# City Within a City, A

Film on the Pan Am Building in New York City. 04:04:20:18 VS men working on skyscraper construction site in New York City. Construction workers in hardhats; steel beams, cranes; sparks from welding. 04:08:20:19 VS construction workers in hardhats mixing and pouring concrete. 04:09:28:09 Construction workers with harnesses working on steel beams of skyscraper towering precariously over New York City skyline. Building the Pan Am (now MetLife) building. 04:09:47:07 Two construction workers on top story of skyscraper pulling in large slab of concrete delivered by crane; New York City down below. 04:09:51:11 Man welding on top of skyscraper. Central Park and Upper West Side of Manhattan visible below. 04:09:53:15 CU hammering nail. 04:10:18:26 Low angle unfinished Pan Am building (now Metropolitan Life). 04:10:29:07 VS inside unfinished Pan Am building; bare frame of building, concrete and steel; CU pipes; CU sign “Danger High Voltage.” 04:10:56:02 Camera lead by flashlight down dark concrete wall hallway dimly lit by bare bulbs; camera passes sign with arrow “200 Park Ave. Building Office.” 04:11:38:11 Statue of Erwin Wolfson developer of the Pan Am building project. 04:12:04:21 1970s futuristic circular information desk in Pan Am building. Undulating white walls with Pan Am sign and map of world; everything in white. 04:12:27:22 Pan Am building shot from below towering over Grand Central Station. 04:13:04:09 VS of New York City from atop the Pan Am building. 04:14:06:27 VS…

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1964
- By: Sandak Productions
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/City_Within_a_City_A)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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