- Title: V-3529
- Summary: 1939 WORLD'S FAIR: 1939 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR
- Description:00:00:12 - EXTENSIVE COLOR TOUR OF THE 1939 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR " WORLD OF TOMORROW greatly detailed footage covering all aspects of the fair in COLOR ! 00:01:00 - MISC FOOTAGE OF THE MAIN LOOP SECTION OF THE AMUSEMENT AREA OF THE WORLDS FAIR carnival barkers midgets sideshows carny buskers 00:01:18 - JAPANESE SECTION OF FAIR TRADITIONAL JAPANESE HOUSES AND DISPLAYS 00:01:40 - SALVADOR DALI SURREALISTIC SWIM SUITS AND FLOAT ODD SUREAL EXHIBIT 00:02:20 - UNDERWATER SWIM DISPLAY TOPLESS FEMALE SWIMMERS " MEN ONLY " SECTION OF FAIR TOPLESS AQUATIC DANCE DISPLAY 00:03:20 - WOMEN WEAR SURREAL SALVADORE DALI DESIGHNED SWIM SUITS SOME TOPLESS 00:03:59 - WS CARNIVAL TYPE BARKER AND SIDE SHOW EXHIBIT classic 1930S carney carny footage SIDESHOW EXHIBIT 00:04:05 - MS CARNIVAL BARKER AND PRETTY FEMALE ASSISTANTS AT "STRANGE THAN LIFE" TYPE FORTUNE TELLER TYPE CARNIVAL DISPLAY 00:04:12 - side shot SEMINOLE VILLAGE EXHIBIT PATRONS AT CARNIVAL WONDER AROUND CARNIVAL SIDESHOW AREA OF FAIR 00:04:27 - FREAK SHOW AT CARNIVAL " OLGA THE HEADLESS GIRL ' ALIVE! CLASSIC CARNIVAL SIDESHOW FREAK SHOW 00:04:50 - INTERIOR OF FREAKY " HEADLESS GIRL ' CARNIVAL EXHIBIT NURSE TENDS TO "HEADLESS GIRL" 00:05:07 - WS MAGICIAN AND PRETTY ASSISTANTS AT CARNIVAL MAGIC SHOW DISPLAY exterior " FROZEN ALIVE GIRL " large ice cube on stage 00:05:40 - INTERIOR OF " MEN ONLY ' TOPLESS EXHIBIT AT 1939 WORLD'S FAIR nude girl is placed in large PHONY icecube " FROZEN ALIVE GIRL" EXHIBIT ATTRACTION AT FAIR more like a Burlesque Show 00:06:39 - exterior WS ADMIRAL BYRD'S PENGUIN ISLAND attraction BUSKER WITH MICROPHONE TRIES TO GET PEOPLE INSIDE 00:07:14 - ws interior OF PENGUIN ZOO TYPE EXHIBIT PENGINS ARE FED BY KEEPER PENGUIN 'S SWIM IN ZOO 00:09:09 - CU PENGUIN 00:09:32 - DUGONGS NATIVE AFRICAN VILLAGE EXHIBIT "SAVAGES" WITH BONES IN HAIR DANCE ON STAGE racist display 00:10:10 - WITCH DOCTOR DANCES AROUND SCANTILY DRESSED NATIVE 00:10:59 - MS CHILDREN BOARD RIDE AT CARNIVAL SECTION OF FAIR 1930S AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE MISC SHOTS OF CHILDREN ON RIDES AT AMUSEMENT PARK circa 1939 00:11:45 - MS ELECTRIC CAR RIDES TWIRLING RIDES AT 1930S AMUSEMENT PARK SECTION OF NY WORLD'S FAIR BUMPER CARS 00:12:10 - WS CROWDS OF PEOPLE WALK AROUND FAIR 00:12:28 - SAVOY BALLROOM color exterior DANCE HALL 00:12:36 - SMALL BLACK JAZZ BAND ON STAGE SAVOY sign behind them BLACK COUPLE LINDY HOPS TO BAND MAN SLAPS BASS FIDDLE 00:13:12 - rare color footage of BLACK WASHBOARD BAND SLAP BASS PLAYER 00:13:24 - MS PEOPLE DRINK AT CLASSIC CONCRETE WATER FOUNTAINS AT FAIR line of people take drinks at public water fountains 00:14:02 - WS exterior FAMOUS CHICKEN INN southern fried chicken restaurant 00:14:17 - ms PEOPLE WALK ON MIDWAY BOARDWALK 00:14:47 - VARIOUS SHOTS OF PEOPLE AT THE FAIR FAMILIES AND COUPLE VISITORS 00:15:25 - NTG CONGRESS & BEAUTY EXHIBIT BARKER AND PRETTY GIRLS AT EXTERIOR OF NUDIST DISPLAY OF " SUN WORSHIPPERS ' AT FAIR ( men only Burlesque exhibit ) 00:16:00 - PRETTY SCANTILY DRESSED GIRLS FROLIC FOR MALE VISITORS OF THE FAIR CHEESECAKE GIRLIE EXHIBIT AT 1939 WORLD'S FAIR ( for DAD only ! ) 00:20:35 - PEOPLE WALK AROUND ON THE MIDWAY AMUSEMENT PARK SECTION OF THE FAIR BOARDWALK CARNIVAL section AMUSEMENT PARK 00:21:29 - exterior SUN VALLEY CASTLE & VILLAGE 00:22:40 - BIG BAND LEADER AND ICE SKATERS PUT ON SHOW COMIC BULL FIGHT ON ICE 00:25:00 - MISC ICECAPADES AT THE FAIR SHOW ON ICE 00:27:40 - SKATER JUMPS 9 BARRELS ON ICE BARREL JUMPER SKI JUMPERS AT THE FAIR 00:29:40 - WS exterior CRYSTAL PALACE 00:29:57 - CAN CAN GIRL