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This programme explains how and why the many public murals painted in New York came into existence, and visits the sites of these works.
This programme explains how and why the many public murals painted in New York came into existence, and visits the sites of these works.
| Module code and title: | A316, Modern art: practices and debates |
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| Item code: | A316; 18 |
| First transmission date: | 1993 |
| Published: | 1993 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:20 |
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| Producer: | G.D Jayalakshmi |
| Contributor: | Jonathan Harris |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Airports; America; Brooklyn; Depression; Franklin Roosevelt; Hospitals; La Guardia; Prisons; Works Project Administration |
| Subject terms: | Mural painting and decoration, American--United States--New York (State)--New York; Street art--United States--New York (State)--New York |
| Footage description: | Footage - Archive b/w film: Wall Street sign, crowds, stock exchange, ticker tape, derelict buildings, billboard poster, soup kitchen, flags, Roosevelt inauguration & speech, steel vat & sparks, men receiving food chits, rollers, girders, men working, man pulling lever, dam water, man ploughing. B/w stills: WPA poster, men with wheel barrows, men with shovels & wooden forms, men working in drainage ditch, WPA caravan theatre stage. B/w film: James Brooks painting murals. Views of murals (0'22"-2'27") - 1930s map of New York. Views of Harlem: buildings, people, dog, market. Harlem Hospital: park area, hospital building, Nurses Residence building, Jonathan Harris walking along interior corridor. Mural:"The Pursuit of Happiness" by Vertis Hayes. Detail (2'28"-7'27") - B/w stills: Artists Union march, placards. "The Pursuit of Happiness" Views of New York: Triborough bridge, NY skyline, Queens hospital, car park, playground, hospital, plaque (7'28"-9'23").Murals:"The Functions of the Hospital" and "The Foibles of Uncontrolled Medicine" by William Palmer. Interior of Queens Hospital. Lift. "The Functions of the Hospital" and "The Foibles of Uncontrolled Medicine". Details (9'24"-13'24") - Views of a NY housing estate. Children in playground. Derelict community centre basement rooms. Brooklyn Museum. Abstract murals inside Brooklyn Museum. Woman walking in corridor. Murals from Williamsburgh Housing Project. Details (13'25"-16'52") - Archive b/w film: men welding, steel works, steam train crossing bridge. Abstract murals. Pan Am plane at La Guardia Airport. Views of La Guardia International Marine Terminal. B/w photo of sea plane landing. Main terminal waiting room. Mural:"Flight" by James Brooks. Details. Jonathan Harris speaking. "Flight". Details (16'53"-19'39").Archive B/w film: tanks on assembly line, aircraft on assembly line, ship being launched, shells in factory. Views of the Bronx: train on bridge, school bus, youths outside Evander Childs High School. School exterior. Interior corridor. Library. Mural:"The History of Western Civilisation" by James Michael Newell. Details (19'40"-23'25") - Archive b/w film: Roosevelt speaking. Corridor in Harlem Hospital. La Guardia Airport. Playground and children. Mural:"The History of Western Civilisation" (23'26"-24'19"). |
| Master spool number: | HOU6791 |
| Production number: | FOUA331E |
| Videofinder number: | 4209 |
| Available to public: | no |
