- Title: V-3528
- Summary: 1939 WORLD'S FAIR: 1939 NEW YORK'S WORLD FAIR. GENERAL FOOTAGE OF VISITORS & HOW THEY SPEND THEIR DAY AT THE FAIR
- Description:01:55:47 - LONG ISLAND'S GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY ROAD TO THE 1939 WORLD'S FAIR. CARS SPEED ALONG ON HIGHWAY 01:56:01 - CU MONTAGE 1939 LICENSE PLATES FROM VARIOUS STATES INCLUDES: OHIO, MAINE, NEW JERSEY, MIAMI, PENNSYLVANIA, CONNETICUT, HAWAII, ONTARIO CANADA, NORTH CAROLINA, VERMONT, MASSACHUSETTS, INDIANA, CALIFORNIA, MICHIGAN, JACKSONVILLE DUVAL COUNTY 01:56:59 - PEOPLE ARRIVING AT FAIR FROM SUBWAY ENTRANCE 01:57:30 - VIEWS OF THE FAIR FROM TOUR BUS WINDOW: PASSING KODAK PAVILLION 01:58:18 - WESTERN HORSE PARADE PASSES STATE OF WASHINGTON PAVILLION 01:58:34 - NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN CHIEF IN HEADRESS RIDES PAST ON HORSE 01:58:42 - BAND & CHIOR CONCERT AT FOOT OF HUGE GEORGE WASHINGTON STATUE 01:59:00 - ELECTRICAL WORKERS TRUCK PASSES IN PARADE. "PRACTICAL SOLUTION FOR UNEMPLOYMENT: A 30 HOUR WORK WEEK" SIGN ON TRUCK 01:59:15 - MEN IN ORNATE COLORFUL ETHNIC COSTUMES PASS BY CAMERA 01:59:45 - MARCHING BAND OF WOMEN IN WHITE DRESSES & RED CAPES (RED CROSS?) 02:00:00 - BAND CONCERT IN FRONT OF PAVILLION 02:00:28 - MONTAGE OF VARIOUS PARADE MARCHING BANDS 02:01:19 - ORCHESTRA IN ORANGE UNIFORMS PERFORM CONCERT. PAN OVER TO FOUNTAIN & STATUE IN FRONT OF PAVILLION 02:01:58 - VARIOUS SHOTS OF TOURISTS TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEMSELVES & THEIR FAMILY POSING BY VARIOUS STATUES, FOUNTAINS, PAVILLIONS AT FAIR. 02:02:59 - WOMAN WITH CAMERA RIDES PAST IN ELECTRIC TOURIST CART 02:03:04 - MAN WITH CAMERA ON TRIPOD 02:03:36 - FAMILY POSES IN FRONT OF MARCONI PICTURE AT ITALIAN PAVILLION 02:04:30 - MURALS FOUND ON BUILDINGS AROUND WORLD'S FAIR: HALL OF PHARMACY 02:04:43 - ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS BUILDING 02:04:57 - MEDICINE & PUBLIC HEALTH PAVILLION 02:05:04 - HALL OF COMMUNICATIONS 02:05:12 - ACADEMY OF SPORT MURAL 02:05:19 - PAN TO LEO LENTILLI STATUE "GOLDEN SPRAYS" 02:05:23 - UNKNOWN MURAL OF MEN 02:05:35 - MEDICINE & PUBLIC HEALTH BUILDING 02:05:46 - UNKNOWN MURAL OF ELECTRICAL POWER 02:06:02 - BEAUTIFUL BED OF FLOWERS, TILT UP TO PHARMACY PAVILLION MURAL 02:06:38 - MONTAGE STATUES AROUND GROUNDS OF WORLD'S FAIR: SAMSON & THE LION (BENJAMIN HAWKINS) 02:06:47 - UNKNOWN WOMAN RIDING BULL STATUE OUTSIDE GOODRICH PAVILION 02:06:57 - PLAQUE OF WALT WHITMAN "SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD" 02:07:15 - WALT WHITMAN STATUE BY JO DAVIDSON 02:07:38 - ROBERT FOSTER STATUE "TEXTILES" 02:07:46 - SIGN FOR "FIRST WHITE MOTHER IN AMERICA" BY GUNDER SVEINSSON 02:07:54 - STATUE OF GUDRID, WIFE OF THORFINNUR KARLSEFNI 02:08:08 - UNNAMMED MERMAID STATUE WITH TWO TAILS 02:08:28 - STATUE OF FRANCE OVERSEAS PAVILLION 02:08:35 - PRANCING HORSE