New York City Under Construction 1906

''It'll be a great place if they ever finish it.'' - O. Henry

This is a short excerpt taken from the 1906 crime melodrama ''The Skyscrapers of New York,'' also known as ''Skyscrapers'' by Fred A. Dobson. This was filmed on location at Broadway & 12th Street on November 8, 1906, with the 'indoor' scenes being filmed at the American Mutoscope & Biograph studio in the Bronx.

Synopsis:
A construction foreman fires a crew worker for fighting. The disgruntled worker steals from the contractor and frames the foreman in revenge.
Here's the whole sordid story in three parts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-QFGC0wi7c

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[Liveandletskate666]

that shit was intense

[1358124]

Health and safety in England would have a hissy fit nowadays, thats why sod all is done here now!.