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WORLD'S FAIR ARCHIVAL VIDEO
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"SCENES OF THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR FOR 1940" begins with aerial views of New York and the fair itself. This film contains many general scenes of the fair, including the Trylon and Perisphere, sculpture, fountains, a number of individual pavilions, the amusement section, the parachute jump, night scenes, and fireworks. There is extensive coverage of the Ford Exposition Building, including the main entrance hall, the moving diorama designed by Walter Dorwin Teague, the Garden Court, and Albert Kahn's Road of Tomorrow. [order] |
At the turn of the century, world's fairs and expositions were a favorite subject for the emerging motion picture industry. The films collected here are views of three of the major expositions of the era. Also included are two early films from Luna Park at Coney Island and a reenactment of the Boer War at Brighton Beach in Brooklyn. The films offer a unique opportunity to view the architecture of expositions, the inclusion of indigenous peoples, and the historic reenactments of the era.
These
films are reproduced from the Paper Print Collection at the Library of
Congress. Beginning in 1894, paper copies of films were sent to the Library
of Congress for copyright registration. In many cases, the paper prints
were the only copies of these films to survive until the 1950s, when they
were re-photographed onto safety film. The films have been re-mastered
onto videotape, but the picture quality of many reflects their age and
the fact that they are the product of a paper intermediate stage. They
are presented silent and in their entirety. Twenty-one films are included,
shot at the following expositions: Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900;
Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901; Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
St. Louis, 1904; and at Coney Island in 1902 and 1903 and Brighton Beach
in 1905. [order]
"FORD
AND A CENTURY OF PROGRESS," on the 1933-34 Chicago world's fair, is a
full overview with coverage of more than thirty pavilions and attractions.
Highlights include the Sky Ride, Enchanted Isle, Tunisian Village, Wings
of a Century Pageant, night scenes and lights, and the Ford display of
historic cars and moving dioramas. Also shown are the Avenue of Flags,
Streets of Paris, Travel and Transport building, GM and Chrysler pavilions,
the Midget City, Federal Building, and much more. 