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(2 May 2006)
AP Television
May 1, 2006
1. Wide exterior of Empire State Building
2. Mid of canopy over entrance reading "Empire State Building"
FILE: Universal Newspaper Newsreel
May 1, 1931
3. Various black and white footage of Empire State Building on day it was opened to the public
AP Television
May 1, 2006
4. Wide of decorative panel in lobby depicting the Empire State Building
5. Tourists on the roof deck of the building, with downtown Manhattan skyline in background
6. Mid of tourists standing on the roof deck
7. Wide view of Central Park from the roof deck
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lydia Ruth, Director of Public Relations, Empire State Building:
"The Empire State Building sort of is the iconic structure in New York City. It represents New York City. And movies, television, whenever they want to do establishing shots and say they''re in New York City, no matter where they are filming, they always include the Empire State Building. It''s probably the most famous office building in the world. It''s certainly the most easily recognisable symbol. You see the shape of the building, and you know where you are, you know what it is."
9. Mid of people staring at skyline on the roof deck of the building
10. Wide of antenna at top of the building
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Lydia Ruth, Director of Public Relations, Empire State Building:
"Most tourists come here. For their first stop is the Empire State Building. And they kind of get a feeling for where they are. They can see Central Park, the Statue of Liberty. They know where everything is, so when they come back down to the street level, they have their legs and they can know where they can go. You can''t come to New York and not come to the Empire State building."
12. Wide of downtown Manhattan from the roof deck of the building
13. Extreme wide of Empire State Building
ICONIC NEW YORK BUILDING CELEBRATES 75TH BIRTHDAY
The Empire State Building, once the tallest building in the world and again the tallest in New York City, turned 75 years old on Monday.
Born in the Great Depression, it has weathered economic hardship, world war, labour strikes, and terrorist fears.
Construction of the Empire State Building was one of the most remarkable feats of the 20th century.
It took only 410 days to build - by 3,400 workers, many of them desperate for work at the height of the Depression.
The work force was made up largely of immigrants, along with hundreds of Mohawk Indian iron workers.
The 1,453-foot (436-metre) tower opened on May 1, 1931, with US President Herbert Hoover pressing a button in Washington to turn on its lights.
Architect William Lamb, the chief designer, messaged former New York Governor Al Smith from a ship at sea: "One day out and I can still see the building."
Built of steel and aluminium and faced with granite and Indiana limestone, it was for 40 years the world''s tallest edifice until surpassed in 1972 by the World Trade Centre.
It again became the city''s tallest after the 11 September 2001 destruction of the 110-story twin towers.
The Empire State Building now ranks ninth tallest in the world, and second in the United States behind Chicago''s Sears Tower.
Tourists still flock to its 86th-floor observation deck where city sounds fade to a distant hum and the view on a good day extends west to Pennsylvania and as far north as Massachusetts.

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