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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 !
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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
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00:01:18 73 |
JAPANESE SECTION OF FAIR TRADITIONAL JAPANESE HOUSES AND DISPLAYS
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00:01:40 95 |
SALVADOR DALI SURREALISTIC SWIM SUITS AND FLOAT ODD SUREAL EXHIBIT
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00:02:20 135 |
UNDERWATER SWIM DISPLAY TOPLESS FEMALE SWIMMERS " MEN ONLY "
SECTION OF FAIR TOPLESS AQUATIC DANCE DISPLAY |
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WOMEN WEAR SURREAL SALVADORE DALI DESIGHNED SWIM SUITS SOME TOPLESS
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00:03:59 234 |
WS CARNIVAL TYPE BARKER AND SIDE SHOW EXHIBIT classic 1930S carney carny footage SIDESHOW EXHIBIT
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00:04:05 240 |
MS CARNIVAL BARKER AND PRETTY FEMALE ASSISTANTS AT "STRANGE THAN LIFE"
TYPE FORTUNE TELLER TYPE CARNIVAL DISPLAY |
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side shot SEMINOLE VILLAGE EXHIBIT PATRONS AT CARNIVAL WONDER AROUND CARNIVAL SIDESHOW AREA OF FAIR
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00:04:27 262 |
FREAK SHOW AT CARNIVAL " OLGA THE HEADLESS GIRL ' ALIVE!
CLASSIC CARNIVAL SIDESHOW FREAK SHOW |
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INTERIOR OF FREAKY " HEADLESS GIRL ' CARNIVAL EXHIBIT NURSE TENDS TO "HEADLESS GIRL"
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00:05:07 302 |
WS MAGICIAN AND PRETTY ASSISTANTS AT CARNIVAL MAGIC SHOW DISPLAY exterior " FROZEN ALIVE GIRL " large ice cube on stage
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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
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00:06:39 394 |
exterior WS ADMIRAL BYRD'S PENGUIN ISLAND attraction BUSKER WITH MICROPHONE TRIES TO GET PEOPLE INSIDE
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00:07:14 429 |
ws interior OF PENGUIN ZOO TYPE EXHIBIT PENGINS ARE FED BY KEEPER PENGUIN 'S SWIM IN ZOO
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00:09:09 544 |
CU PENGUIN
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00:09:32 567 |
DUGONGS NATIVE AFRICAN VILLAGE EXHIBIT "SAVAGES" WITH BONES IN HAIR DANCE ON STAGE racist display
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00:10:10 605 |
WITCH DOCTOR DANCES AROUND SCANTILY DRESSED NATIVE
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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
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00:11:45 700 |
MS MINIATURE CAR RIDES TWIRLING RIDES AT 1930S AMUSEMENT PARK SECTION OF NY WORLD'S FAIR BUMPER CARS
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00:12:10 725 |
WS CROWDS OF PEOPLE WALK AROUND FAIR
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00:12:28 743 |
SAVOY BALLROOM color exterior DANCE HALL
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00:12:36 751 |
SMALL BLACK JAZZ BAND ON STAGE SAVOY sign behind them BLACK COUPLE LINDY HOPS TO BAND MAN SLAPS BASS FIDDLE
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00:13:12 787 |
rare color footage of BLACK WASHBOARD BAND SLAP BASS PLAYER
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00:13:24 799 |
MS PEOPLE DRINK AT CLASSIC CONCRETE WATER FOUNTAINS AT FAIR line of people take drinks at public water fountains
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00:14:02 837 |
WS exterior FAMOUS CHICKEN INN southern fried chicken restaurant
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ms PEOPLE WALK ON MIDWAY BOARDWALK
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00:14:47 882 |
VARIOUS SHOTS OF PEOPLE AT THE FAIR FAMILIES AND COUPLE VISITORS
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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 )
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PRETTY SCANTILY DRESSED GIRLS FROLIC FOR MALE VISITORS OF THE FAIR CHEESECAKE GIRLIE EXHIBIT AT 1939 WORLD'S FAIR ( for DAD only ! )
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00:20:35 1230 |
PEOPLE WALK AROUND ON THE MIDWAY AMUSEMENT PARK SECTION OF THE FAIR BOARDWALK CARNIVAL section AMUSEMENT PARK
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00:21:29 1284 |
exterior SUN VALLEY CASTLE & VILLAGE
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00:22:40 1355 |
BIG BAND LEADER AND ICE SKATERS PUT ON SHOW COMIC BULL FIGHT ON ICE
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00:25:00 1495 |
MISC ICECAPADES AT THE FAIR SHOW ON ICE
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00:27:40 1655 |
SKATER JUMPS 9 BARRELS ON ICE BARREL JUMPER SKI JUMPERS AT THE FAIR
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00:29:40 1775 |
