Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: V-3529

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00:00:12 7	EXTENSIVE COLOR TOUR OF THE 1939 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR " WORLD OF TOMORROW greatly detailed footage covering all aspects of the fair in COLOR !
00:01:00 55	MISC FOOTAGE OF THE MAIN LOOP SECTION OF THE AMUSEMENT AREA OF THE WORLDS FAIR carnival barkers midgets sideshows carny buskers
00:01:18 73	JAPANESE SECTION OF FAIR TRADITIONAL JAPANESE HOUSES AND DISPLAYS
00:01:40 95	SALVADOR DALI SURREALISTIC SWIM SUITS AND FLOAT ODD SUREAL EXHIBIT
00:02:20 135	UNDERWATER SWIM DISPLAY TOPLESS FEMALE SWIMMERS " MEN ONLY " SECTION OF FAIR TOPLESS AQUATIC DANCE DISPLAY
00:03:20 195	WOMEN WEAR SURREAL SALVADORE DALI DESIGHNED SWIM SUITS SOME TOPLESS
00:03:59 234	WS CARNIVAL TYPE BARKER AND SIDE SHOW EXHIBIT classic 1930S carney carny footage SIDESHOW EXHIBIT
00:04:05 240	MS CARNIVAL BARKER AND PRETTY FEMALE ASSISTANTS AT "STRANGE THAN LIFE" TYPE FORTUNE TELLER TYPE CARNIVAL DISPLAY
00:04:12 247	side shot SEMINOLE VILLAGE EXHIBIT PATRONS AT CARNIVAL WONDER AROUND CARNIVAL SIDESHOW AREA OF FAIR
00:04:27 262	FREAK SHOW AT CARNIVAL " OLGA THE HEADLESS GIRL ' ALIVE! CLASSIC CARNIVAL SIDESHOW FREAK SHOW
00:04:50 285	INTERIOR OF FREAKY " HEADLESS GIRL ' CARNIVAL EXHIBIT NURSE TENDS TO "HEADLESS GIRL"
00:05:07 302	WS MAGICIAN AND PRETTY ASSISTANTS AT CARNIVAL MAGIC SHOW DISPLAY exterior " FROZEN ALIVE GIRL " large ice cube on stage
00:05:40 335	INTERIOR OF " MEN ONLY ' TOPLESS EXHIBIT AT 1939 WORLD'S FAIR nude girl is placed in large PHONY icecube " FROZEN ALIVE GIRL" EXHIBIT ATTRACTION AT FAIR more like a Burlesque Show
00:06:39 394	exterior WS ADMIRAL BYRD'S PENGUIN ISLAND attraction BUSKER WITH MICROPHONE TRIES TO GET PEOPLE INSIDE
00:07:14 429	ws interior OF PENGUIN ZOO TYPE EXHIBIT PENGINS ARE FED BY KEEPER PENGUIN 'S SWIM IN ZOO
00:09:09 544	CU PENGUIN
00:09:32 567	DUGONGS NATIVE AFRICAN VILLAGE EXHIBIT "SAVAGES" WITH BONES IN HAIR DANCE ON STAGE racist display
00:10:10 605	WITCH DOCTOR DANCES AROUND SCANTILY DRESSED NATIVE
00:10:59 654	MS CHILDREN BOARD RIDE AT CARNIVAL SECTION OF FAIR 1930S AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE MISC SHOTS OF CHILDREN ON RIDES AT AMUSEMENT PARK circa 1939
00:11:45 700	MS MINIATURE CAR RIDES TWIRLING RIDES AT 1930S AMUSEMENT PARK SECTION OF NY WORLD'S FAIR BUMPER CARS
00:12:10 725	WS CROWDS OF PEOPLE WALK AROUND FAIR
00:12:28 743	SAVOY BALLROOM color exterior DANCE HALL
