York, United States

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1960 New York City 8mm frame of a high-rise edge and repeated windows, tilted upward from street level into blue sky.

A tilted street-level view emphasizes the height of the building.

1960 · New York City, New York, United States

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1960 New York City 8mm frame dropping to a shadowed street-level area with several flags near the base of a building.

The shot ends in a darker street-level view with flags near the facade.

1960 · New York City, New York, United States

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1975 Copenhagen 8mm frame showing international flags waving near a construction crane, viewed through a dark window opening.

Flags fly outdoors with a crane and clouds in the background.

1975 · Copenhagen, Denmark

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Copenhagen travel footage frame with Danish, Swedish, and other flags moving in the wind near trees and a distant crane.

A row of flags waves above a tree-lined urban edge.

1975 · Copenhagen, Denmark

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1975 Copenhagen 8mm frame holding on international flags, with bright clouds, street lamps, and shadowed framing from a window or opening.

Flags remain centered against a bright clouded sky.

1975 · Copenhagen, Denmark

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Copenhagen canal-side 8mm frame showing a red-and-white boat, trees, older cars, and blurred adults passing close to the camera.

A red-and-white canal boat appears near trees and parked cars as pedestrians pass in the foreground.

1975 · Copenhagen, Denmark

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1961 Nassau home-movie frame showing the base of a tall modernist lattice tower with palms, flags, and bright sky.

The tower base, palm trees, and flagpoles appear in a visitor-framed view.

1961 · Nassau, Bahamas

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1961 Nassau frame with the camera tilted upward along the tower, showing palms and open sky.

The camera rises along the tower as palms edge the frame.

1961 · Nassau, Bahamas

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Upward-looking 1961 Nassau home-movie view of the tower shaft against saturated blue sky and light clouds.

The tower extends vertically through the frame against a bright sky.

1961 · Nassau, Bahamas

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1961 Nassau frame showing the upper portion of the modernist tower, with its cap silhouetted against blue sky.

The upward tilt reaches the upper tower section and cap.

1961 · Nassau, Bahamas

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