FOUNTAIN WITH RUNNING WATER FROM MOUTH 02:08:41 - "DANCE OF THE RACES" BY MALVINA HOFFMAN, TILT UP TO SPHERE & PYLON 02:08:59 - MORE STATUARY IN PERYLON COURT 02:09:05 - CU STATUE OF GATHERED GROUP WITH HORSES 02:09:10 - DECO STYLE STATUE OF COUPLE & LARGE WINGS 02:09:16 - REPLICA OF "HERMES & THE INFANT DIONYSOS" BY PRAXITELES 02:09:26 - STATUE OUTSIDE SOVIET PAVILLION 02:09:32 - WOMAN RIDING BULL STATUE IN FOUNTAIN WITH LEAPING FISH OUTSIDE GOODRICH PAVILION 02:09:53 - LARGE STONE RELIEF ON SIDE OF BUILDING 02:09:59 - GOLD NUDE MALE FIGURE STANDING IN CIRCLE 02:10:10 - CU YELLOW DAISY FLOWERS, PAN UP TO "FOUR VICTORIES OF PEACE" BY JOHN GREGORY 02:10:24 - UNNAMED DECO FIGURE ON ANIMAL 02:10:30 - "RIDERS OF THE ELEMENTS" BY CHESTER BEACH WITH AVAIATION PAVILLION IN BKGD 02:10:45 - "FOUNTAIN OF THE ATOM" BY WAYLANDE GREGORY. SURREAL FIGURES COVER FOUNTAIN ON BOWLING GREEN 02:11:53 - HEINZ 57 FISH-SHAPED VEHICLE DRIVES PAST DISPLAY OF FLAGS 02:12:03 - FLAGS OF NATIONS ON FLAG POLES 02:12:18 - SMALL BANNER FLAGS ON TOP OF CASINO BUILDING 02:12:25 - IRISH & ICELAND FLAGS ON POLES NEAR EACH OTHER 02:12:34 - BRITISH & AUSTRALIAN FLAGS WAVE IN WIND 02:12:46 - AMERICAN FLAG, NEW YORK STATE & WORLD'S FAIR FLAG WAVE OUTSIDE CORONA ENTRANCE GATE 02:12:57 - MONTAGE VARIOUS FLAGS AROUND WORLD'S FAIR 02:13:29 - ITALIAN FLAG WAVES NEAR STATUE OF GODDESS ROMA ATOP ITALY PAVILLION 02:13:37 - FLAGS WAVE IN FRONT OF STATUE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON 02:13:54 - MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS OF PEOPLE VISITING THE FAIR OF ALL AGES & NATIONALITIES 02:14:14 - LARGE CROWD OF SCHOOL CHILDREN WALK PAST 02:14:42 - MAN PUSHING COUPLE IN TOURING CHAIR 02:14:46 - TIRED KIDS SLEEPING ON BENCH 02:14:52 - SAILOR & GIRLFRIEND RELAX ON BLANKET UNDER TREES 02:15:07 - TWO NUNS SIT ON BENCH 02:15:22 - OLD LADIES EATING ICE CREAM SUNDAE OUTSIDE AT CAFE TABLE 02:15:39 - GROUP OF YOUNG BOYS FROM MILITARY ACADEMY SCHOOL IN UNIFORM WALKING PAST WONDER BAKERY PAVILLION 02:15:46 - TIRED MAN SLEEPING ON BENCH 02:16:01 - WELL-DRESSED BLACK FAMILY WITH ICE CREAM CONES 02:16:09 - MEN SLEEPING ON CHAIRS 02:16:24 - COUPLE BEING PUSHED IN TOURING CHAIR 02:16:29 - MONTAGE LOTS OF WOMEN WALKING 02:16:58 - TOUR GUIDE TALKING TO GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON STATUE IN BKGD 02:17:28 - LARGE GROUP OF NUNS WITH TOUR GUIDE 02:17:43 - ROMANTIC COUPLE PAST FOUNTAIN WITH STATUE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON & TRYLON 02:17:48 - MORE NUNS AT THE FAIR 02:18:06 - YOUNG BLACK MEN PAST DECO STATUE 02:18:13 - MIDDLE-AGED COUPLE LOOKING OVER MAP, WRITING WITH PENCIL PLANNING THEIR VISIT 02:18:33 - MAN IN STRAW HAT READS NEWSPAPER ON BENCH 02:18:41 - OLD LADY IN WINTER COAT SKETCHING IN ART BOOK 02:18:47 - MEN PASSING FOUNTAIN WITH STATUES IN WINTER AT WORLD'S FAIR 02:18:55 - TWO LARGE GROUPS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN FOLLOWING TEACHERS 02:19:29 - TWO MEN WEARING ALL WHITE UNIFORMS TRYING TO SLEEP ON BENCH 02:19:47 - TIRED WOMAN WAITING IN TRAMP TROLLEY NEAR STATUE OF NAKED MAN 02:19:52 - WOMAN WITH PARASOL UNBRELLA BEING PUSHED IN TOURING CHAIR 02:20:10 - WONDER BREAD BAKERS IN CHEF UNIFORMS RESTING ON BENCHES 02:20:57 - GROUP OF BLACK LADIES 02:21:57 - LARGE GROUP OF FOREIGN-LOOKING SCHOOL CHILDREN IN FRONT OF LAGOON ON NATIONS WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON STATUE AND TRYLON & PERISPHERE VISIBLE IN BKGD 02:22:31 - PEOPLE WRAPPED IN PLASTIC TO SHIELD FROM RAIN AT THE FAIR 02:22:45 - MAN PUSHES COUPLE COVERED IN PLASTIC IN TOURING CHAIR PAST "LITTLE MIRACLE TOWN" BUILDING 02:23:03 - VARIOUS OVERPASSES & ELEVATED WALKWAYS AT FAIR 02:23:44 - MONTAGE VARIOUS COLORFUL FLOWER GARDEN DISPLAYS 02:24:05 - PEOPLE WALKING DOWN RAMP AT TRYLON & PERISPHERE 02:25:20 - PAN UP TO "FOUNTAIN OF THE ATOM" BY WAYLANDE GREGORY 02:27:05 - IRENE CASTLE DAY HELD IN THE COURT OF PEACE 02:27:08 - NEWSREEL FILM CAMERAS ON TRIPODS ON TOP OF CARS 02:27:13 - COUPLES IN INDENTICAL OUTFITS WALTZING AROUND OUTDOOR DANCE FLOOR 02:27:15 - WOMEN COUPLES DRESSED AS MEN & WOMEN IN COLORFUL COSTUMES OF MID 19TH CENTURY DANCING VARIOUS DANCES 02:29:19 - SEVERAL COUPLES OF WOMEN POSE FOR PHOTOGRAPHER SHOWING OFF COSTUMES 02:29:54 - IRENE CASTLE DEMONSTRATES ELEGANT BALLROOM DANCING. TURKEY TROT 02:30:25 - IRENE CASTLE RECEIVES LARGE BOUQUET OF FLOWERS FROM BOY SCOUT. BOWS WITH PARTNER 02:30:51 - SCOTTISH FEMALE MARCHING BAND FROM CANADA OF BAGPIPES & DRUMS 02:31:11 - GROUP OF PAINTERS IN WHITE OVERALLS WATCHING 02:31:15 - NEWSREEL CAMERAMEN ON TOP OF CARS FILMING PERFORMANCE 02:33:04 - MONTAGE OF PEOPLE DRESSED IN COSTUMES FROM THE MANY COUNTRIES REPRESENTED AT THE FAIR & VARIOUS HISTORICAL PRODUCTIONS 02:33:14 - MAN DRESSED IN COLONIAL SOLDIER OUTFIT WALKS PAST COURT OF FLAME RESTAURANT & BAR 02:33:18 - SANTA CLAUS WAVES TO CAMERA 02:33:39 - WOMAN IN TRADITIONAL OUTFIT AT CZECHOSLOVAKIA PAVILLION 02:34:09 - TRIO OF SAILORS IN WHITE UNIFORMS FROM EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY 02:34:20 - IMPORTANT DIPLOMATS IN TURBANS DRIVE PAST IN OPEN CARS WITH MOTORCYCLE ESCORTS 02:34:28 - WOMEN SHOOTING BOWS & ARROWS AT ARCHERY RANGE 02:34:42 - DETROIT TIGERS BASEBALL SCHOOL SIGN 02:34:48 - CROWD OF PEOPLE STANDING AROUND TO WATCH DEMONSTRATION 02:34:59 - BASEBALL PLAYERS ON STAGE SPEAKING INCLUDE: MANAGER DEL BAKER, 2ND BASEMAN CHARLES GEHRINGER, PITCHER BUCK NEWSOM 02:35:29 - OUTDOOR AUDIENCE SITS IN WOODEN FOLDING CHAIRS DURING BASEBALL DEMONSTRATION 02:36:11 - TRIO OF COMIC VAUDEVILLE MUSICIANS PLAY TINY INSTRUMENTS AT OUTDOOR STAND. 