James A. FitzPatrick: Self - Narrator
Quotes
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James A. FitzPatrick : A panoramic view of the Central Park area illustrates a little of the magnitude of mighty Manhattan.
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James A. FitzPatrick : We would like to remain here for an encore. But the Starlight Roof is only one of Manhattan's centers of gaiety - where the thrills of nightlife are traditional, and where the heights of nocturnal dazzle are reached in the glittering lights of Times Square and Broadway.
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James A. FitzPatrick : The Metropolitan Museum of Art on the 5th Avenue side of Central Park houses one of the world's greatest collections of art, designed for the cultural education of the public, free of charge. Yes, museums, libraries, churches, schools, and countless other educational and cultural institutions are still free to the public in this great land of liberty.
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James A. FitzPatrick : Here in downtown Manhattan, Broadway begins its long circuitous route following the old trail that was staked out originally by the native Indians. Foremost among the architectural oddities of Broadway is the so-called Flatiron Building in Madison Square. Once considered to be the world's tallest skyscraper. But, the passing of time, other giants towered above it until finally it was completely dwarfed by the Empire State Building - the tallest manmade structure in the world!
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James A. FitzPatrick : Here, on a plot of land magnanimously donated by John D. Rockefeller Jr., will rise the future headquarters of the United Nations - a compact group of buildings centered on the 40-story skyscraper that is to provide offices for the Secretariat. Uncle Sam has appropriated $65 million for this project, which is destined to bring the nations of the world closer together in bonds of friendship and peace.
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[last lines]
James A. FitzPatrick : And so life goes in the mother borough of New York City, where the pulse of a nation is centered and all the world is represented through its conglomeration of race, color, and creed. And it is here, on the gay white way, that we most reluctantly say 'farewell' to mighty Manhattan.
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[first lines]
James A. FitzPatrick : [on the Statue of Liberty] The freedom-loving people of France presented this imposing monument to the United States as a symbol of liberty, and for about sixty-five years it's been standing here at the main entrance to a country in which liberty has been the beacon light of progress since seventeen hundred and seventy-six.
