1939FAIRS, CIRCUS & AMUSEMENT PARKS
1939 NEW YORK'S WORLD FAIR. GENERAL FOOTAGE OF VISITORS & HOW THEY SPEND THEIR DAY AT THE FAIR
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LONG ISLAND'S GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY ROAD TO THE 1939 WORLD'S FAIR. CARS SPEED ALONG ON HIGHWAY
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CU MONTAGE 1939 LICENSE PLATES FROM VARIOUS STATES INCLUDES: OHIO, MAINE, NEW JERSEY, MIAMI, PENNSYLVANIA, CONNETICUT, HAWAII, ONTARIO CANADA, NORTH CAROLINA, VERMONT, MASSACHUSETTS, INDIANA, CALIFORNIA, MICHIGAN, JACKSONVILLE DUVAL COUNTY
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PEOPLE ARRIVING AT FAIR FROM SUBWAY ENTRANCE
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| 01:57:30 124.47 |
VIEWS OF THE FAIR FROM TOUR BUS WINDOW: PASSING KODAK PAVILLION
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| 01:58:18 172.47 |
WESTERN HORSE PARADE PASSES STATE OF WASHINGTON PAVILLION
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| 01:58:34 188.47 |
NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN CHIEF IN HEADRESS RIDES PAST ON HORSE
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| 01:58:42 196.47 |
BAND & CHIOR CONCERT AT FOOT OF HUGE GEORGE WASHINGTON STATUE
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| 01:59:00 214.47 |
ELECTRICAL WORKERS TRUCK PASSES IN PARADE. "PRACTICAL SOLUTION FOR UNEMPLOYMENT: A 30 HOUR WORK WEEK" SIGN ON TRUCK
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| 01:59:15 229.47 |
MEN IN ORNATE COLORFUL ETHNIC COSTUMES PASS BY CAMERA
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| 01:59:45 259.47 |
MARCHING BAND OF WOMEN IN WHITE DRESSES & RED CAPES (RED CROSS?)
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| 02:00:00 274.47 |
BAND CONCERT IN FRONT OF PAVILLION
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| 02:00:28 302.47 |
MONTAGE OF VARIOUS PARADE MARCHING BANDS
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| 02:01:19 353.47 |
ORCHESTRA IN ORANGE UNIFORMS PERFORM CONCERT. PAN OVER TO FOUNTAIN & STATUE IN FRONT OF PAVILLION
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| 02:01:58 392.47 |
VARIOUS SHOTS OF TOURISTS TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEMSELVES &
THEIR FAMILY POSING BY VARIOUS STATUES, FOUNTAINS, PAVILLIONS AT FAIR. |
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WOMAN WITH CAMERA RIDES PAST IN ELECTRIC TOURIST CART
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MAN WITH CAMERA ON TRIPOD
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FAMILY POSES IN FRONT OF MARCONI PICTURE AT ITALIAN PAVILLION
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| 02:04:30 544.47 |
MURALS FOUND ON BUILDINGS AROUND WORLD'S FAIR: HALL OF PHARMACY
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| 02:04:43 557.47 |
ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS BUILDING
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| 02:04:57 571.47 |
MEDICINE & PUBLIC HEALTH PAVILLION
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| 02:05:04 578.47 |
HALL OF COMMUNICATIONS
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| 02:05:12 586.47 |
ACADEMY OF SPORT MURAL
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| 02:05:19 593.47 |
PAN TO LEO LENTILLI STATUE "GOLDEN SPRAYS"
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| 02:05:23 597.47 |
UNKNOWN MURAL OF MEN
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| 02:05:35 609.47 |
MEDICINE & PUBLIC HEALTH BUILDING
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| 02:05:46 620.47 |
UNKNOWN MURAL OF ELECTRICAL POWER
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| 02:06:02 636.47 |
BEAUTIFUL BED OF FLOWERS, TILT UP TO PHARMACY PAVILLION MURAL
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| 02:06:38 672.47 |
MONTAGE STATUES AROUND GROUNDS OF WORLD'S FAIR:
SAMSON & THE LION (BENJAMIN HAWKINS) |
| 02:06:47 681.47 |
UNKNOWN WOMAN RIDING BULL STATUE OUTSIDE GOODRICH PAVILION
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| 02:06:57 691.47 |
PLAQUE OF WALT WHITMAN "SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD"
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| 02:07:15 709.47 |
WALT WHITMAN STATUE BY JO DAVIDSON
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| 02:07:38 732.47 |
ROBERT FOSTER STATUE "TEXTILES"
