San Francisco World's Fair
News Parade newsreel footage of the San Francisco World's Fair in 1939, the Golden Gate International Exposition. The fair was intended to celebrate the opening of two bridges, the Golden Gate and the Bay Bridge. It was held on Treasure Island.
0551 PA8123 San Francisco World's Fair (The News Parade)
This item is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives
Audio/Visual:
sound,
black and white
Keywords: World's Fairs: San Francisco, 1939; Newsreels; News Parade; Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge; Treasure Island; Infrastructure: Bridges
Creative Commons license:
Public Domain
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Reviewer: Spuzz -
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July 30, 2004
Subject: World's Fair fair
Mildly entertaining overview of the World's fair shown here. I wasn't overblown by this footage, as most of it IS pretty standard, but a nice snapshot of what was then.