Turnpike Link
Turnpike Link
Clip: 497339_1_1
Year Shot: 1958
(Actual Year)
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1652
Original Film: 031-084
HD: N/A
Location: New York
Timecode: 00:27:02 - 00:27:47
Turnpike Link Ribicoff, Harriman Cut Ribbon to Open. Exterior highway, pedestrians walking along it (crowds). Caucasian men amid the crowd shake hands. People including children (dressed up) stand behind a ribbon, man in suit cuts ribbon with scissors. Press (journalists) with cameras. Another shot of ribbon cutting ceremony shows that the ribbon was being cut in several places, by the man and a woman and some of the children. Highway sign with curtain draped to block it; curtain is removed. Sign says Welcome to New York State Thruway. Handshake near the sign.