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Encyclopaedia Britannica FilmsDay At The Fair, A (1947)

TELLS THE STORY OF 3 FARM YOUNGSTERS WHO GO TO THE FAIR TO EXHIBIT THEIR CATTLE & PIGS. SHOWS THEM TENDING THEIR LIVESTOCK, WATCHING THE JUDGING & VIEWING THE DISPLAYS.
Narrator: James A. Brill. Collaborator: Harry James Reed.


This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Production Company: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: BondoFox - - March 2, 2008
Subject: The Complete Version
I've been looking for ages. After I saw it goofed upon on "Mystery Science Theater 3000" (where it's edited for time), I knew it was one for my collection!

Oh, and notice everyone in this short. Now, they're all dead 8)

Reviewer: ERD - - May 22, 2006
Subject: A nice film for city children to have seen in 1947
This was a nice film about a state fair for city children of 1947 to see. The narrator sounds like the president of EB films. He has an annoying stylized habbit of emphasizing the last words of clauses and sentences.

Reviewer: philosophiste - - April 20, 2006
Subject: This film was also featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000
Watch their send up of it here.

Shotlist

Ken Smith sez: The same narrator from Building A Highway takes us along as the Olson family explores the wonders of a county fair.
opening credits
12:24:49:00 - 12:25:16:00
ext. fair grounds (VS); tractors outside tents; man digging a hole in front of fun house (man sweeping fun house floor); man hanging start on ferris wheel.
12:25:16:00 - 12:25:21:00
cars on street.
12:25:21:00 - 12:25:30:00
men walking sheep?; man walking cow in barn; fade to black.
12:25:32:00 - 12:25:58:00
boys walking cow onto truck; MS of boys and calf; MCU of boys; little girl playing with pigs through fence.
12:25:58:00 - 12:26:33:00
woman enters car; man approaches woman in car and shows her a box; CU of corn; man gets in car; LS of truck and car driving away; fade to black.
12:26:33:00 - 12:27:18:00
int. crowded cattle barn; MS of boys and cattle (VS); little girl grooming pigs (VS).
12:27:18:00 - 12:27:31:00
boy staring at fish; CU of fish; LS of boy staring at fish.
12:27:31:00 - 12:27:43:00
girls viewing roped off chairs; two girls enter scene.
12:27:43:00 - 12:27:57:00
boy observing butterflies; CU of butterflies; LS of boy observing butterflies; other children enter scene.
12:27:57:00 - 12:28:11:00
rows of jars; CU of jars; LS of woman and girl looking and jars.
12:28:11:00 - 12:28:30:00
women and table of cakes; woman cuts cake; CU of hand feeling cake; CU of woman tasting cake; LS of woman and cakes.
12:28:30:00 - 12:29:01:00
man observing man judge corn; man picks up corn, boy enters scene; CU of corn in hands; two shot of boy and man; the boy and man exit.
12:29:01:00 - 12:29:38:00
ext. fair people walking around in front of lunch tent; kids eating foot-long hotdogs; kids sitting at table eating; CU of boy eating chicken leg; picnickers by cars; fade to black.
12:29:38:00 - 12:29:47:00
boys examining plane.
12:29:47:00 - 12:30:05:00
boys looking at tractor; boy sits in driver's seat. MS of boy in driver's seat of tractor.
12:30:05:00 - 12:30:40:00
marching band with American flag waving; various floats and horses (VS).
12:30:40:00 - 12:31:27:00
grandstands as the trotters begin the horse race (VS); two excited boys observing race; back and forth; fade to black.
12:31:27:00 - 12:59:57:00
boys grooming cattle; CU of cow's fade (VS); MS of man; boys grooming cattle; boys and girls gather cow's in the arena and line them up; two shot of boys and calf; LS of audience; LS of calves; MS of old man; a couple of kids and the cow's exit upon judge's saying; MS of boy and calf; boy walks calf; MS of man; two-shot of boy and cow; two shot of man and woman in audience; LS of cows and boys (VS).

Â¥ 8:36:60- 8:44:58
Nice overview of people walking by a tall wall of a fair ground (Atlanta-?). Three children walk towards the camera. We see some of the rides to the side.

worth noting: We see from the perspective of the Ferris wheel catching glimpses of the fair grounds (crowds, trees, rides).Dizzying but nice. (9:07:42- 9:19:80)