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Apple Store on Fifth Avenue, midtown Manhattan, New York City

The Apple Store is a chain of retail stores owned and operated by Apple Inc., dealing with computers and consumer electronics. The stores sell Macintosh personal computers,software, iPods, iPads, iPhones third-party accessories and now Apple Watches, and other consumer electronics such as Apple TV. All stores offer a Genius Bar for technical support and repairs, as well as free workshops available to the public, while some high-profile stores feature a theater for presentations and workshops and a studio for training with Apple products. Many stores are located inside shopping malls, but Apple has built several stand-alone "flagship" stores in high-profile locations. Each store is designed to suit the needs of the location and regulatory authorities. Apple has received numerous architectural awards for its store designs, particularly its midtown Manhattan location on Fifth Avenue whose glass cube was designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.

Lancaster County is home to the second largest Amish settlement in the world. There are numerous ways there to learn more about the Amish lifestyle. Some of the unique Amish attractions in Lancaster offer a good place to start.  You can tour Amish exhibits or homesteads. You can take tours through the back countryside past Amish farms. You can even take an Amish buggy ride and learn about their way of life from inside a carriage driven by an Amishman.

In the Amish Country of Lancaster County, you can get away from the fast-paced urban lifestyle and find a more relaxed, slower-paced atmosphere. That’s one of the reasons this area is such a popular vacation and weekend getaway. The change of pace and slower way of living found along back country roads can be very relaxing. You can even tour local farms while you are there.

Pennsylvania Dutch Country refers to an area of southeastern Pennsylvania, United States that by the American Revolution had a high percentage of Pennsylvania Dutch inhabitants. Geographically the area referred to as Amish/Dutch country centers on the cities of Allentown, Hershey, Lancaster, Reading, and York. 
New York City Subway Trains, MTA Public Transportation in NYC

The New York City Subway is one of the world's oldest public transit systems, in addition to being one of the world's most used metro systems and having among the most stations and most trackage of any rapid transit system in the world. It offers rail service 24 hours per day and every day of the year.

The New York City Subway is the most extensive public transportation system in the world with 468 stations in operation. It is also one of the world's oldest public transit systems. The first underground line of the subway opened on October 27, 1904, almost 35 years after the opening of the first elevated line in New York City. The oldest structure still in use opened in 1885 as part of the BMT Lexington Avenue Line in Brooklyn and is now part of the BMT Jamaica Line. 


The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the U.S. state of New York, serving 12 counties in southeastern New York,  carrying over 11 million passengers on an average weekday systemwide, and over 800,000 vehicles on its seven toll bridges and two tunnels per weekday.
LaGuardia Airport, Queens, New York


LaGuardia Airport is an airport in the northern part of the New York City borough of Queens. The airport is on the waterfront of Flushing Bay and Bowery Bay, in East Elmhurst and borders the neighborhoods of East Elmhurst, Astoria, and Jackson Heights.

The New York City metropolitan area's JFK International, LaGuardia, and Newark Liberty International airports combine to create the largest airport system in the United States, second in the world in terms of passenger traffic, and first in the world in terms of total flight operations. In 2011 the airport handled 24.1 million passengers; In 2014, LaGuardia Airport had a strong growth in passenger traffic; about 27 million passengers used the airport. JFK handled 53.3 million and Newark handled 35.6 million, a total of about 115.9 million travelers using New York airports; the second highest of any city in the world after London, United Kingdom.
New York City Files - Video Tales From NYC - Aerial Video



Welcome to New York City Files - video tales from NYC... Here you will find various events from the Big Apple; concerts, shows, street performers, sport events, or just some random ordinary day moments captured on camera - there is always something going on in the City that Never Sleeps. We love exploring and sharing this city through the lens of a camera. Each video is a small story depicting New York City's spirit and lifestyle. The idea is to create a living video diary of the people and places within the five NYC boroughs.
Columbia University in the City of New York is an American private Ivy League research university located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the State of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.  Today the university operates Columbia Global Centers overseas in Amman, Beijing, Istanbul, Paris, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago and Nairobi.

