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ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE WORLD'S FAIR 1939-40, FLUSHING MEADOW, QUEENS, NEW YORK
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| 01:00:03 3.87 |
ENTRANCE TO THE LAGOON OF NATIONS AT THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, FLAGS OF SEVERAL NATIONS FLYING OUT FRONT.
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| 01:00:06 6.14 |
TITLE CARD: "LOOKING OVER THE LAGOON OF NATIONS TO THE THEME CENTER OF THE WORLD OF TOMORROW"
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| 01:00:12 12.92 |
WIDE SHOT OF LAGOON IN FRONT OF WORLD OF TOMORROW, STATUES, HUGE WORLD UNISPHERE AND REPLICA OF WASHINGTON MONUMENT. PEOPLE MOVING VEHICLES, TROLLEY CARS AND BUSSES CAN BE SEEN
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| 01:00:19 19.08 |
PEOPLE WALKING ON HUGE CIRCULAR BRIDGE BUILT HIGH UP OVER THE FAIR
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| 01:00:20 20.81 |
TITLE CARD: JAMES EARLE FRASER'S MONUMENTAL WASHINGTON, STANDING IN QUIET GRANDEUR IN CONSTITUTION MALL".
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| 01:00:28 28.15 |
SIXTY-FIVE FOOT SCULPTURE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON BY WELL-KNOWN AMERICAN SCULPTOR, JAMES EARLE FRASER, STANDS TALL IN FRONT OF CONSTITUTION MALL AT THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR
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| 01:00:32 32.87 |
EXTERIOR OF ONE OF THE MANY PAVILLION'S AT THE FAIR - COULD BE THE FOOD PAVILION
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| 01:00:37 37.37 |
TITLE CARD: "SITUATED AROUND THE COURT OF PEACE, SIXTY FOREIGN NATIONS PARTICIPATE TO MAKE THE FAIR A TRUE PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD.
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| 01:00:45 45.44 |
WIDE SHOT THE COURT OF PEACE PAVILION AT NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, MARCHING BAND ON LAWN IN FRONT CAN BARELY BE SEEN.
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| 01:00:51 51.52 |
EXTERIOR FRONT OF COURT OF PEACE, FLAGS FROM MANY FOREIGN NATIONS FLYING AND MANY PEOPLE WALKING ABOUT
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| 01:00:54 54.17 |
CROWD OF PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ANOTHER PAVILION (UNKNOWN)
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| 01:00:54 54.55 |
THE ITALIAN PAVILION WITH THE STATUE OF THE GODDESS ROMA SITTING ON TOP OF 200' PEDESTAL WITH WATERFALL CASCADING DOWN THE STEPS
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| 01:00:59 59.95 |
TITLE CARD: "THE COURT OF STATES - NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST ARE REPRESENTED"
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| 01:01:07 67.55 |
NEW ENGLAND REPRESENTED AT THE NY WORLD'S FAIR
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| 01:01:10 70.03 |
THE NEW JERSEY PAVILION, PEOPLE WALKING AROUND FRONT OF BUILDING
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| 01:01:15 75.94 |
TITLE CARD: "PROGRESS AND PAGEANTRY OF THE MOTOR AGE PRESENTED BY LEADERS OF THE AUTO INDUSTRY"
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| 01:01:25 85.04 |
WIDE SHOT EXTERIOR GENERAL MOTORS EXHIBIT HALL. PEOPLE WALKING ON PATH AND SITTING ON BENCHES IN FOREGROUND
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| 01:01:33 93.62 |
TITLE CARD: "NIGHTFALL AND SPECTACULAR LIGHTING EFFECTS TURN THE FAIR INTO A FAIRYLAND"
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| 01:01:40 100.2 |
THE ITALY PAVILION - WATERFALL LOOKING SPECTACULAR FLOWING DOWN ALL LIT UP AT NIGHT
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| 01:01:44 104.75 |
UNITED STATES STEEL EXHIBITION BUILDING ALL LIT UP IN THE EVENING
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| 01:01:46 106.78 |
TITLE CARD: "ON THE LAGOON OF NATIONS, SYNCHRONIZED WITH COLOR EFFECTS, SPECIAL MUISIC AND SOIUNDK, VAST JETS OF WATER, FLAME AND FIREWORKS SHOWER THE DARKNESS WITH UNIQUE DESIGNS."
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| 01:01:59 119.24 |
SPECTACULAR LIT UP FOUNTAINS SHOOTING WATER UP IN THE AIR AROUND THE LAGOON OF NATIONS, AND BEAUTIFUL FIREWORKS DISPLAY
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| 01:02:10 130.67 |
END NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR REEL.
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