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CU OFFICIAL FLAG OF 1939 WORLD FAIR WITH ITS TRYLON
& PERISPHERE WAVING IN WIND. |
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1939 WORLD'S FAIR ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. CU "NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR" WRITTEN ON ROOF OF BUILDING.
FIGURE OF BARE-CHESTED WOMAN WITH ARMS OUTSTRETCHED OVER HEAD HOLDING ROBE ON FACADE OF BUILDING, "MITHRANA" RELIEF BY ALBERT STEWART. |
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U.S. FLAG ON FLAGPOLE. TILT DOWN GROVER WHALEN &
ANOTHER MAN CHATTING & SHAKES HANDS |
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WHALEN (WORLD'S FAIR OFFICAL) WALKS TO OPEN LIMO BEARING FLAGS OF U.S. & WORLD'S FAIR ON FENDERS.
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00:01:29 77.93 |
CU GROVER WHALEN SEATED IN CONVERTIBLE AUTO
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VISITORS WALK ON PROMENADE LINED WITH FLAGS. NEEDLE POINT PYLON IN BKGD.
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00:02:11 119.93 |
CATHOLIC NUN SITS & RESTS ALONG RAILING OF PROMENADE.
ELEVATED NYC SUBWAY TRAIN PASSES IN BKGD |
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LINE OF VISITORS BUYING TICKETS AT TICKET BOOTH.
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00:02:28 136.93 |
PEOPLE WALKING INTO WORLD'S FAIR ENTRANCE. MONTAGE WALKING FEET AS VISITORS GOING TO VARIOUS EVENTS &
SITES. |
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VISITORS WALKING ON RAMPS. WOMAN STOPS TO TAKE PHOTO.
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WORLD'S FAIR NEEDLE & SPHERE LANDMARK. VISITORS WALKING ALONG PROMENADE IN FRGD.
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ABOVE VIEW FAIR GROUNDS WITH TRAMS & VISITORS WALKING ABOUT AS SEEN FROM PERISPHERE. PAN VARIOUS PAVILIONS & HUGE SUNDIAL IN CENTER.
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00:04:04 232.93 |
VIEW ALONG CONSTITUTION MALL INCLUDE VARIETY OF STATUES AROUND POOL WITH GOOD VIEW TRYLON &
PERISPHERE IN BKGD. VISITORS PASSING IN FRGD. |
00:04:17 245.93 |
VARIOUS VIEWS OF GIANT STATUE OF BARE CHESTED WOMAN WITH TRYLON & SPHERE IN BKGD
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00:04:43 271.93 |
VARIOUS VIEWS GEORGE WASHINGTON STATUE OVERLOOKING POOL, TRYLON & PERISPHERE (HELICLINE)
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00:04:56 284.93 |
MONTAGE GEORGE WASHINGTON STATUE & THE FOUR FREEDOMS STATUES AROUND LAGOON OF NATIONS. FOUNTAINS IN POOL IN FRGD.
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00:05:21 309.93 |
VIEW OF GEORGE WASHINGTON WITH "TIME & FATE OF MAN"
SUNDIAL STATUE IN FRGD |
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CU VIEWS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON STATUE
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00:05:55 343.93 |
VIEWS OF SUNDIAL & THE FOUR FREEDOMS STATUES IN FOUNTAIN POOL (LAGOON OF NATIONS?). MIST RISES FROM POOL
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00:06:25 373.93 |
VARIOUS VIEWS VISITORS WALKING ON RAMPS TO ENTER HUGE PYLON & CONNECTING RAMP TO PERISPHERE. ASTRONOMER STATUE IN FRGD
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00:07:45 453.93 |
CROWD LINE UP TO BOARD TRAM.
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00:07:59 467.93 |
TWO UNIFORMED MEN SEEN PUSH VISITORS AROUND IN YELLOW PEDESTRIAN CARTS.
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00:08:08 476.93 |
STATUES OF GROTESQUE FIGURES ON EXTERIOR OF MEDICINE & PUBLIC HEALTH BUILDING
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00:08:34 502.93 |
PLAZA OF LIGHT. LARGE CIRCULAR POOL IN PLAZA SURROUNDED BY PAVILION BUILDINGS FRONTED BY SPECTACULAR FOUNTAINS. TOURISTS BEING MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE IN COMFORTABLE STROLLERS.
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00:08:47 515.93 |
CON EDISON CITY OF LIGHTS PAVILION WITH FOUNTAINS OF WATER SPRAYING UP
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00:09:19 547.93 |
PEOPLE ENTERING "THE CITY OF LIGHT" ENTRANCE.
