The waltz scene is immediately juxtaposed by a wide shot of two bridges with angular designs, in contemporary Philidelphia, symbols of modernity. Hitchcock places the camera that captures a glorified image of the late 19th century from the perspective of a child to depict the fantastic world that Uncle Charlie imagines as a much better time than modernity. This shot is at the eye level of the child. The position of the camera scene is not at eye level where it would most naturally be positioned. With this easter egg, Hitchcock asks if the audience is paying attention. One woman, however, is wearing a black dress. Each man in a black tuxedo spins around a woman in a white dress. The opening scene of Shadow of a Doubt features a seemingly infinite loop of a man and a woman dancing to a waltz to the tune of Merry Widow Waltz by Franz Lehár.
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