“Manhatta” (1921)

One of the earliest “symphony of a city” movies, it’s a gorgeous 11-minute short by Paul Strand and Charles Sheeler (with an assist from Walt Whitman). I’d trade most entire movies for the two shots beginning at 9:59.

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