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40.73°N 74.00°W4 titles

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What happened here

In the 1910s Greenwich Village was the heart of American radicalism, and in 1919 returning doughboys paraded up Fifth Avenue. The port sent the 1936 US Olympic team to Berlin and welcomed Jesse Owens home with a ticker-tape parade. During the Second World War it was the main embarkation point for troops bound for Europe, while U-boats hunted ships within sight of the coast from early 1942.

Films and series set in New York

  1. Sergeant York

    1941 · Film

    Here in the story

    1. City

      Feted as a national hero, York is offered fortunes for endorsements and stage appearances and turns them all down.

  2. Reds

    1981 · Film

    Here in the story

    1. City

      In Greenwich Village the couple joins a circle of radicals and artists that includes Emma Goldman and Eugene O'Neill.

  3. Race

    2016 · Film

    Here in the story

    1. City

      Back home a hero, Owens arrives at a banquet in his own honour and is told to use the service entrance.

  4. Das Boot

    2018–2023 · Series

    Here in the story

    1. City

      Presumed dead, Hoffmann hides in New York with an American industrialist and falls for a jazz singer.

Events at New York

  1. Home front

    Wall Street Crash

    Panic selling on the New York Stock Exchange wiped out fortunes between Black Thursday and Black Tuesday. The crash helped trigger the Great Depression, and mass unemployment fueled extremist movements, above all in Germany.

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