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Mrs. J. Shipley Dixon1939 San Francisco & New York Fairs (1939)

Unedited World's Fair footage
Watershow

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This movie is part of the collection: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Films

Producer: Mrs. J. Shipley Dixon
Audio/Visual: silent, color
Keywords: World's Fair 1939; Synchronized swimming; San Francisco World's Fair; New York World's Fair

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Reviewer: thundrmi - - August 13, 2009
Subject: Excellent quality 39NYWF images
Some of the best silent footage of the '39 NYWF. Excellent color and film condition and transfer to digital. Highly recommended.

Reviewer: Visual16 - - September 1, 2008
Subject: Excellent preserved footage
Get the Mpeg-2 and a cup of coffee and watch this full-screen. Super detail and color! Among all of the footage of NY World's Fair 39 that I've seen, this has some of the best-detailed views of the superb 30's architecture.

The diving at the end is awesome!
This one is truly "fair to the fair" LOL

Segments

San Francisco World's Fair
New York World's Fair
Aquacade (synchronized swimming performance).