Meet Me Down at Coney Isle
Directed by: Louis de Rochemont
year: 1932 9 minutes
After the success of Walter Ruttman's city symphony BERLIN: DIE SINFONIE DER GROSSTADT, produced by Fox in 1927, the studio launched a series of short subjects with location shooting by Fox Movietone news crews, depicting days in the life of various cities with music and sound effects. Welcome to New York's Coney Island in 1932!
- Genres:
- Ephemera / Newsreel
- Avant-garde / City Symphony
- Short / Documentary
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