https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/630c6fc6-faae-4ae0-b703-893e24a3fea1 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This 1932 black-and-white home movie shows the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as well as scenes from the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. The film begins with a title card at 0:11, then a view of the Jonathon Hulton Bridge (0:21). Built in 1908, the truss bridge crosses the Allegheny River and connects Oakmont with Harmarville. Coca-Cola and Chrysler plants (0:32). Karpen Furniture Exhibit (0:41). The Stevens Hotel (0:50). Title card: “’Century of Progress’ Chicago Illinois July 2 to 7 1933” (1:50). Adler Planetarium (2:00). Title card: “The Avenue of Flags” (2:10). Hall of Science (2:24); Sky Ride Tower (2:35); Time Magazine cover with President Franklin D. Roosevelt (3:05); Fortune Magazine cover (3:09).Title cards: “Along the Midway” (3:18); “Birds’ Eye View of Worlds’ Fair from Sky Ride” (3:34); the Italian Pavilion roof is visible. The World’s Fair, also known as A Century of Progress International Exposition, was held in Chicago in 1933-1934. Sky Ride cable cars named after Amos ’n’ Andy characters, including Madame Queen, Henry Van Porter, and Kingfish (4:06). The Federal and States Building (4:31). Havoline ThermometerTower, the world’s tallest thermometer at the time (6:12); title card: “A Pre-Historic Monster” (6:29) shows a mechanical “prehistoric gorilla” at the entrance to “The World a Million Years Ago” exhibit; the movie King Kong was released the same year in 1933. An airship flies behind the Havoline Tower (7:19). Dancers at the Belgian Village (7:27); visitors watch a man feeding doves. A Belgian Village plaque, noting that it was erected by Geom Potie and Architect Alfons De Rydt, among others. A Manneken Pis statue replica (8:54). A woman dressed as a milkmaid in front of a Belgian Milk Cart (9:08). Dancers in front of the Restaurant Leopold in the Belgian Village (9:28). Blurry Chicago skyline (10:20). Field Museum and Shedd Aquarium (10:35). A closeup of a sea turtle and other animals at the aquarium (11:23). The Nash Tower (11:46). A peacock and peahen (12:00); a railroad exhibit with Illinois Central Railroad trains (12:16). General Motors building (12:21); signs for Chevrolet Oldsmobile and Buick. Chrysler Motors Building (12:29). Title card: “Maya Temple” (12:41); teepees (12:56). The film ends with a quick pass by of various houses. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_JthOdUC8I Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:19:49 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/630c6fc6-faae-4ae0-b703-893e24a3fea1 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.