King of Coney Island
This wonderful color film "King of Coney Island" is part of the "If Things Could Talk" series of films produced by Roy Creveling. It is written and narrated from the point of view of Coney Island, New York’s landmark Fer
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Showing results for "coney island"The Coney Island Bikers
In this picture the pretty bathing girls are riding their wheels along the hard sand of the beach. One girl who is a novice is learning to ride, and her efforts to maintain an upright position are very amusing.
Solomon Riley Presents Negro Coney Island
Often discussed as an urban legend or a failed architectural project, Solomon Riley Presents Negro Coney Island redresses the erasure around Riley’s completed amusement park for the Black Residents in Harlem and the Bron
The Coney Island Beach Patrol
Two small boys with policemen's hats and nightsticks are struggling with another small boy. The object of their struggle seems to be to arrest him. Approaching the camera from a distance are two men in bathing suits, pre
Rube and Mandy at Coney Island
A country couple enters Coney Island's Steeplechase Park. They proceed to amuse themselves on the steeplechase, tightropes, plaza, mini-locomotive and chutes.
Coney Island on 16mm Film
This is a short film I made shooting Coney Island on 16mm film using my Bolex H16 Rex-5. I shot photos to alongside the footage using cheap Kodak disposable cameras to match the soft and nostalgic look of 16mm. Although
Hippodrome Races, Dreamland, Coney Island
A series of races and exhibitions is taking place at the hippodrome track in Coney Island's Dreamland. First there is a simple race between two riders, followed by several other competitions involving larger numbers of h
Scene on Surf Ave., Coney Island
A short look at Surf Ave., Coney Island.
Coney Island: Dreams for Sale
An outraged community of business owners and amusement activists embark on a 3-year roller coaster journey to protect the future of legendary Coney Island Amusement Park from an unscrupulous real estate developer and a g
The Coney Island of Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Christopher Felver's enormously engaging documentary is a serious and powerful portrait of San Francisco's legendary poet, painter and City Lights publisher. Lawrence Ferlinghetti has been a vital creative force in the A
The Great Fire Ruins, Coney Island
This interesting picture was taken just after the great fire on November 1, 1903. It shows the ruins of the entire upper and lower portion of the Bowery. The film ends by bringing into view a large number of men pulling
Swimming Pool at Coney Island
The camera was positioned on the edge of a large public swimming pool. Many children jump in the water from the edge of the pool opposite the camera and swim toward the camera.
Mystic Shriners' Day, Dreamland, Coney Island
A parade of Mystic Shriners in ritual costumes and traditional hats, carrying a banner reading "Mecca"; some walk, some are mounted on horses, a few ride on camels and on one elephant. Many men and women in street dress
Leap Frog Railway, Coney Island
The film shows an unusual type of railroad car designed to go over or under an oncoming car instead of around it, as conventional railroad cars must do. Each car not only runs on tracks but also has a set of tracks over
Weegee's Coney Island
1954. USA. Directed by Weegee. Part of Weegee’s New York. “Weegee (Arthur Fellig) filmed, Amos Vogel edited. The preciousness of the avant-garde shown at Cinema 16 was interrupted by this breath of fresh air. Weegee’s p
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court
Judge Patrick Henry McPheeney presides over a chaotic Monday morning police court following a busy weekend. After a scrubwoman wakes the sleeping staff, bickering attorneys Ignatius O’Brien and Diogenes Cassidy arrive, f
One Wall: Kings of Coney Island
Handball is the ultimate city game. Played at the highest level, it can be both beautiful and brutal - one player describes it as 'like boxing, except with a ball.' For more than 50 years, the National One Wall Handball
A Swimming Race at Coney Island
The camera was positioned on a seashore. In the distance, there is a small sailboat on which several people are standing. Two of the passengers on the small boat dive into the water and begin to swim toward the camera. S
Boxing Horses Luna Park, Coney Island
Inside a boxing ring are two horses. Attendants put white bag-like objects on their forefeet. At a signal from the ringmaster, the two horses stand on their hind legs and start boxing.
Children in the Surf at Coney Island
"Children in the Surf, Coney Island" is a very short documentary with Billy Bitzer behind the camera.