DANCES ON STAGE CAN-CAN BURLESQUE SHOW FAN DANCER 00:31:00 - PARACHUTE RIDE AT CARNIVAL ( just like the one at CONEY ISLAND ) MISC SHOTS OF PARACHUTE RIDE 00:31:50 - CU WOMEN ON LINE BUY TICKETS AT TICKET BOOTH 00:32:32 - cu WOMAN LOOKS UP MONTAGE OF PEOPLE LOOOKING UP AT SKY LOOKING AT SKY LOOK UP 00:33:02 - exterior WS VICTORIA FALLS pavillion 00:33:50 - "NATIVE" AFRO-AMERICANS PLAY AFRICAN DRUMS 00:34:18 - WS exterior THE " MEN ONLY ' CRYSTAL LASSIES pavillion 00:34:45 - dark INTERIOR OF TOPLESS GIRLIE SHOW at CRYSTAL LASSIES PAVILLION 00:35:00 - MISC TOPLESS DANCERS SPIN AROUND ON STAGE IN LONG SKIRTS dark 00:38:00 - FAN DANCERS ala SALLY RAND ( DANCE ANTILOOSA ) semi-naked dancers at the New York World's Fair 1939 semi-nude girlie dancers 00:39:13 - WS WORLD'S FAIR WILD WEST AND RODEO PAVILLION and MS exterior 00:39:27 - cu BARKER ON STAGE SCANTILY CLAD COWGIRLS ON STAGE various shots of the stage show offered at this pavillion 00:40:30 - cu MURALS AT THE CUBAN VILLA PAVILLION ATTRACTION 00:41:05 - DANCE SACRIFICIO ( SACRIFICIAL DANCE ) native dance show at the Cuban Villa RURAL CUBAN DANCERS various shots of the entertainment offered at the CUBAN VILLA attraction at the fair 00:42:00 - CUBAN WASH DAY DANCE sensual cuban dance 00:42:35 - CUBAN DANCERS DO THE CONGA IN TRADITIONAL COSTUMES CONGA LINE 00:43:30 - SHOEING THE MARE dance SCANTILY CLAD CUBAN WOMAN ON ALL FOURS SHAKING HER BUTT CUBAN DANCERS ON STAGE AT THE WORLD'S FAIR 00:44:10 - CUBAN CHORUS LINE DANCE AT SHOW OFFERED AT THE CUBAN VILLA 1939 00:44:20 - ARCHERY RANGE 00:44:35 - MS BIG BAND GLENN GRAY AND HIS CASA LOMA ORCHESTRA PERFORM ON STAGE 00:44:45 - LINDY HOPPERS DANCE TO SWING BAND LINDY CONTEST great LINDY or BIG APPLE DANCERS SWING DANCERS BOBBY SOCKERS mixed racial crowd 00:46:10 - CU LINDY HOPPERS DANCE AT 1939 WORLD'S FAIR TO GLENN GRAY BIG BAND great shots of big band era lindy dancers 00:47:35 - MIXED RACIAL LINDY HOPPERS LINDY DANCERS SWING DANCERS 00:48:00 - BIG BAND LEADER GLENN GRAY SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS 00:48:09 - MS WASHINGTON HALL exterior 00:48:22 - MS exterior METEOR SPEEDWAY 00:48:49 - MS CYCLONE ROLLERCOASTER people mill about in 1939 amusement park 00:49:00 - MS exterior 30 FOOT GIANT midway attraction FREAK SHOW 00:49:05 - MISC EXTERIORS OF ATTRACTIONS AT THE AMUSEMENT PARK MIDWAY ATTRACTIONS BOARD WALK CONEY ISLAND 00:49:33 - SPINNING CUP ATTRACTION CU RIDERS SPIN IN CUPS 00:49:40 - CU REAR OF CHILDREN WATCHING RIDES 00:50:00 - MISC SHOTS OF COLORFUL AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES AND PATRONS 00:51:07 - WS FOUNTAIN LAKE PARACHUTE JUMP RIDE IN BACKROUND BOAT RIDES AT AMUSEMENT PARK 00:52:29 - "NIGHT AT THE AMUSEMENT PARK AREA" - VARIOUS SCENES AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES ALL LIT UP BY COLORFUL LIGHTS AT NIGHT. 00:53:40 - CU SHOW GIRLS IN SWIM SUITS, BACKS OF LEGS, REARS, TO CAMERA, FACE AUDIENCE. LS CHORUS GIRLS DANCE WITH HUGE FEATHERS ON STAGE IN, SHOW GIRL ON DISPLAY PUTTING ON MAKE-UP IN DRESSING ROOM. FAN DANCERS 00:54:08 - SIGN PN PAVILLION, "GLASS BLOWING", " ANCIENT GLASS BLOWING". LS DISPLAY TITLED "MISTAKES". MS THREE WOMEN ON STAGE WRAPPED IN SHEETS 00:54:47 - MS CLOWN ON STAGE, SITS ON BENCH WITH MICROPHONE IN HAND. SIGNS IN B/G "LAUGHS, LAUGHS, LAUGHS". CARNIVAL BARKER 00:54:55 - PAN NEON SIGN, "AQUACADE". 00:55:10 - LS DANCERS, ENTERTAINERS FILL HUGE STAGE, ALL LEAVE STAGE AS LONG CHORUS LINE OF BEAUTIES A LA FAMED ROCKETTES OF NY ROXY, COME OUT TO PERFORM. 00:55:43 - LS SPECTACULAR COLORFUL FOUNTAIN AND FIREWORKS SHOW LIGHT UP THE NIGHT NIGHT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1939
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: V-3529