WS exterior CRYSTAL PALACE
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00:29:57 1792 |
CAN CAN GIRL DANCES ON STAGE CAN-CAN BURLESQUE SHOW FAN DANCER
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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
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00:32:32 1947 |
cu WOMAN LOOKS UP MONTAGE OF PEOPLE LOOOKING UP AT SKY LOOKING AT SKY LOOK UP
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00:33:02 1977 |
exterior WS VICTORIA FALLS pavillion
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00:33:50 2025 |
"NATIVE" AFRO-AMERICANS PLAY AFRICAN DRUMS
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00:34:18 2053 |
WS exterior THE " MEN ONLY ' CRYSTAL LASSIES pavillion
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00:34:45 2080 |
dark INTERIOR OF TOPLESS GIRLIE SHOW at CRYSTAL LASSIES PAVILLION
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00:35:00 2095 |
MISC TOPLESS DANCERS SPIN AROUND ON STAGE IN LONG SKIRTS dark
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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
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00:39:27 2362 |
cu BARKER ON STAGE SCANTILY CLAD COWGIRLS ON STAGE various shots of the stage show offered at this pavillion
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00:40:30 2425 |
cu MURALS AT THE CUBAN VILLA PAVILLION ATTRACTION
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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
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00:42:00 2515 |
CUBAN WASH DAY DANCE sensual cuban dance
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00:42:35 2550 |
CUBAN DANCERS DO THE CONGA IN TRADITIONAL COSTUMES CONGA LINE
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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
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00:44:10 2645 |
CUBAN CHORUS LINE DANCE AT SHOW OFFERED AT THE CUBAN VILLA 1939
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00:44:20 2655 |
ARCHERY RANGE
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00:44:35 2670 |
MS BIG BAND GLENN GRAY AND HIS CASA LOMA ORCHESTRA PERFORM ON STAGE
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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
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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
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00:47:35 2850 |
MIXED RACIAL LINDY HOPPERS LINDY DANCERS SWING DANCERS
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00:48:00 2875 |
BIG BAND LEADER GLENN GRAY SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS
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00:48:09 2884 |
MS WASHINGTON HALL exterior
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00:48:22 2897 |
MS exterior METEOR SPEEDWAY
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00:48:49 2924 |
MS CYCLONE ROLLERCOASTER people mill about in 1939 amusement park
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00:49:00 2935 |
MS exterior 30 FOOT GIANT midway attraction FREAK SHOW
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00:49:05 2940 |
MISC EXTERIORS OF ATTRACTIONS AT THE AMUSEMENT PARK MIDWAY ATTRACTIONS BOARD WALK CONEY ISLAND
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00:49:33 2968 |
SPINNING CUP ATTRACTION CU RIDERS SPIN IN CUPS
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00:49:40 2975 |
CU REAR OF CHILDREN WATCHING RIDES
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00:50:00 2995 |
MISC SHOTS OF COLORFUL AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES AND PATRONS
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00:51:07 3062 |
WS FOUNTAIN LAKE PARACHUTE JUMP RIDE IN BACKROUND BOAT RIDES AT AMUSEMENT PARK
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00:52:29 3144 |
"NIGHT AT THE AMUSEMENT PARK AREA" - VARIOUS SCENES AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES ALL LIT UP BY COLORFUL LIGHTS AT NIGHT.
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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
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00:54:47 3282 |
MS CLOWN ON STAGE, SITS ON BENCH WITH MICROPHONE IN HAND. SIGNS IN B/G "LAUGHS, LAUGHS, LAUGHS". CARNIVAL BARKER
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00:54:55 3290 |
PAN NEON SIGN, "AQUACADE".
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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.
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00:55:43 3338 |
LS SPECTACULAR COLORFUL FOUNTAIN AND FIREWORKS SHOW LIGHT UP THE NIGHT NIGHT.
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211 Third St, Greenport NY, 11944
[email protected]
631-477-9700
1-800-249-1940
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