New York World's Fair (Part 5)

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Amateur film of the New York World's Fair (1939-40). Reel 5.

Can states: Religion, Home Furnishing, Food, Jewels, Gardens, Sculpture, Night View, Crosley, G.E. TV

LEGACY SHOT LOG: "Food, Home Furnishing, Communications, Religious, Jewel and nearby Section. EXT: Food North pavilion. Painted mural. Citrus Beech Hut. Motorized figures (people and animals) on parade. Johns Manville building. painting of man in protective suit standing in fire, captioned "Asbestos: The Magic Mineral."

EXT: Home Furnishings building. Statue of woman and child. Mural in Furnishings entrance - horses, chariots, mythological characters.

Gas Industries building. VS fuel, energy buildings.

EXT WPA building TU to mural above entrance. WPA puppeteers. VS Female puppeteer operating marionettes. CU marionette of woman kicking her legs. CU dog marionette standing up & playing. CU Black marionette dancing

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. (AT&T) entrance. Statue of figure on horseback. Bust and commemorative plaque for inventor Alexander Graham Bell. Bell system building. Artwork of telephone repairman working on telephone poles.

RCA Television and Marine Divisions. Crowds waiting outside television booth. Young woman talking to female host at microphone in front of early television camera outdoors. WS people boarding yacht on land. Excellent VS Fair visitors speaking to male host in front of General Electric television backdrop as they are filmed by TV cameras.

EXT YMCA building. Christian Science building. Temple of Religion. Religion building beside Trylon and Perisphere. People walking by temple columns. VS Painted Christian religious scenes from temple gardens. Jewish - Palestine exhibit. American and Israeli flags. Hebrew sign. People walking in courtyard. Cafe Tel Aviv.

EXT: House of Jewels. VS display booths of elegant jewelry - rubies, diamonds, emeralds, pearls, necklaces, brooches, bracelets, stickpins etc.

EXT: Crosley automobile co. building. Two women driving yellow Crosley convertible sportscar around track, talking to salesman / representative.

NY building. Art museum. Sign for 'Masterpieces of Art' exhibition of international painting. PAN over art gallery. VS Statues in city hall square, VS decorative figures on building facades. Caption: "Gardens on parade." Tent, large ornate gate for gardens. VS pictures of various plants - mountain laurel, apple blossom, California poppy, orange blossom. VS gardens, foliage. Floral designs (butterflies, animals) of tulips, marigolds etc. Gardener watering plants outside of greenhouse. Desert cacti. Reflecting pool with lily pads and flowers floating. VS Tropical water lilies, hyacinths, etc. Caption: "Gardens in Autumn." Marigold beds & heron garden ornaments. Foliage blowing in wind. Cupid-like figure in pond.

Human-made No record of this work says a model made it. What this means.

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Credit

Philip Medicus

Language

English

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