00:12:36 751	SMALL BLACK JAZZ BAND ON STAGE SAVOY sign behind them BLACK COUPLE LINDY HOPS TO BAND MAN SLAPS BASS FIDDLE
00:13:12 787	rare color footage of BLACK WASHBOARD BAND SLAP BASS PLAYER
00:13:24 799	MS PEOPLE DRINK AT CLASSIC CONCRETE WATER FOUNTAINS AT FAIR line of people take drinks at public water fountains
00:14:02 837	WS exterior FAMOUS CHICKEN INN southern fried chicken restaurant
00:14:17 852	ms PEOPLE WALK ON MIDWAY BOARDWALK
00:14:47 882	VARIOUS SHOTS OF PEOPLE AT THE FAIR FAMILIES AND COUPLE VISITORS
00:15:25 920	NTG CONGRESS & BEAUTY EXHIBIT BARKER AND PRETTY GIRLS AT EXTERIOR OF NUDIST DISPLAY OF " SUN WORSHIPPERS ' AT FAIR ( men only Burlesque exhibit )
00:16:00 955	PRETTY SCANTILY DRESSED GIRLS FROLIC FOR MALE VISITORS OF THE FAIR CHEESECAKE GIRLIE EXHIBIT AT 1939 WORLD'S FAIR ( for DAD only ! )
00:20:35 1230	PEOPLE WALK AROUND ON THE MIDWAY AMUSEMENT PARK SECTION OF THE FAIR BOARDWALK CARNIVAL section AMUSEMENT PARK
00:21:29 1284	exterior SUN VALLEY CASTLE & VILLAGE
00:22:40 1355	BIG BAND LEADER AND ICE SKATERS PUT ON SHOW COMIC BULL FIGHT ON ICE
00:25:00 1495	MISC ICECAPADES AT THE FAIR SHOW ON ICE
00:27:40 1655	SKATER JUMPS 9 BARRELS ON ICE BARREL JUMPER SKI JUMPERS AT THE FAIR
00:29:40 1775	WS exterior CRYSTAL PALACE
00:29:57 1792	CAN CAN GIRL DANCES ON STAGE CAN-CAN BURLESQUE SHOW FAN DANCER
00:31:00 1855	PARACHUTE RIDE AT CARNIVAL ( just like the one at CONEY ISLAND ) MISC SHOTS OF PARACHUTE RIDE
00:31:50 1905	CU WOMEN ON LINE BUY TICKETS AT TICKET BOOTH
00:32:32 1947	cu WOMAN LOOKS UP MONTAGE OF PEOPLE LOOOKING UP AT SKY LOOKING AT SKY LOOK UP
00:33:02 1977	exterior WS VICTORIA FALLS pavillion
00:33:50 2025	"NATIVE" AFRO-AMERICANS PLAY AFRICAN DRUMS
00:34:18 2053	WS exterior THE " MEN ONLY ' CRYSTAL LASSIES pavillion
00:34:45 2080	dark INTERIOR OF TOPLESS GIRLIE SHOW at CRYSTAL LASSIES PAVILLION
00:35:00 2095	MISC TOPLESS DANCERS SPIN AROUND ON STAGE IN LONG SKIRTS dark
00:38:00 2275	FAN DANCERS ala SALLY RAND ( DANCE ANTILOOSA ) semi-naked dancers at the New York World's Fair 1939 semi-nude girlie dancers
00:39:13 2348	WS WORLD'S FAIR WILD WEST AND RODEO PAVILLION and MS exterior
00:39:27 2362	cu BARKER ON STAGE SCANTILY CLAD COWGIRLS ON STAGE various shots of the stage show offered at this pavillion
00:40:30 2425	cu MURALS AT THE CUBAN VILLA PAVILLION ATTRACTION
00:41:05 2460	DANCE SACRIFICIO ( SACRIFICIAL DANCE ) native dance show at the Cuban Villa RURAL CUBAN DANCERS various shots of the entertainment offered at the CUBAN VILLA attraction at the fair
