Buying and selling stocks on the NYSE - stock video

/ man takes stock order by telephone in New York / man takes order and hands to floor partner on stock exchange / floor partner puts on cowboy hat and goes to business counter / smiling floor partner offers to buy shares / suited traders look sullen shake their heads / disappointed floor partner cannot buy the shares at price point / man in boat on sea next to lighthouse in Maine / smiling older man pops head out of lighthouse window / smiling stock holder in boat sells his shares of company / broker wires order to New York / floor partner puts on fishing hat and heads out to the stock exchange floor grinning / sad looking share buyer is approached by happy looking share seller / the men buy and sell the stock with big toothy grins / the men shake hands / cowboy in Colorado happily holds share certificate / cowboy's horse grins happily / fishermen in Main smiles holding his money / map of United States with NYSE member buildings dotted everywhere / tickertape rolls across the screen. Buying and selling stocks on the NYSE on January 01, 1952 (Footage by Getty Images)