In 2004, A Bronx Morning was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Captured only during the morning, the film makes an effort to track specific visual motifs that crop up as these average citizens begin to go about their days.
[3] The film was funded with the proceeds of a sale of a wooden figurine of Henry Ward Beecher, which Leyda had originally found in a junk shop, to a representative of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller.
[4] Leyda produced A Bronx Morning as a silent film despite the advent of "talkies" heralded by The Jazz Singer four years before.
The limited capabilities of sound-recording technology restricted the artistic freedom of the makers of early sound films, often tying them to static, tripod-mounted cameras on soundstages, at the expense of techniques developed during the silent era.