The university was founded in 1754 as King's College by royal charter of George II of Great Britain. After the American Revolutionary War, King's College briefly became a state entity, and was renamed Columbia College in 1784. The University now operates under a 1787 charter that places the institution under a private board of trustees, and in 1896 it was further renamed Columbia University. That same year, the university's campus was moved from Madison Avenue to its current location in Morningside Heights, where it occupies more than six city blocks, or 32 acres (13 ha).

The university encompasses twenty schools and is affiliated with numerous institutions, including Teachers College (which is Columbia University's Graduate School of Education), Barnard College, and the Union Theological Seminary, with joint undergraduate programs available through the Jewish Theological Seminary of America as well as the Juilliard School.

Columbia annually administers the Pulitzer Prize. 101 Nobel Prize laureates have been affiliated with the university as students, faculty, or staff, the second most of any institution in the world. Columbia is one of the fourteen founding members of the Association of American Universities, and was the first school in the United States to grant the M.D. degree. Notable alumni and former students of the university and its predecessor, King's College, include five Founding Fathers of the United States; nine Justices of the United States Supreme Court; 43 Nobel Prize laureates; 20 living billionaires; 28 Academy Award winners; and 29 heads of state, including three United States Presidents

Beyonce Unleashes Her Star Wars Lightsaber Jedi Power


Young Jedi Knight Beyonce demonstrating impressive lightsaber skills. The force is strong with this one.

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is an American singer and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child, and rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of R&B girl-group Destiny's Child. Following the disbandment of Destiny's Child she released her solo album B'Day. Her marriage to rapper Jay-Z and portrayal of Etta James in Cadillac Records influenced her third album, I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008). Her fourth album 4 (2011) was subsequently mellower in tone, exploring 1970s funk, 1980s pop, and 1990s soul. Her fifth studio album, Beyoncé (2013), was critically acclaimed and was distinguished from previous releases by its experimental production. "Time" listed her among the 100 most influential people in the world in 2013 and 2014.
Hard Rock Cafe, New York City



Located in the center of the city, heart of Times Square, Hard Rock Cafe New York will rock your senses with tantalizing food and drinks and an awe-inspiring rock memorabilia collection. Priceless pieces from legends The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Billy Joel, The Ramones and Elvis Presley grace the cafe walls along with more contemporary items including stage costumes worn by Madonna and Gwen Stefani. The Times Square cafe also features rock 'n' roll memorabilia from Hard Rock's unmatched collection, including artists with New York ties, such as John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, The Ramones and Bruce Springsteen.

As one of the city's largest entertainment destinations, Hard Rock Cafe New York features a 708-seat restaurant, 1,800 square-foot Rock Shop with authentic Hard Rock merchandise and a Hard Rock Live concert venue for performances and special events. Furthermore, the cafe boasts a unique outdoor space above the building's historic marquee, where guests can host private parties amid the lights and excitement of Times Square.

Hard Rock Cafe International, Inc. is a chain of theme restaurants founded in 1971 by Americans Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton in London. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and roll memorabilia, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. In 2007, Hard Rock was sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida. Currently, there are 191 Hard Rock locations in 59 countries including 145 cafes, 21 hotels and 10 casinos.
Review of Assassin's Creed Unity, Hot News by New York City Files

Assassin's Creed Unity is an upcoming historical action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is set to be released in November and December 2014 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game is the seventh major installment in the Assassin's Creed series, and the successor to 2013's Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag with ties to 2014's Assassin's Creed Rogue. Set within Paris during the French Revolution, the single-player story follows Arno Dorian in his efforts to expose the true powers behind the Revolution.

The game retains the series' third-person open world exploration as well as introducing an improved melee combat and stealth system. Assassin's Creed Unity introduces cooperative multiplayer to the Assassin's Creed series, letting up to four players engage in narrative-driven missions and explore the open-world map.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare review by Hot News


Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is a first-person shooter video game developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision. It is the eleventh primary installment in the Call of Duty series and the first developed primarily by Sledgehammer Games. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One on November 4, 2014. Also, a Day Zero Edition of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was released on November 3, the day before the classic game was released.
Review of Hunger Games, Mockingjay Part 1 with Jennifer Lawrence, HOT NEWS by New York City Files
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is an upcoming 2014 American science fiction adventure film directed by Francis Lawrence with a screenplay by Peter Craig and Danny Strong. It is the first of two cinematic parts based on the novel Mockingjay, the final book in The Hunger Games trilogy, written by Suzanne Collins, and the third installment in The Hunger Games film series, produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik and distributed by Lionsgate. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland. It is the sequel to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and will be followed by the concluding entry, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.
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Animated Wonder Woman giving her thoughts on New York Comic Con plus the best cosplay of NY Comic Con

New York Comic Con is the largest pop culture event on the East Coast. The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006


Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 360 view 








Apple MacBook Air Notebook Ad Customized - Amateur Version

The video is inspired by Apple's MacBook Air TV Ad "Stickers". Here's the original video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DHYe4dhjXw

The MacBook Air is a line of Macintosh ultraportable notebook computers from Apple Inc. The Air was designed to balance both performance and portability, consisting of a full-sized keyboard design, a machined casing made of aluminium, and a very light and thin structure. The MacBook Air is available in two sizes, with the length of the diagonal display determining the model size: 13.3-inch and 11.6-inch.

In the Macintosh product line, the MacBook Air sits below the thicker and higher-performance MacBook Pro. The MacBook Air was originally released as a premium ultraportable which was positioned above the white MacBook. Since then the MacBook Air has become Apple's entry-level laptop due to the discontinuation of the white MacBook in 2011, as well as lowered prices on subsequent iterations of the MacBook Air. In recent years the MacBook Air has become the best-selling Macintosh computer and the best-selling ultraportable being credited with revolutionizing lightweight yet powerful laptops known as Ultrabooks.
Italian Street Festival in Ridgewood Queens, New York

The festival, which honors Madonna Santa Maria di Trapani, the patron saint of the Trapani province in Sicily, is held every year on Fresh Pond Road between Menahan and Woodbine Streets in Ridgewood, Queens. The festival is organized by The Federazione Italo-Americana di Brooklyn and Queens.





Ripley's Believe It or Not! in Times Square, New York City - Ripley's Believe It or Not! is a franchise, founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims. The Believe It or Not panel proved popular and was later adapted into a wide variety of formats, including radio, television, comic books, a chain of museums and a book series. In New York, the famed Times Square exhibit opened in 1939 on Broadway. 


UFO Encounters Airplanes; UFO encounters Air Force One, the official aircraft of the President of the United States

There are a great many stories about US presidents seeing UFOs. Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, was no exception. In President Reagan’s 1987 United Nations speech on the alien threat, he stated, “Perhaps we need some outside universal threat to make us recognize this common bound. I occasionally think about how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish, if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world. And yet, I ask you, is not an alien force already among us?”

President Reagan’s UFO sighting happened in 1974 while he was Governor of California. In a story Ronald Reagan told to Norman Miller, Washington Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal, the governor’s plane was making an approach to land in Bakersfield California.  It was during the descent that Reagan noticed a strange light behind the plane. "We followed it for several minutes, Reagan told Miler. “It was a bright white light. We followed it to Bakersfield and all of a sudden to our utter amazement it went straight up into the heavens."
Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in New York City

Madame Tussauds, the world-famous wax attraction, gives you the ultimate celebrity experience in the heart of Times Square, with over 225 incredibly life-like stars and icons. From Marilyn to Madonna to GaGa, there is a star for every generation. Don’t miss the new Marvel Super Heroes 4D Experience featuring Marvel’s legendary super heroes and a thrilling 4D theater finale. 
Madame Tussauds New York, the world-renowned wax attraction, takes you beyond your wildest dreams and makes you the star of the show! Mingle with over 200 wax celebrities in 85,000 sq ft of interactive entertainment located in Times Sq.
Boardwalk Empire crew trucks - filming new episodes in Ridgewood, Queens, NY

Boardwalk Empire is an American crime and period drama series from premium cable channel HBO, set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era. It stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson. Primetime Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer Terence Winter created the show inspired by the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson about historical criminal kingpin Enoch L. Johnson.

