Cities: How They Grow (Second Edition)

About

A study of our increasing urban population. Departing from the usual statistics and the sociological problems which are a result of the cities' growth, we learn that by observing what the workers of the city do, we can find out why the city grew.

A CITY IS DEFINED & AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO SHOW THAT IT CONSISTS OF 2 KINDS OF PEOPLE - "BUILDERS" & "FILLERS". ASPECTS OF GREAT CITIES SHOWN; WHY CITIES DIE & ARE KNOWN AS "GHOST TOWNS".

Many stock shots that need to be logged.

21:01:26:29 1950s urban people crossing street, camera pans from people up high-rise building, probably in New York City.

21:01:50:05 High-angle 1950s cars on highway driving away from camera toward big city in distance.

21:02:19:26 VS covered wagons; river boat with two large smokestacks producing trails of black smoke.

21:03:03:04 Antique head saw at old-fashioned sawmill cutting log in two.

21:03:14:08 Pan up large pipes of 1940s to 1950s oil refinery; VS steel mill.

21:03:41:05 Great shot of large cattle farm; sheep herded into livestock transportation train car.

21:04:18:24 VS workers, men and women, working in cotton mill; machines spooling cotton yarn; CU machinery.

21:04:36:24 Reenactment of immigrants around 1900 waiting to be examined at an immigration entrance facility; MS doctor holding stethoscope examines the eyes of an immigrant wearing hat with shabby beard.

21:04:45:24 CU harvester combine tractor plowing through field of grain.

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