- Title: PA-3
- Summary: NEW YORK'S WORLD'S FAIR: 1964-1965: SHOWS PROGRESS OF CONSTRUCTION ON & THE PLANNING FOR THE 1964-1965 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR AT FLUSHING MEADOWS, QUEENS.
- Description:01:30:14 - AERIAL VIEW NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE 01:30:18 - NYC CITY HALL BUILDING. 01:30:21 - ZOOM IN MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY, HONORABLE ROBERT WAGNER AT HIS DESK. SPEAKS OF WORLD'S FAIR WHICH COINCIDES WITH THE FOUNDING OF NYC. ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF "LINCOLN CENTER" 01:31:20 - MAP OF WORLD'S FAIR SITE. 01:31:23 - PAN FLUSHING MEADOW PARK 01:32:53 - AERIAL VIEW 1939-1940 WORLD'S FAIR. 01:32:56 - MONTAGE OF MODERNISTIC BUILDINGS & STRUCTURES PECULIAR TO THAT FAIR. 01:33:00 - CU PHOTO OF GROVER WHALEN (PRESIDENT OF 1939 WORLD'S FAIR) & CHAIRMAN OF BOARD, HARVEY GIBSON. 01:33:16 - CU CORNERSTONE WITH 1938 CHISELLED INTO IT. 01:33:19 - WHALEN POSES WITH ROBERT MOSES (LANDLORD OF 1939 FAIR). 01:33:22 - AERIAL VIEW VARIETY OF PAVILIONS. 01:33:33 - PHOTO MONTAGE OF PEOPLE MAKING THEIR WAY TO FAIR. 01:33:38 - ABOVE VIEW HUGE CROWD AT TICKET COUNTERS 01:33:41 - AERIAL VIEW PARKWAYS TO FAIR & CROWDED PARKING LOTS WITH LATE 1930s AUTOS. 01:33:44 - SIGN: "WORLD'S FAIR PARKING FIELD" WITH POINTING ARROW. 01:33:57 - AERIAL VIEW CROWDS ON FAIR GROUNDS. 01:34:00 - AERIAL VIEW THOUSANDS CARS JAM PARKING LOT. 01:34:03 - MONTAGE PHOTOS OF FAIR GROUNDS 01:34:10 - PHOTO OF MAYOR LAGUARDIA WITH BATON & TOMMY DORSEY WATCHING MILTON BERLE PLAY TROMBONE. 01:34:19 - PHOTO AERIAL VIEW COUPLES DANCING BY LARGE POOL TO BIG BAND MUSIC. 01:34:22 - COUPLES DANCING. 01:34:28 - ELDERLY COUPLE RIDE IN BICYCLE-DRIVEN EXCURSION VEHICLE TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:34:31 - PHOTO AERIAL VIEW CROWD WATCHING AQUACADE. 01:34:34 - ELDERLY PEOPLE APPLAUDING. 01:34:37 - PHOTO ELEANOR HOLMES IN SWIM SUIT, STAR OF AQUA SHOW. 01:34:40 - PHOTOS OF STARS IN AUDIENCE INCLUDE: CARY GRANT, TALLULAH BANKHEAD, SONJIA HEINIE, JOE DIMAGGIO, DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS SR, ADOLPH MONJOU, JOHNNIE WEISMULLER, CHARLEY MCCARTHY AND EDGAR BERGE, BILL ROBINSON AND OTHERS. 01:35:00 - CU LT. GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, CHARLES POLETTI SPEAKING. 01:35:10 - MONTAGE PHOTOS VARIETY EVENTS, ETC 01:35:38 - MONTAGE 1938 WORLDS FAIR AT NIGHT WITH ITS SPECTACULAR FOUNTAINS & LIGHT SHOWS. 01:36:15 - MAN POINTS TO POSTER TELLING OF CLOSING OF WORLD'S FAIR ON OCTOBER 27, 1940. 01:36:18 - VARIOUS VIEWS OF EMPTY STADIUMS, STAGES, ETC 01:36:21 - ABOVE VIEW 1939 FAIRGROUNDS WITH SYMBOLIC SPHERE AND PYLON IN CENTER OF GROUNDS. 01:36:37 - VARIOUS VIEWS FLUSHING MEADOWS PARK GROUNDS AS SEEN BEFORE GROUND BREAKING OF 1964-1965 FAIR. 01:36:59 - CADILLAC LIMO CARRYING NEW YORK'S COMMISSIONER OF PARKS ROBERT MOSES. ARRIVES AT NEW YORK CITY PAVILION TO BEGIN HIS DAY'S WORK 01:37:02 - MOSES EXITS LIMO & IS GREETED BY NEWSMAN JOHN TILLMAN WHO INTERVIEWS HIM 01:37:14 - CU MOSES BEING INTERVIEWED OUTSIDE LIMO. SPEAKS OF OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE NEW FAIR. PREDICTS BETTER AND BIGGER THAN THE 1939 VERSION. SAYS IT WILL BENEFIT NEW YORK BY BRINGING MANY VISITORS.. 