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| 02:07:46 740.47 |
SIGN FOR "FIRST WHITE MOTHER IN AMERICA" BY GUNDER SVEINSSON
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| 02:07:54 748.47 |
STATUE OF GUDRID, WIFE OF THORFINNUR KARLSEFNI
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| 02:08:08 762.47 |
UNNAMMED MERMAID STATUE WITH TWO TAILS
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| 02:08:28 782.47 |
STATUE OF FRANCE OVERSEAS PAVILLION
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| 02:08:35 789.47 |
PRANCING HORSE FOUNTAIN WITH RUNNING WATER FROM MOUTH
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| 02:08:41 795.47 |
"DANCE OF THE RACES" BY MALVINA HOFFMAN, TILT UP TO SPHERE &
PYLON |
| 02:08:59 813.47 |
MORE STATUARY IN PERYLON COURT
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| 02:09:05 819.47 |
CU STATUE OF GATHERED GROUP WITH HORSES
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| 02:09:10 824.47 |
DECO STYLE STATUE OF COUPLE & LARGE WINGS
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| 02:09:16 830.47 |
REPLICA OF "HERMES & THE INFANT DIONYSOS" BY PRAXITELES
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| 02:09:26 840.47 |
STATUE OUTSIDE SOVIET PAVILLION
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WOMAN RIDING BULL STATUE IN FOUNTAIN WITH LEAPING FISH OUTSIDE GOODRICH PAVILION
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| 02:09:53 867.47 |
LARGE STONE RELIEF ON SIDE OF BUILDING
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| 02:09:59 873.47 |
GOLD NUDE MALE FIGURE STANDING IN CIRCLE
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| 02:10:10 884.47 |
CU YELLOW DAISY FLOWERS, PAN UP TO "FOUR VICTORIES OF PEACE"
BY JOHN GREGORY |
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UNNAMED DECO FIGURE ON ANIMAL
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| 02:10:30 904.47 |
"RIDERS OF THE ELEMENTS" BY CHESTER BEACH WITH AVAIATION PAVILLION IN BKGD
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| 02:10:45 919.47 |
"FOUNTAIN OF THE ATOM" BY WAYLANDE GREGORY. SURREAL FIGURES COVER FOUNTAIN ON BOWLING GREEN
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| 02:11:53 987.47 |
HEINZ 57 FISH-SHAPED VEHICLE DRIVES PAST DISPLAY OF FLAGS
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| 02:12:03 997.47 |
FLAGS OF NATIONS ON FLAG POLES
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| 02:12:18 1012.47 |
SMALL BANNER FLAGS ON TOP OF CASINO BUILDING
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| 02:12:25 1019.47 |
IRISH & ICELAND FLAGS ON POLES NEAR EACH OTHER
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BRITISH & AUSTRALIAN FLAGS WAVE IN WIND
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| 02:12:46 1040.47 |
AMERICAN FLAG, NEW YORK STATE & WORLD'S FAIR FLAG WAVE OUTSIDE CORONA ENTRANCE GATE
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| 02:12:57 1051.47 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS FLAGS AROUND WORLD'S FAIR
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| 02:13:29 1083.47 |
ITALIAN FLAG WAVES NEAR STATUE OF GODDESS ROMA ATOP ITALY PAVILLION
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| 02:13:37 1091.47 |
FLAGS WAVE IN FRONT OF STATUE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
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| 02:13:54 1108.47 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS OF PEOPLE VISITING THE FAIR OF ALL AGES &
NATIONALITIES |
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LARGE CROWD OF SCHOOL CHILDREN WALK PAST
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MAN PUSHING COUPLE IN TOURING CHAIR
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TIRED KIDS SLEEPING ON BENCH
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| 02:14:52 1166.47 |
SAILOR & GIRLFRIEND RELAX ON BLANKET UNDER TREES
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| 02:15:07 1181.47 |
TWO NUNS SIT ON BENCH
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| 02:15:22 1196.47 |
OLD LADIES EATING ICE CREAM SUNDAE OUTSIDE AT CAFE TABLE
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| 02:15:39 1213.47 |
GROUP OF YOUNG BOYS FROM MILITARY ACADEMY SCHOOL IN UNIFORM WALKING PAST WONDER BAKERY PAVILLION
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| 02:15:46 1220.47 |
TIRED MAN SLEEPING ON BENCH
