Two Blizzards in One Week: New York City, February 1934

On February 20th, and again on the 26th, New York City was hit by a nine-inch blizzard and extreme low temperatures. Movietone cameramen spread out over the city to capture the storm and its effects. After the opening montage, here is a list of some of the sites: 0:43 taken around City Hall and City Hall Park, including several shots of a horse-drawn snowplow. 1:14 Can anybody identify this windswept corner in lower Manhattan? 1:37 I can’t place this location, either. 1:47 The Rialto stood at the corner of
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