01:39:58 - MOSES SITS WITH MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE GROUP RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING ALL TOP LEVEL DECISIONS. 01:40:01 - CU PRESENT ARE: ROBERT MOSES, THOMAS DEEGAN JR (CHAIRMAN OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE), BERNARD GIMBEL (CHAIRMAN OF ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE FOR THE FAIR), CHARLES BRUSSIE (ATTORNEY FOR FAIR CORPORATION), GENERAL WILLIAM E. POTTER (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT), WALLACE HEDISON (CHAIRMAN OF BOARD OF DESIGN) 01:40:34 - TILT UP NEW YORK'S METROPOLITAN CLUB. 01:40:37 - PAN MEETING OF DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS. 01:40:57 - DRAWING OF FAIR GROUNDS CONTAINING 46 ACRES. SHOWS WHERE INDUSTRIAL, INTERNATIONAL, FEDERAL AND STATES, TRANSPORTATION EXHIBITS & PAVILIONS WILL BE LOCATED. 01:41:24 - NEW YORK CITY PAVILION WHERE WORK GOT UNDER WAY FOR INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITS ON AUGUST 4, 1960. 01:41:27 - HUNDREDS OF INDUSTRIALISTS MEET FOR PLANNING. OPENING REMARKS BY STEWART CONSTABLE, OPERATIONS VICE- PRESIDENT FOR THE FAIR. 01:41:30 - ROBERT MOSES SPEAKS OF HIGHWAY CONNECTIONS TO FAIR. 01:41:33 - ABOVE VIEW LARGE AUDIENCE OF DELEGATES. 01:42:12 - MR DEEGAN SPEAKS. AS DOES GENERAL POTTER AND J. ANTHONY PANOCK, VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF INDUSTRIAL, FEDERAL, STATE AND SPECIAL EXHIBITS 01:43:45 - MEMBERS OF FAIR COMMITTEE VISIT BELGRADE FAIR IN YUGOSLAVIA. 01:43:48 - PHOTOS SHOW PRESS CONFERENCE IN SPAIN & ITALY. AS WELL AS AUDIENCE WITH POPE JOHN. PHOTOS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN OTHER COUNTRIES 01:44:21 - PHOTO OF COMMITTEE MEETING IN ISRAEL WITH PRIME MINISTER BEN GURION & WITH AMBASSADOR GROMYKO IN RUSSIA. AS WELL AS MEETINGS IN GERMANY AND POLAND 01:44:34 - CU PHOTO ADLAI STEVENSON AND MAYOR WAGNER, 01:45:08 - PHOTO JFK MEETING WITH ROBERT MOSES AND MR. EGAN AT THE WHITE HOUSE. 01:45:12 - PHOTOS OF THREE EX-PRESIDENTS: HERBERT HOOVER, HARRY TRUMAN AND IKE, WHO HAVE ADDED THEIR SUPPORT AS HONORARY CHAIRMEN OF THE FAIR. 01:45:30 - PHOTO NELSON A ROCKEFELLER GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK WITH LT. GOVERNOR MALCOLM WILSON. 01:45:46 - TILT UP NEW YORK PORT AUTHORITY BUILDING. 01:45:49 - CHAIRMAN OF BOARD SLOAN COLT, SPEAKS. 01:45:52 - MAP SHOWS LOCATIONS OF RAILROAD AND AIRPORT SYSTEMS SERVING FAIR. 01:45:55 - TRAIN SPEEDING ON TRACKS TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:47:41 - VIEWS OF ELEVATED SUBWAY SERVING FAIR DIRECTLY. 01:47:44 - CU SUBWAY TRAIN "NUMBER 7, FLUSHING" COMES TO STOP TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:47:47 - CU SIGN AT STATION: "WILLETS POINT BOULEVARD" 01:47:50 - VIEW ANIMATED MAP SHOWING ARTERIAL SYSTEM COVERING ROUTE TO FAIR. 01:48:25 - AERIAL VIEW GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY WHICH IS TO BE EXPANDED, STARTING SPRING 1961. 01:48:28 - AERIAL VIEW VAN WYCK EXPRESSWAY, ALSO TO BE EXPANDED. 01:48:31 - OTHER ROADS VIEWED AS EXPLAINED BY VO 01:49:03 - AERIAL PAN FLUSHING RIVER BRIDGE APPROACH TO WHITESTONE BRIDGE. 01:49:36 - TWO DIGNITARIES BREAK GROUND FOR ADMINISTRATION BUILDING ON AUGUST 4, 1960. 01:49:39 - CU TRACTOR BEGINS TO MOVE EARTH. 01:49:42 - PREFABRICATED STEEL COLUMNS RISE. 01:49:45 - WORKERS LAY CONCRETE WITH SHOVELS & WHEELBARROWS. 