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Unknown[Amateur film: The World's Fair: August 1940] (1939/06/23)

Views of the "World of Tomorrow."


This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Producer: Unknown
Sponsor: N/A
Audio/Visual: Si, C
Keywords: World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: Bill T. - - December 5, 2005
Subject: If you haven¡¦t got 6 hours..
If, like some people, you find that the Medicus 6 hour opus is just a tad too long to focus on the World¡¦s Fair and want something quick and easy, this willl do just fine. It seems to be a promotional film from the title cards, and just lightly goes from one place to another. We start by getting an overview of the gardens, then to one of the main throughfares, we see the Glassblowers of the World exhibit. Right beside it is a curious display.. it says ¡¥Spill The Milk¡¦. Was that a prize booth! Spill The Milk and win a prize! We then get to see the parachute ride. Still looks terrifying. We also see (I think) the nature¡¦s mistakes building.. Gee, the throughfare had pinwheels? I missed that in the Medicus collection.. We go across the street and see ANOTHER interesting sign that says ¡§sky fighters¡¨. I¡¦m guessing that was a skeet shooting game? We then focus in on a large unidentified building.. Not too sure what that was. From there, after getting a promise we¡¦d see ¡¥the wishing tree¡¦ we see the Ford building and the General Motors building, and it¡¦s awesome car ride. After that, it¡¦s the Westinghouse building.. and then¡K uh that¡¦s it!! Hmm¡K I think there¡¦s a problem with the file ¼

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The World's Fair August 1940, City of Light, garden, parade, Florida Building, Japanese Building, Ford Building, Electrical Building.