"PRESENTED BY CONSOLIDATED EDISON" (WRITTEN ABOVE ENTRANCE) |
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INSIDE CON EDISON PAVILION, THE WORLD'S LARGEST DIORAMA OF NEW YORK CITY
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00:10:06 594.93 |
PEOPLE LEAVING ELECTRIC UTILITIES BUILDING THROUGH ART DECO COVERED ENTRANCE WITH CASCADING WATERFALL.
"FOWARD MARCH OF AMERICA" |
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CU FLOWING WATERFALL FROM TOP OF BUILDING
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00:11:30 678.93 |
VIEW THROUGH CIRCULAR PORTAL WINDOWS. WATER FLOWS PAST WINDOWS.
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00:11:47 695.93 |
VIEW FROM INSIDE GENERAL ELECTRIC BUILDING. SPIKEY SCULPTURE IN DISTANCE.
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00:11:53 701.93 |
CU SPIKEY SCULPTURE IN FOUNTAIN IN FRONT OF GENERAL ELECTRIC BUILDING WITH SILVER U.S. STEEL PAVILION VISIBLE
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U.S. STEEL & GE BUILDINGS
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CROWDS OF PEOPLE ENTERING GENERAL ELECTRIC PAVILION
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00:12:19 727.93 |
INSIDE STEINETZ HALL. 10 MILLION VOLT, MULTI-COLORED TESLA COIL 30-FOOT ELECTRIC ARC AT GE MAN-MADE LIGHTENING SHOE
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00:13:14 782.93 |
GIANT POWER SWITCHES ON EXTERIOR WALL OF GENERAL ELECTRIC PAVILLION BUILDING. TILT UP TO "GE" LOGO ON WALL
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00:13:30 798.93 |
DUPONT'S BUILDING PAVILLION. TILT UP TOWERING GIRDER
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00:13:48 816.93 |
"BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LIVING" WRITTEN ABOVE ENTRANCE OF DUPONT PAVILION
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WESTINGHOUSE PAVILION
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00:14:17 845.93 |
CU "HALL OF ELECTRIC LIVING" AT WESTINGHOUSE AS SEEN FROM
OUTSIDE |
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INTERIOR "HALL OF ELECTRIC LIVING" WITH HUGE PENDULUM SWINGING BACK & FORTH. WALL MURAL DISPLAY DEPICTS WHAT LIFE-HOUSEWORK WAS LIKE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY AS OPPOSED TO TODAY WITH "ELECTRICAL FREEDOM"
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CU MANNEQUINN WOMAN WITH SPIKEY HEADGEAR & CLEAR HOOPED SKIRT
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00:14:50 878.93 |
TOURISTS PERUSE NEW KITCHEN DISPLAYS. "PLANNED ELECTRIC KITCHEN FOR THE HOME". KITCHEN OF TOMORROW.
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00:14:58 886.93 |
CU VIEW OF "MODERN" KITCHEN
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00:15:10 898.93 |
MAIN HALL OF WESTINGHOUSE. TWO HUGE GEARS IN MOTION, TILT UP TO MODERNISTIC FACTORY & CRANE DISPLAY TO SHOW ELECTRICITY IN INDUSTRY.
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00:15:21 909.93 |
ELECTRIC STAIRS FOR CARRYING 4000 PEOPLE PER HOUR.
ESCALATOR DISPLAY |
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MAN WITH MICTOPHONE DIRECTS ELECTRO ("MOTO-MAN"), A HUGE METAL ROBOT WHICH WALKS FORWARD.
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00:15:43 931.93 |
ROBOT FACING FOWARD WITH FLASHING LIGHT IN BELLY
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00:15:54 942.93 |
CU ROBOT TURNS HEAD & TALKS.
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00:16:05 953.93 |
PEOPLE LOOKING AT DISPLAY OF OBJECTS TO BE PUT INTO TIME CAPSULE.
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00:16:31 979.93 |
TOURIST GO THROUGH TURNSTILE & LOOK DOWN INTO TIME CAPSULE HOLE.
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00:16:40 988.93 |
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BUILDING WITH LARGE RADIO TOWER & U.S. STEEL BUILDING IN FRGD
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00:16:49 997.93 |
PAN UP METAL RADIO TOWER
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00:17:10 1018.93 |
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE PAVILION
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00:17:20 1028.93 |
DOMED ELGIN WATCH ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY. BUS PASSES
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00:17:33 1041.93 |
HUGE NUDE MAN STATUE IN FRONT OF IGLOO-SHAPED CARRIER AIR-CONDITIONING PAVILLION.
