Skyscraper Symphony (1929)
• April 30th, 1929 • 0h 9min
Documentary
Overview
A montage of the skyscrapers of Manhattan opens with a succession of stationary views of the upper portions of numerous buildings. This is followed by a wide variety of fluid shots, which also begin to show more and more of the surrounding city, in addition to the skyscrapers themselves.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Released on: 1938-04-21
Documentary
Starting with a long and lyrical overture, evoking the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greec...
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
Released on: 1938-06-02
Documentary
Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave t...
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
Released on: 1927-09-23
Documentary
A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides a...
The Song of the Years to Come
Released on: 2024-04-08
Documentary, Family, History
On the island of La Gomera, children imagine stories while they examine archeological remains. An et...
Routine
Released on: 2025-03-30
Documentary, Fantasy
An experimental half-documentary half-fiction about a young person’s routine of getting to sleep and...
You Speak of Flins
Released on: 1969-10-20
Documentary
A group of leftist activists expose the exploitation of immigrant workers by a criminal network with...
Guadalcanal Requiem
Released on: 1977-01-01
Documentary, History
One of Paik’s most overtly political and poignant statements, Guadalcanal Requiem is a performance/d...
Ariadne
Released on: 2005-08-27
Documentary
The constant movement of the wheels, threads, sprockets, feet and hands suggests restlessness, and t...
Naqoyqatsi
Released on: 2002-09-02
Documentary
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
Almost Nothing: So Continues the Night
Released on: 2017-09-30
Documentary
For us, a thought always presupposes a society, a culture and above all the consciousness of time. W...
Film Is. 7-12
Released on: 2002-10-10
Documentary
The second half of Gustav Deutsch's experimental Film ist. series, constructing new narratives and m...
Tugging Diary
Released on: 2020-12-17
Documentary, Animation
Tugging Diary documents a footbridge over a year between August 2019 to January 2021. Due to social ...
Panta Rhei
Released on: 1952-03-08
Documentary
In 1952, Haanstra made Panta Rhei , another view of Holland through the eyes of a painter and filmma...
The Art of Un-War
Released on: 2022-04-01
Documentary
Renowned artist Krzysztof Wodiczko creates powerful responses to the inequities and horrors of war. ...
In continuo
Released on: 1971-01-26
Documentary
"In continuo" uses slaughterhouse imagery to present the warlike nature of man, first depicting the ...
The Black Album
Released on: 2023-01-05
Documentary
The Black Album places scrutiny on the notion of "Black Excellence" in a revisionist take.
From Dust to Light
Released on: 2024-02-20
Documentary, History
Filmed In the heart of the mountainous villages of Greece and North Macedonia, the documentary follo...
Rolling at The Tower
Released on: 2025-03-16
Documentary
Dating back to the 1800s, Birmingham’s roller skating scene is a flourishing, diverse community - bu...