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, or Javits Center is a large convention center located on Eleventh Avenue, between 34th and 40th streets, in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan in New York City, United States. It was designed by architect James Ingo Freed of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. The controversial and revolutionary space frame structure was begun in 1980 and finished in 1986 and named for United States Senator Jacob K. Javits, who died that year. The Center is operated and maintained by the New York City Convention Center Operating Corporation. The convention center has a total area space of 1,800,000 square feet and has 840,000 square feet of total exhibit space.

When the Center opened, it replaced the New York Coliseum as the city's major convention facility, making way for the demolition of the Coliseum and future construction of the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle. Today, it hosts events such as the New York International Auto Show and the New York Comic Con. It is billed as one of the busiest convention centers in the United States.
Young Jedi Knights Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora in a Star Wars Lightsaber Bar Fight. The force is strong with this one.


Amethyst Amelia Kelly better known by her stage name Iggy Azalea is an Australian recording artist and model from Mullumbimby, New South Wales. She left for the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a career in hip hop music.

 Rita Sahatçiu Ora is a British singer, songwriter and actress. After reaching the peak position as a featured act on DJ Fresh's "Hot Right Now", Ora became the artist with the most number-one singles on the UK Singles Chart in 2012, with three consecutive singles that reached the top position.







Novak Djokovic Playing Tennis with Kids at US Open Arthur Ashe Kids Day

Novak Djokovic participated in the 19th Annual Arthur Ashe Kids' Day. The day honors the legacy of tennis legend and former American World Number One Arthur Ashe. Nole was playing matches with young tennis players.

Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time.



Myrtle Beach Weather - Thunderstorm in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Myrtle Beach is a coastal city on the east coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is situated on the center of a large and continuous stretch of beach known as the Grand Strand in northeastern South Carolina.

Myrtle Beach is one of the major centers of tourism in the United States because of the city's warm subtropical climate and extensive beaches, attracting an estimated 14 million visitors each spring/summer/fall.


























Newark Liberty International Airport (originally named Newark Metropolitan Airport and later Newark International Airport) is an international airport which straddles the municipal boundary between Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. The airport is owned by the city of Newark and operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. It is about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Midtown Manhattan (New York City). Newark Airport was the first major airport in the United States and is the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area's busiest in terms of flights. 








Suarez Bites Chiellini, Funny Pacman Version

Luis Suarez bite the shoulder of Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini as the pair clashed in a key World Cup qualifying game. It happened about a minute before Uruguay scored in the 81st.
After the incident, Chiellini protested loudly but the referee did not appear to have spotted the incident.The Italian player pulled his shirt off his shoulder to point out to the referee what appeared to be a mark, but no immediate action was taken against Suarez on the field.
Uruguay won 1-0 and qualified for the knockout stages, while four-time champion Italy was eliminated.


Tim Howard Saves, USA vs Belgium Top 5 Saves

Facing the relentless onslaught of Belgium's offense, Howard made 16 saves setting a World Cup record. The United States lost the match 2-1 and is out of the tourney, but the nation gained a soccer hero.



International Fancy Food Show at Jacob Javits Center in New York City

Since 1955, the Fancy Food Shows have been North America’s largest specialty food and beverage marketplace. Between the Winter Show in San Francisco and the Summer Show in New York City, the Specialty Food Association events bring in more than 40,000 attendees from more than 80 countries and regions to see 260,000 innovative specialty food products, such as confections, cheese, coffee, snacks, spices, ethnic, natural, organic and more.



Native American Exhibit - Bushkill Falls, Pennsylvania 

Bushkill Falls, nicknamed "Niagara Falls of Pennsylvania", is a series of eight waterfalls located in Northeast Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains in the USA. Beginning at the headwaters of Bushkill Creek, the water descends the mountain, toward the Delaware River, forming Bushkill Falls. Bushkill Falls is a popular spot for hiking and bird watching. The area features a variety of trails and bridges that vary in length and difficulty.
Apple Meets Beats - applebeAts unofficial commercial

After Apple acquires Beats Electronics, the company co-founded by Dr. Dre, a potential new brand might emerge. The biggest question is how Apple handles the branding and marketing of the Beats products: Will we see Beats by Apple? Beats by Apple & Dre? Beats by Dre, designed by Apple in California? It might as well be ApplebeAts, an all-new Apple music streaming service and headphones brand. As we wait for the final outcome of the Beats-Apple situation, this is how unofficial commercial for ApplebeAts might look like.
New York City Files Trailer, Videos From NYC - New Logo trailer for New York City Files

Video tales from New York City... Various events from the Big Apple; concerts, shows, street performers, sport events, or just some random ordinary day occasions captured on camera - there is always something going on in the City that Never Sleeps.