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00:17:52 1060.93 |
INSIDE CARRIER BUILDING. HUGE REVOLVING GLOBE AMONG LARGE WHITE METAL MACHINES
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00:18:05 1073.93 |
VIEW OF U.S. STEEL BUILDING AS SEEM FROM INSIDE CARRIER
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00:18:17 1085.93 |
ALONG THE AVENUE OF LABOR: HALL OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE (INDUSTRY & SCIENCE), CHEMICALS & PLASTICS
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00:18:31 1099.93 |
BAKELITE PLASTICS DISPLAY
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00:18:42 1110.93 |
EXTERIOR OF "MAN" PAVILLION. MEN'S APPAREL
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00:18:52 1120.93 |
CU MURALS DEPICT THE MAKING OF MEN'S CLOTHES FROM BLACK MEN CARRYING BAILS OF COTTON TO MEN AT LEISURE AND SPORTS.
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00:19:25 1153.93 |
EXTERIOR EASTMAN-KODAK PAVILLION
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00:19:37 1165.93 |
ROATING KODAK DISPLAY WITH PICTURES OF PERFECT FAMILIES
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00:19:55 1183.93 |
TOURISTS TAKE PICTURES IN PHOTO GARDEN POSING BY BACKDROP WITH MINIATURE TRYLON & PERISPHERE & OTHER NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR THEMES. PHOTO OP
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00:20:33 1221.93 |
LS SHOT OF FLAG LINED LANE LEADING TO SCHAEFER CENTER IN FOOD ZONE OF FAIR
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00:20:43 1231.93 |
CU "SCHAEFER CENTER" WRITTEN ABOVE ENTRANCE PAVILLION.
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00:21:01 1249.93 |
"SCHAEFER'S PAVEMENT OF FAME" SHOWS VARIETY OF FOOT & HAND PRINTS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE ALA GRUMAN'S CHINESE THEATRE
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00:21:03 1251.93 |
CU PRINT OF BABE RUTH 5-1-39
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00:21:09 1257.93 |
CU PRINT OF EDDIE RICKENBACKER
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00:21:14 1262.93 |
CU PRINT OF LOWELL THOMAS & ANOTHER
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00:21:22 1270.93 |
CU PRINT OF BILL ROBINSON
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00:21:26 1274.93 |
CU PRINT OF LEW LEHR & ANOTHER UNDISTINGUISHIBLE.
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00:21:34 1282.93 |
"SWIFT'S PREMIMUM BACON" WRITTEN ON SWIFT PAVILLION.
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00:21:37 1285.93 |
FEMALE WORKERS SEEN MAKING FRANKFURTERS & PUTTING HOT DOGS INTO BOXES.
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00:22:09 1317.93 |
CROWD OUTSIDE LOOKING IN WATCHING
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00:22:18 1326.93 |
GIRLS AT WORK ON ASSEMBLY LINE PACKING BACON. TILT UP TO CROWD WATCHING THROUGH WINDOW.
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00:22:44 1352.93 |
EXTERIOR SWIFT BUILDING WITH HELMET-LIKE DOMED ROOF
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00:22:53 1361.93 |
MURAL OF ANIMALS PLAYING INSTRUMENTS & "COME ON IN"
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00:23:01 1369.93 |
TRIO OF COWBOY SINGERS OUTSIDE SWIFT BUILDING
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00:23:51 1419.93 |
CONTINENTAL BAKERY-WONDER BREAD PAVILLION. MOVING DISPLAY OF CARTOON CHARACTER WONDER BAKERS
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00:24:13 1441.93 |
CU SIGN FOR WONDER BAKERY WHEAT FIELD, THE FIRST IN NEW YORK CITY SINCE 1875.