02:37:11 - TWO MEN IN WHITE UNIFORMS (JANITORS?) STANDING WATCHING 02:37:15 - SMALL MERCHANT STAND SELLING WALKING CANES 02:37:21 - FOOD STANDS, REFRESHMENTS 02:37:27 - SOUVENIRS STANDS 02:37:37 - CARNIVAL-STYLE "GUESS YOUR AGE" STAND 02:37:46 - ARIZONA DAY CELEBRATIONS: WESTERN COWBOY BAND PERFORMS 02:37:52 - WOMEN IN COWBOY OUTFITS POSE IN FRONT OF INDEPENDENCE HALL AT PENNSYLVANIA EXHIBIT 02:37:55 - PHOTOGRAPHER LAYING ON GROUND WITH CAMERA TAKING PICTURE 02:38:01 - PRETTY MODELS IN SATIN COWBOY SHIRTS 02:38:31 - TWO LITTLE BOYS IN FANCY COWBOY OUTFITS PERFORMING LASSO ROPE TRICKS. LARIAT TRICKS 02:39:05 - OUTDOOR CROWD STANDING TO WATCH 02:39:13 - COWBOY JUMPING THROUGH SPINNING LASSO 02:39:22 - MONTAGE OF PEOPLE EATING AT FAIR: MAN EATING SANDWICH & DRINKING FROM COKE BOTTLE 02:39:39 - YOUNG BLACK BOYS SITTING ON BENCH EATING APPLES 02:39:52 - SCHOOL KIDS EATING SANDWICHES & DRINKING BOTTLES OF COCA-COLA 02:40:11 - BLACK SCHOOL GIRLS IN WHITE DRESSES AT COKE FOOD STAND & EATING LUNCH ON PARK BENCHES 02:41:55 - FAIR WORKERS IN UNIFORM SITTING ON BENCH DURING LUNCH BREAK 02:42:01 - BLACK WOMEN SITTING ON BENCH EATING 02:42:11 - LOTS OF PEOPLE AT SNACK BAR FOOD STAND 02:42:17 - PEOPLE EATING AT TABLES IN OUTDOOR AREA 02:43:33 - SCHLITZ BEER GARDEN 02:43:50 - EXTERIOR OTHER RESTAURANTS & SNACK BARS 02:44:05 - BUDWEISER RESTAURANT 02:44:19 - BASTILLE DAY CEREMONIES: MILITARY MARCHING BANDS FORMING IN FRONT UNITED STATES FEDERAL BUILDING 02:45:16 - HASKELL'S INDIAN GUARD OF HONO AWAIT FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON HORSEBACK 02:45:54 - OFFICIALS INCLUDING FRENCH AMBASSADOR GET INTO OPEN TOURING CAR IN FRONT OF U.S PAVILION 02:46:38 - FRENCH AMBASSADOR INSPECTS TROOPS 02:48:20 - FRENCH SAILORS MILITARY PROCESSION 02:49:42 - U.S REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNOR LEHMAN 02:49:49 - MONTAGE VARIOUS MILITARY MARCHING BANDS & TROOPS 02:50:35 - PEOPLE IN NATIVE FRENCH COSTUMES LISTENING TO SPEECHES 02:51:21 - ROYAL WELCOME AS ROYAL FAMILY VISITS WORLD'S FAIR 02:51:23 - CROWDS GATHER BY GIANT PHOTO BANNERS OF ENGLAND'S KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH 02:51:38 - MOTORCADE WITH POLICE IN MOTORCYCLE SIDECARS 02:51:47 - MARCHING BRITISH BEEFEATERS & BOBBIES 02:51:52 - ROYAL GUARD ON HORSEBACK 02:52:03 - ROYAL MORTORCADE ARRIVES WITH KING GEORGE & QUEEN IN OPEN CAR 02:52:38 - HUGE CROWD GATHERED AWAITING KING & QUEEN 02:52:59 - KING & QUEEN WALK UP TO STAGE, WAVE FROM BALCONY OF U.S. PAVILION 02:53:11 - HUGE CROWD OF BOY SCOUTS WAVING THEIR HATS 02:53:27 - KING & QUEEN FOLLOWED BY HUGE CROWD OF DIGNITARIES AS THEY COME OUT NEW ZEALAND PAVILION IN HALL OF NATIONS 02:54:09 - KING & QUEEN RECEIVING LINE SHAKING PEOPLE'S HANDS 02:54:13 - HUGE MOTORCADE DRIVES THROUGH CROWD AS KING & QUEEN LEAVE 02:54:32 - COLORFUL FOUNTAIN & FIREWORKS DISPLAY AT NIGHT
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1939
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: V-3528