Top 5 Interesting Facts about New York City

Video tales from New York City... Various videos from the Big Apple; concerts, shows, street performers, sport events, or just some random ordinary day occasions captured on video - there is always something going on in the City that Never Sleeps.
Reptile show with snakes, alligators, turtles and lizards - Queens, New York
The Pocono Mountains are a geographical, geological, and cultural region located in northeastern Pennsylvania, United States. It comes from the Minsi or Munsee Indian word Pokawachne (pronounced Poke Ah Waak-nay), which means "Creek Between Two Hills."

The wooded hills and valleys have long been a popular vacation area, with many communities having resort hotels with fishing, hunting, skiing, and other sports facilities.

Pocono Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. Township government is located in the village of Tannersville, Pennsylvania, near the site of the popular Camelback Water Beach & Ski Area, which is located in Pocono and the adjacent Jackson Township. The top of the ski area is within Big Pocono State Park, which is maintained by resort staff. The population was 9,607 at the 2000 census.
John F. Kennedy International Airport in the borough of Queens in New York City is the busiest international air passenger gateway in the United States, handling more international traffic than any other airport in North America. Together, JFK International, LaGuardia, and Newark Liberty airports, all operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, are the largest airport system in the United States.
Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, a resort city in the northeast known for its casinos, boardwalk and beach and is the home of the Miss America Pageant. Atlantic City served as the inspiration for the original version of the board game Monopoly. 
Metro Mall in Middle Village, Queens, New York. Stores: BJ's Wholesale, Kmart, Toys "R" Us, Conway, Sleepy's, Raymour & Flanigan, Nathan's, Funtopia 
The New York Hall of Science occupies one of the few remaining structures of the 1964 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadow-Corona Park in the borough of Queens in New York City. The museum includes a large permanent collection as well as a range of traveling exhibitions.
New York City Files Fire Logo Video - New Logo trailer for New York City Files
Queens Center Mall is an urban shopping mall in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens, New York City. Queens Center Mall is the largest mall in Queens. The mall underwent a major expansion from 2002 to 2004, nearly doubling in size as the original mall was renovated and another wing was added.
"I Love Sugar" candy store at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I Love Sugar takes candy and makes it an experience with over 6,000 square feet of every type of candy imaginable. The kid's feel like they are in heaven and the adults feel like kid's in a candy store.
Pitbull - Timber featuring Kesha, Parody Cover with Lyrics 
Star Wars at Toys "R" Us, Times Square, New York City. Toys "R" Us, Inc. is a dedicated toy and juvenile-products retailer founded in 1948. The company operates more than 879 Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us stores in the US.
M&M's World in Times Square is New York City's largest candy store, and offers merchandise such as themed clothing, dishware, watches, and piggy banks.
New York City Subway Corona Yard and Maintenance Shop. The old shop, which was built in 1928, has been rebuilt and the new complex celebrated its Grand Opening on June 30, 2006
New York City Files Trailer - Video tales from NYC
In celebration of The Yoda Chronicles on Cartoon Network, LEGO unveils the world's largest LEGO sculpture, a life-sized Star Wars X-Wing fighter built entirely of LEGOs in Times Square, New York City
CBGB Festival in New York City - Building the stage at Times Square NYC
Fiverr Co-Founders Micha Kaufman and Shai Wininger speaking at Fiverr community event in New York City
Videos of planes flying over New York City area - Citi Field, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Brooklyn Bridge - video taken under the Brooklyn Bridge on a New York City ferry tour. The tour guide explains how to easily remember the names of NYC bridges: BMW = Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg
Short footage of Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York City - Video taken on a ferry tour of NYC
New York One television crew next to the statue of Arthur Ashe at US Open tennis tournament, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, NYC

All videos presented here are available at New York City Files YouTube Channel