00:42:00 2515	CUBAN WASH DAY DANCE sensual cuban dance
00:42:35 2550	CUBAN DANCERS DO THE CONGA IN TRADITIONAL COSTUMES CONGA LINE
00:43:30 2605	SHOEING THE MARE dance SCANTILY CLAD CUBAN WOMAN ON ALL FOURS SHAKING HER BUTT CUBAN DANCERS ON STAGE AT THE WORLD'S FAIR
00:44:10 2645	CUBAN CHORUS LINE DANCE AT SHOW OFFERED AT THE CUBAN VILLA 1939
00:44:20 2655	ARCHERY RANGE
00:44:35 2670	MS BIG BAND GLENN GRAY AND HIS CASA LOMA ORCHESTRA PERFORM ON STAGE
00:44:45 2680	LINDY HOPPERS DANCE TO SWING BAND LINDY CONTEST great LINDY or BIG APPLE DANCERS SWING DANCERS BOBBY SOCKERS mixed racial crowd
00:46:10 2765	CU LINDY HOPPERS DANCE AT 1939 WORLD'S FAIR TO GLENN GRAY BIG BAND great shots of big band era lindy dancers
00:47:35 2850	MIXED RACIAL LINDY HOPPERS LINDY DANCERS SWING DANCERS
00:48:00 2875	BIG BAND LEADER GLENN GRAY SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS
00:48:09 2884	MS WASHINGTON HALL exterior
00:48:22 2897	MS exterior METEOR SPEEDWAY
00:48:49 2924	MS CYCLONE ROLLERCOASTER people mill about in 1939 amusement park
00:49:00 2935	MS exterior 30 FOOT GIANT midway attraction FREAK SHOW
00:49:05 2940	MISC EXTERIORS OF ATTRACTIONS AT THE AMUSEMENT PARK MIDWAY ATTRACTIONS BOARD WALK CONEY ISLAND
00:49:33 2968	SPINNING CUP ATTRACTION CU RIDERS SPIN IN CUPS
00:49:40 2975	CU REAR OF CHILDREN WATCHING RIDES
00:50:00 2995	MISC SHOTS OF COLORFUL AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES AND PATRONS
00:51:07 3062	WS FOUNTAIN LAKE PARACHUTE JUMP RIDE IN BACKROUND BOAT RIDES AT AMUSEMENT PARK
00:52:29 3144	"NIGHT AT THE AMUSEMENT PARK AREA" - VARIOUS SCENES AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES ALL LIT UP BY COLORFUL LIGHTS AT NIGHT.
00:53:40 3215	CU SHOW GIRLS IN SWIM SUITS, BACKS OF LEGS, REARS, TO CAMERA, FACE AUDIENCE. LS CHORUS GIRLS DANCE WITH HUGE FEATHERS ON STAGE IN, SHOW GIRL ON DISPLAY PUTTING ON MAKE-UP IN DRESSING ROOM. FAN DANCERS
00:54:08 3243	SIGN PN PAVILLION, "GLASS BLOWING", " ANCIENT GLASS BLOWING". LS DISPLAY TITLED "MISTAKES". MS THREE WOMEN ON STAGE WRAPPED IN SHEETS
00:54:47 3282	MS CLOWN ON STAGE, SITS ON BENCH WITH MICROPHONE IN HAND. SIGNS IN B/G "LAUGHS, LAUGHS, LAUGHS". CARNIVAL BARKER
00:54:55 3290	PAN NEON SIGN, "AQUACADE".
00:55:10 3305	LS DANCERS, ENTERTAINERS FILL HUGE STAGE, ALL LEAVE STAGE AS LONG CHORUS LINE OF BEAUTIES A LA FAMED ROCKETTES OF NY ROXY, COME OUT TO PERFORM.
00:55:43 3338	LS SPECTACULAR COLORFUL FOUNTAIN AND FIREWORKS SHOW LIGHT UP THE NIGHT NIGHT.