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00:24:25 1453.93 |
PAN WHEAT FIELD WITH PILES OF HAY & FEMALE SCARECROW
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00:24:36 1464.93 |
CU SIGN BY SCARECROW: "PENEPOLE SHOO", SCARECROW OF TOMORROW
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00:24:44 1472.93 |
PAN TO HALF-NAKED SEXY MANNEQUIN FEMALE SCARECROW
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00:24:55 1483.93 |
EXTERIOR OF CORNING GLASS WORKS
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00:25:05 1493.93 |
ENTRANCE TO GLASS PAVILLION
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00:25:25 1513.93 |
VIEW OF MAN WITH CAMERA REFLECTED IN HUGE DISTORTED FUNHOUSE MIRROR
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00:25:44 1532.93 |
GLASS CRAFTSMAN AT WORK ON MACHINE
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00:25:52 1540.93 |
VARIOUS ITEMS MADE OF GLASS ON WALL DISPLAY
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00:26:05 1553.93 |
VARIOUS VIEWS FIGURES INSIDE LARGE GLASS BUBBLES
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00:26:26 1574.93 |
HUGE CROWD OF PEOPLE WATCH GLASS BLOWING DEMONSTRATION
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00:28:12 1680.93 |
LOOKING DOWN ON CROWDS OF PEOPLE AS THEY COME & GO THROUGH ENTRANCE WAY OF BUILDING OF GLASS BUILDING
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00:28:21 1689.93 |
VIEW OF OUTSIDE AS SEEN THROUGH LARGE GLASS WINDOW
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00:28:28 1696.93 |
GLASS BLOWING DEMONSTRATION CONTINUES AS MEN MAKE &
COMPLETE GLASS VASE |
00:30:17 1805.93 |
CURVED WALL OF RAINBOW COLORS WITH TRYLON & PERISPHERE VISIBLE RIGHT BEHIND
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00:30:33 1821.93 |
PAVILLION
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00:30:41 1829.93 |
"SWEDEN SPEAKS" WRITTEN ON WALL OF PAVILLION.
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00:30:45 1833.93 |
CU COAT OF ARMS
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00:30:54 1842.93 |
EXTERIOR OF SWEDEN PAVILLION "THREE CROWNS" RESTAURANT
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00:31:18 1866.93 |
WOMEN & CHILDREN WALK THROUGH GARDEN PATIO
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00:31:29 1877.93 |
VIEWS OF STATUE & GARDENS OF RESTAURANT
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00:31:44 1892.93 |
EXTERIOR "SWEDISH ARTS AND CRAFTS" BUILDING
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00:31:55 1903.93 |
CU WINDOW DISPLAY VARIETY GLASS WARE.
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00:32:12 1920.93 |
PAVILION
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00:32:21 1929.93 |
PEOPLE WALK THROUGH GARDEN RESTAURANT ARCHWAY OF TURKISH PAVILLION
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00:32:30 1938.93 |
BORDEN'S "DAIRY WORLD OF TOMORROW" PAVILLION.
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00:32:33 1941.93 |
INTERIOR OF TWO ROWS OF COWS IN BARN
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00:32:45 1953.93 |
PEOPLE WATCHING THROUGH WINDOW
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00:32:52 1960.93 |
FRONT VIEW DAIRY COWS IN STOCKS CHEWING THEIR CUD DURING "ACTUAL OPERATION OF GETTING CLEAN MILK FROM CLEAN COWS"
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00:33:23 1991.93 |
COW & CALF IN PEN IN VIEW
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00:33:43 2011.93 |
SIGN EXPLAINING EXERCISE OF PRIZE BULLS & SHOWTIMES
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00:33:52 2020.93 |
TWO WORKERS WALK BEAUTIFUL LONGHORN BULL AROUND AREA
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00:34:23 2051.93 |
HEINZ PAVILLION WITH GIANT "57", PAN UP TO DOME
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00:34:34 2062.93 |
EXTERIOR KRAFT FOODS PAVILLION.
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00:34:45 2073.93 |
ENTRANCE TO "DISTILLERS" BUILDING WITH LARGE CORN MURAL
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00:34:51 2079.93 |
FOUNTAINS INSIDE DISTILLED SPIRITS PAVILLION
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00:34:59 2087.93 |
OLD ALCOHOL DISTILLERY MACHINE ON DISPLAY
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00:35:06 2094.93 |
OUTSIDE ENTRANCE WAY TO PAVILLION WITH ROTATING SHELVES INSIDE. PEOPLE COMING & GOING
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00:35:23 2111.93 |
"CHASE & SANBORN'S" MARIONETTE SHOW. CLOSED CURTAIN
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00:35:26 2114.93 |
CROWD OF BLACK WHITE CHILDREN SEATED IN AUDIENCE OF OPEN AIR THEATRE.
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00:35:34 2122.93 |
CURTAIN OPENS FOR MARIONETTE SHOW. PUPPETS PERFORM ON STAGE.
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00:36:06 2154.93 |
CHORUS LINE OF DANCING MARIONETTES.
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00:36:10 2158.93 |
VENTROLIQUIST AND DUMMY MARIONETTES, PUPPETS OF EDGAR BERGEN & CHARLIE MCCARTHY
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00:36:16 2164.93 |
AUDIENCE OF ADULTS SMILING & SHADING THEIR EYES
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00:36:40 2188.93 |
PUPPETS INCLUDE CIRCUS WITH TRAPEZE ACT & LION TAMER.
