Restored footage from 1903 of a view of the New York City skyline from a moving boat on the Hudson River (North River). This footage was taken on May 10th, 1903 by camera operator James Blair Smith on behalf of Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated. You can see various famous New York buildings and early skyscrapers such as the American Surety Building, Trinity Church, and the Bowling Green Building. This was before many of the most famous skyscrapers of New York were built such as the Empire State Bui