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| 02:16:01 1235.47 |
WELL-DRESSED BLACK FAMILY WITH ICE CREAM CONES
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| 02:16:09 1243.47 |
MEN SLEEPING ON CHAIRS
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COUPLE BEING PUSHED IN TOURING CHAIR
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| 02:16:29 1263.47 |
MONTAGE LOTS OF WOMEN WALKING
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| 02:16:58 1292.47 |
TOUR GUIDE TALKING TO GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON STATUE IN BKGD
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LARGE GROUP OF NUNS WITH TOUR GUIDE
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ROMANTIC COUPLE PAST FOUNTAIN WITH STATUE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON & TRYLON
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| 02:17:48 1342.47 |
MORE NUNS AT THE FAIR
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| 02:18:06 1360.47 |
YOUNG BLACK MEN PAST DECO STATUE
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| 02:18:13 1367.47 |
MIDDLE-AGED COUPLE LOOKING OVER MAP, WRITING WITH PENCIL PLANNING THEIR VISIT
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| 02:18:33 1387.47 |
MAN IN STRAW HAT READS NEWSPAPER ON BENCH
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| 02:18:41 1395.47 |
OLD LADY IN WINTER COAT SKETCHING IN ART BOOK
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| 02:18:47 1401.47 |
MEN PASSING FOUNTAIN WITH STATUES IN WINTER AT WORLD'S FAIR
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| 02:18:55 1409.47 |
TWO LARGE GROUPS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN FOLLOWING TEACHERS
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| 02:19:29 1443.47 |
TWO MEN WEARING ALL WHITE UNIFORMS TRYING TO SLEEP ON BENCH
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| 02:19:47 1461.47 |
TIRED WOMAN WAITING IN TRAMP TROLLEY NEAR STATUE OF NAKED MAN
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| 02:19:52 1466.47 |
WOMAN WITH PARASOL UNBRELLA BEING PUSHED IN TOURING CHAIR
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| 02:20:10 1484.47 |
WONDER BREAD BAKERS IN CHEF UNIFORMS RESTING ON BENCHES
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| 02:20:57 1531.47 |
GROUP OF BLACK LADIES
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| 02:21:57 1591.47 |
LARGE GROUP OF FOREIGN-LOOKING SCHOOL CHILDREN IN FRONT OF LAGOON ON NATIONS WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON STATUE AND TRYLON & PERISPHERE VISIBLE IN BKGD
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| 02:22:31 1625.47 |
PEOPLE WRAPPED IN PLASTIC TO SHIELD FROM RAIN AT THE FAIR
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| 02:22:45 1639.47 |
MAN PUSHES COUPLE COVERED IN PLASTIC IN TOURING CHAIR PAST "LITTLE MIRACLE TOWN" BUILDING
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| 02:23:03 1657.47 |
VARIOUS OVERPASSES & ELEVATED WALKWAYS AT FAIR
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| 02:23:44 1698.47 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS COLORFUL FLOWER GARDEN DISPLAYS
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| 02:24:05 1719.47 |
PEOPLE WALKING DOWN RAMP AT TRYLON & PERISPHERE
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| 02:25:20 1794.47 |
PAN UP TO "FOUNTAIN OF THE ATOM" BY WAYLANDE GREGORY
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| 02:27:05 1899.47 |
IRENE CASTLE DAY HELD IN THE COURT OF PEACE
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| 02:27:08 1902.47 |
NEWSREEL FILM CAMERAS ON TRIPODS ON TOP OF CARS
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| 02:27:13 1907.47 |
COUPLES IN INDENTICAL OUTFITS WALTZING AROUND OUTDOOR DANCE FLOOR
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| 02:27:15 1909.47 |
WOMEN COUPLES DRESSED AS MEN & WOMEN IN COLORFUL COSTUMES OF MID 19TH CENTURY DANCING VARIOUS DANCES
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| 02:29:19 2033.47 |
SEVERAL COUPLES OF WOMEN POSE FOR PHOTOGRAPHER SHOWING OFF COSTUMES
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| 02:29:54 2068.47 |
IRENE CASTLE DEMONSTRATES ELEGANT BALLROOM DANCING. TURKEY TROT
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| 02:30:25 2099.47 |
IRENE CASTLE RECEIVES LARGE BOUQUET OF FLOWERS FROM BOY SCOUT.