01:49:56 - AERIAL VIEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN JUST FIVE MONTHS. DEDICATED ON JANUARY 11, 1961. 01:49:59 - NEW THROGS NECK BRIDGE IS OPENED. AERIAL VIEW THROGS NECK BRIDGE 01:50:18 - ABOVE VIEW CROWD WATCH& BAND PLAYS AS BRIDGE IS DEDICATED. 01:50:21 - ZOOM IN MAYOR WAGNER & OTHERS CUTTING CEREMONIAL RIBBON. CAVALCADE OF CARS FORM AT PAY TOLLS. 01:50:22 - MOTORCADE LED BY MOTORCYCLE COP LEAVE TOLLS TO TRIP TO FAIR GROUNDS. 01:50:24 - AERIAL VIEW FIRST TRAFFIC OVER THE BRIDGE. 01:50:27 - TRAFFIC ON BRIDGE TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:50:30 - OTHER VIEWS TRAFFIC ON EXPRESSWAY TOWARDS FAIR. 01:51:06 - CADILLAC LIMO WITH DIGNITARIES SPEEDS TO ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING. 01:51:09 - AERIAL VIEW ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING. 01:51:12 - CROWD OF DIGNITARIES GATHER UNDER TENT OUTSIDE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING. 01:51:15 - PAN CROWD UNDER TENT. BLACK WAITERS SERVING FOOD. 01:51:39 - VARIOUS VIEWS REPORTERS SEATED UNDER TENT FILING STORIES ABOUT EVENT. 01:51:46 - WILLIAM A. BURNS (VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNICATIONS) SPEAKING WITH SYDNEY SHAPIRO (GENERAL MANAGER OF LONG ISLAND STATE PARK COMMISSION). 01:51:56 - ROBERT MOSES & ROBERT WAGNER PERUSE SCALE REPLICA OF FAIR GROUNDS. 01:51:59 - ABOVE VIEW REPLICA. 01:52:05 - TILT DOWN U.S. STEEL CORPORATION BUILDING. 01:52:08 - ROBERT MOSES AND U.S. STEEL CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD ROGER BLAU, SIGN CONTRACTS TO BUILD THEME SYMBOL OF THE FAIR, THE "UNISPHERE". 01:52:11 - MOVIE CAMERAS RECORD EVENT. 01:52:14 - ARTIST RENDERING OF 13-STORY HIGH UNISPHERE. 01:53:02 - MAP SHOWS LOCATION OF GREAT "LINCOLN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS" IN NEW YORK CITY. 01:53:05 - AERIAL VIEW OF LOCATION. 01:53:08 - SCALE MODEL OF LINCOLN CENTER (FUTURE HOME OF THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, THE METROPOLITAN OPERA, THE JULLIARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC) 01:53:35 - JOHN B. ROCKEFELLER (CHAIRMAN OF BOARD) PERUSE MODELS WITH ARCHITECTS. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP CONSTRUCTION OF CENTER BEGAN MAY 14, 1959. 01:53:38 - HUGE CROWD WATCH AS FORMER PRESIDENT IKE SPEAKS OF IMPORTANCE OF THE CENTER FROM PODIUM. 01:54:23 - METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IN NYC. 01:54:26 - MODERN SCULPTURES OF FIGURES ON OUTSIDE GROUNDS OF MUSEUM OF MODERN ART. 01:54:29 - STUDENTS PERUSE SCULPTURES. 01:54:37 - AERIAL CITYSCAPE OF NEW YORK CITY. 01:54:40 - TRAFFIC, SHOPS, HOTELS AND SKYSCRAPERS ON BUSY AVENUE. 01:54:43 - NEON LIGHTS FLASH IN THEATER DISTRICT. 01:54:46 - MAN FEED SEALS AT ZOO AS CROWD WATCHES. 01:54:49 - VIEW EMPIRE STATE BUILDING FROM PARK. 01:55:00 - ABOVE VIEW NEW YORK SKYSCRAPERS AND HARBOR. 01:55:03 - TILT DOWN FROM THE UNITED NATIONS BUILDING. 01:55:06 - PAN CROWD BATHERS & BEACH UMBRELLAS AT JONES BEACH 01:55:09 - FIGURESKATERS AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER ICE RINK. 01:55:14 - SHOPPERS & PEDESTRIANS IN BUSY BUSINESS DISTRICT. 01:55:17 - AERIAL PAN NEW YORK HARBOR. STATUE OF LIBERTY IN FRGD.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1961
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: PA-3