The Grand Central Station transparencies were made from large format originals. Some were shot with 9 x 18 inch aerial cameras; the one featuring the U.S. Navy "Blue Angels" flying formation over (I forget -- it was either Niagara Falls or Mt. Rushmore), for example. That one was the subject of a Kodak "documentary" film made at the time and used for promotional purposes. Showed pretty much the whole complex production process for the huge transparencies.
All the best,
Frank Peele
Pacific Photographic
Redlands, CA