BOWS WITH PARTNER |
| 02:30:51 2125.47 |
SCOTTISH FEMALE MARCHING BAND FROM CANADA OF BAGPIPES & DRUMS
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| 02:31:11 2145.47 |
GROUP OF PAINTERS IN WHITE OVERALLS WATCHING
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| 02:31:15 2149.47 |
NEWSREEL CAMERAMEN ON TOP OF CARS FILMING PERFORMANCE
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| 02:33:04 2258.47 |
MONTAGE OF PEOPLE DRESSED IN COSTUMES FROM THE MANY COUNTRIES REPRESENTED AT THE FAIR & VARIOUS HISTORICAL PRODUCTIONS
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| 02:33:14 2268.47 |
MAN DRESSED IN COLONIAL SOLDIER OUTFIT WALKS PAST COURT OF FLAME RESTAURANT & BAR
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| 02:33:18 2272.47 |
SANTA CLAUS WAVES TO CAMERA
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| 02:33:39 2293.47 |
WOMAN IN TRADITIONAL OUTFIT AT CZECHOSLOVAKIA PAVILLION
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| 02:34:09 2323.47 |
TRIO OF SAILORS IN WHITE UNIFORMS FROM EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY
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| 02:34:20 2334.47 |
IMPORTANT DIPLOMATS IN TURBANS DRIVE PAST IN OPEN CARS WITH MOTORCYCLE ESCORTS
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| 02:34:28 2342.47 |
WOMEN SHOOTING BOWS & ARROWS AT ARCHERY RANGE
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| 02:34:42 2356.47 |
DETROIT TIGERS BASEBALL SCHOOL SIGN
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| 02:34:48 2362.47 |
CROWD OF PEOPLE STANDING AROUND TO WATCH DEMONSTRATION
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| 02:34:59 2373.47 |
BASEBALL PLAYERS ON STAGE SPEAKING INCLUDE: MANAGER DEL BAKER, 2ND BASEMAN CHARLES GEHRINGER, PITCHER BUCK NEWSOM
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| 02:35:29 2403.47 |
OUTDOOR AUDIENCE SITS IN WOODEN FOLDING CHAIRS DURING BASEBALL DEMONSTRATION
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| 02:36:11 2445.47 |
TRIO OF COMIC VAUDEVILLE MUSICIANS PLAY TINY INSTRUMENTS AT OUTDOOR STAND.
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| 02:37:11 2505.47 |
TWO MEN IN WHITE UNIFORMS (JANITORS?) STANDING WATCHING
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| 02:37:15 2509.47 |
SMALL MERCHANT STAND SELLING WALKING CANES
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| 02:37:21 2515.47 |
FOOD STANDS, REFRESHMENTS
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| 02:37:27 2521.47 |
SOUVENIRS STANDS
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| 02:37:37 2531.47 |
CARNIVAL-STYLE "GUESS YOUR AGE" STAND
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| 02:37:46 2540.47 |
ARIZONA DAY CELEBRATIONS: WESTERN COWBOY BAND PERFORMS
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| 02:37:52 2546.47 |
WOMEN IN COWBOY OUTFITS POSE IN FRONT OF INDEPENDENCE HALL AT PENNSYLVANIA EXHIBIT
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| 02:37:55 2549.47 |
PHOTOGRAPHER LAYING ON GROUND WITH CAMERA TAKING PICTURE
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| 02:38:01 2555.47 |
PRETTY MODELS IN SATIN COWBOY SHIRTS
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| 02:38:31 2585.47 |
TWO LITTLE BOYS IN FANCY COWBOY OUTFITS PERFORMING LASSO ROPE TRICKS. LARIAT TRICKS
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| 02:39:05 2619.47 |
OUTDOOR CROWD STANDING TO WATCH
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| 02:39:13 2627.47 |
COWBOY JUMPING THROUGH SPINNING LASSO
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| 02:39:22 2636.47 |
MONTAGE OF PEOPLE EATING AT FAIR: MAN EATING SANDWICH & DRINKING FROM COKE BOTTLE
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| 02:39:39 2653.47 |
YOUNG BLACK BOYS SITTING ON BENCH EATING APPLES
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| 02:39:52 2666.47 |
