New York Tries New Traffic Light System (1962)

New York, United States of America (USA). Title reads ’Pedestrians Get Right of Way in New York Test’. Various shots of busy New York streets - speeded up. GV. New York street. MS. Henry Barnes, Traffic Commissioner of New York, switching on new traffic light system in New York which makes all lights red at crossing for 23 seconds to allow pedestrians to cross. Various good shots of busy New York streets. (F.G. Comb) Date found in the old record - 25/01/1962. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1