GIRL IN MOON & TANDEM BICYCLE |
00:37:31 2239.93 |
COURT OF STATES ENTRANCE WAY
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00:37:46 2254.93 |
PENNSYLVANIA BUILDING AT NORTH END. EXACT REPLICA OF INDEPENDENCE HALL IN PHILADELPHIA
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00:37:55 2263.93 |
CU LARGE GLOBE SCULPTURE AT SOUTH END
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00:38:18 2286.93 |
INDEPENDENCE HALL AT END OF THE LAGOON OF STATES. STATE FLAGS LINE FOUNTAIN POOL
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00:38:29 2297.93 |
CU SIGN: "REPLICA - OLD BARRACKS. TRENTON, NEW JERSEY"
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00:38:36 2304.93 |
PAN NEW JERSEY PAVILLION BARRACKS BUILDING REPLICA
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00:38:49 2317.93 |
PAN UP TOWER OF PENNSYLVANIA INDEPENDENCE HALL BUILDING
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00:39:21 2349.93 |
UNKNOWN STATE PAVILLION BUILDING (TEXAS?)
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00:39:23 2351.93 |
EXTERIOR MISSOURI BUILDING. REPLICA OF ROLL COUNTY COURT HOUSE
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00:39:25 2353.93 |
EXTERIOR WASHINGTON STATE BUILDING
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00:39:41 2369.93 |
NEW ENGLAND DISPLAY WITH CLIPPER SHIP DOCKED IN WHARF
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00:40:04 2392.93 |
CU FIGUREHEAD OF WOMAN ON BOW.
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00:40:16 2404.93 |
PAN SHIP FROM BOW TO STERN. TILT UP TO MASTS AND RIGGING.
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00:40:39 2427.93 |
TOURISTS TOUR DECK OF CLIPPER SHIP.
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00:40:49 2437.93 |
VIEW OF DOCKSIDE AS SEEN FROM SHIP
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00:40:57 2445.93 |
OLD ROW BOAT IN WATER. TILT UP TO RECREATIONS OF MAINE LOBSTER DOCK AND BOAT HOUSE.
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00:41:22 2470.93 |
TILT DOWN FROM SPANISH BELL TOWER TO ENTRANCE TO FLORIDA STATE BUILDING,
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00:41:42 2490.93 |
TILT DOWN FROM TOWER TO FOUNTAIN
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00:42:00 2508.93 |
FLORIDA ORANGE TREES
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00:42:12 2520.93 |
MAN & WOMAN EATING ICE CREAM CONES IN FLORIDA GARDEN.
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00:42:34 2542.93 |
"UNITED STATES ARMY" SIGN ON TOP OF BUILDING
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00:42:41 2549.93 |
"UNITED STATES NAVY" SIGN
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00:42:48 2556.93 |
NAVY & ARMY SERVICEMEN PLAYING GAME OF VOLLEYBALL.
PARACHUTE JUMP (ALA CONEY ISLAND) IN DISTANT BKDG. |
00:43:00 2568.93 |
TWO LANES OF TENTED ROOF BARRACKS.
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00:43:09 2577.93 |
U.S. PAVILLION FEDERAL BUILDING AT SUNSET. NAVY PARADE IN FRONT WITH MARCHING BAND.
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00:44:34 2662.93 |
CU SIGN FOR THE FIRESTONE SINGING COLOR FOUNTAINS
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00:44:48 2676.93 |
NIGHTIME SCENE OF COLORFUL FOUNTAINS. LOOK LIKE NORTHERN LIGHTS.
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00:45:36 2724.93 |
NEON SIGN: "THE CITY OF LIGHT. PRESENDTED BY CONSOLIDATION EDISON".
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00:45:43 2731.93 |
GENERAL ELECTRIC PAVILLION AT NIGHT
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00:45:55 2743.93 |
PAVILLION WATERFALL LIT UP IN GREEN COLOR.
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00:46:06 2754.93 |
COLORFUL FOUNTAIN IN PLAZA OF LIGHT AT NIGHT. UNITED STATES STEEL & GE BUILDINGS VISIBLE
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00:46:52 2800.93 |
SWINGING PENDULUM & OTHER DISPLAYS VISIBLE IN WESTINGHOUSE BUILDING AT NIGHT.
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00:47:19 2827.93 |
COLORFUL MODERN TOWER STRUCTURE CHANGES COLOR
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00:47:48 2856.93 |
"BETTER LIVING" ON BULDING EXTERIOR AT NIGHT
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00:48:00 2868.93 |
GRAND DISPLAY OF COLORFUL FOUNTAINS AT NIGHT. HUGE SPRAY OF WATER SHOOTS UP FROM CENTER OF FOUNTAIN. INDLUDES FIREWORKS
DISPLAY. |
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