SCHOOL KIDS EATING SANDWICHES & DRINKING BOTTLES OF COCA-COLA
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| 02:40:11 2685.47 |
BLACK SCHOOL GIRLS IN WHITE DRESSES AT COKE FOOD STAND & EATING LUNCH ON PARK BENCHES
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| 02:41:55 2789.47 |
FAIR WORKERS IN UNIFORM SITTING ON BENCH DURING LUNCH BREAK
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| 02:42:01 2795.47 |
BLACK WOMEN SITTING ON BENCH EATING
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| 02:42:11 2805.47 |
LOTS OF PEOPLE AT SNACK BAR FOOD STAND
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| 02:42:17 2811.47 |
PEOPLE EATING AT TABLES IN OUTDOOR AREA
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| 02:43:33 2887.47 |
SCHLITZ BEER GARDEN
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| 02:43:50 2904.47 |
EXTERIOR OTHER RESTAURANTS & SNACK BARS
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| 02:44:05 2919.47 |
BUDWEISER RESTAURANT
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| 02:44:19 2933.47 |
BASTILLE DAY CEREMONIES: MILITARY MARCHING BANDS FORMING IN FRONT UNITED STATES FEDERAL BUILDING
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| 02:45:16 2990.47 |
HASKELL'S INDIAN GUARD OF HONO AWAIT FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON HORSEBACK
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| 02:45:54 3028.47 |
OFFICIALS INCLUDING FRENCH AMBASSADOR GET INTO OPEN TOURING CAR IN FRONT OF U.S PAVILION
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| 02:46:38 3072.47 |
FRENCH AMBASSADOR INSPECTS TROOPS
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| 02:48:20 3174.47 |
FRENCH SAILORS MILITARY PROCESSION
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| 02:49:42 3256.47 |
U.S REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNOR LEHMAN
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| 02:49:49 3263.47 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS MILITARY MARCHING BANDS & TROOPS
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| 02:50:35 3309.47 |
PEOPLE IN NATIVE FRENCH COSTUMES LISTENING TO SPEECHES
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| 02:51:21 3355.47 |
ROYAL WELCOME AS ROYAL FAMILY VISITS WORLD'S FAIR
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| 02:51:23 3357.47 |
CROWDS GATHER BY GIANT PHOTO BANNERS OF ENGLAND'S KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH
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| 02:51:38 3372.47 |
MOTORCADE WITH POLICE IN MOTORCYCLE SIDECARS
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| 02:51:47 3381.47 |
MARCHING BRITISH BEEFEATERS & BOBBIES
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| 02:51:52 3386.47 |
ROYAL GUARD ON HORSEBACK
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| 02:52:03 3397.47 |
ROYAL MORTORCADE ARRIVES WITH KING GEORGE & QUEEN IN OPEN CAR
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| 02:52:38 3432.47 |
HUGE CROWD GATHERED AWAITING KING & QUEEN
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| 02:52:59 3453.47 |
KING & QUEEN WALK UP TO STAGE, WAVE FROM BALCONY OF U.S. PAVILION
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| 02:53:11 3465.47 |
HUGE CROWD OF BOY SCOUTS WAVING THEIR HATS
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| 02:53:27 3481.47 |
KING & QUEEN FOLLOWED BY HUGE CROWD OF DIGNITARIES AS THEY COME OUT NEW ZEALAND PAVILION IN HALL OF NATIONS
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| 02:54:09 3523.47 |
KING & QUEEN RECEIVING LINE SHAKING PEOPLE'S HANDS
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| 02:54:13 3527.47 |
HUGE MOTORCADE DRIVES THROUGH CROWD AS KING & QUEEN LEAVE
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| 02:54:32 3546.47 |
COLORFUL FOUNTAIN & FIREWORKS DISPLAY AT NIGHT
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