Manhatta (1921) is a short documentary film directed by painter Charles Sheeler and photographer Paul Strand. Manhatta documents the early 20th-century look of Manhattan.

Manhatta: Directed by Charles Sheeler, Paul Strand. This groundbreaking silent documentary captures the beauty and majesty of the New York City in its streets, skyscrapers, bridges, rail yards and harbors.

Manhatta (1921) is a documentary avant-garde short film which revels in the haze rising from city smoke stacks.

Created in 1921, Manhatta is a short documentary film directed by painter Charles Sheeler and photographer Paul Strand, which uses the words of Walt Whitman to paint a vivid portrait of New …

In 1921, Sheeler and Strand collaborated to make Manhatta, considered to be the first American avant-garde film. Inspired by Walt Whitman's poem "Mannahatta," which is quoted in one of the intertitles, …

Manhatta was produced through most of 1920 and early 1921 and premiered on July at the Rialto Theater, a mainstream commercial cinema in New York City.

An American 1921 short documentary silent film showing early 20th-century Manhattan; the intertitles include excerpts from the writings of Walt Whitman.

In Manhatta, the vertical landscapes framed by the countless buildings, the machinery and the electrical wires create a poetic and thoughtful look at one of the biggest creations of mankind.

People move briskly along Wall St. or stroll more languorously through a cemetery. Ranks of skyscrapers extrude columns of smoke and steam. In plain view. Or framed, as through a balustrade. …

Dec 31, 2014 · A portrait of New York by painter Charles Sheeler and photographer Paul Strand. The title cards show quotes from Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass". Listed as Public Domain by Wikipedia.