https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/993b3858-3245-43f5-8f9e-1498ab55cff0 Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This silent color home movie footage depicts the New York World’s Fair of 1939 in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens (which ran until fall of 1940), as well as surrounding Manhattan and Atlantic City landmarks (TRT 13:17). A Douglas DC-3 propeller-driven airliner taxiing on a runway. It features Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 engines, and is marked for American Airlines’ “Flagship” fleet. A marshaller directs it (0:08). Two women in stylish coats and hats pose on the passenger plane’s ladder while boarding (0:21). Aerial photography from the jet shows rural landscapes, highways, rivers, factories (0:32). The art deco Chrysler Building. The blimps pass the Empire State Building in silhouette (1:07). An unseen plane’s contrail makes a circular arc behind the Chrysler Building (1:25). The site of the 1939 World’s Fair as seen from an airplane on an airport runway. The Manhattan skyline. The World’s Fair grounds seen from the sky. The Trylon and Perisphere are visible at a distance (1:36). Fountains and sculpture at the fair’s Constitution Mall, with a statue of George Washington in the center. Pedestrians walk past a large, rectangular building (possibly a theater) decorated with a colorful mural (1:56). A long corridor of pavilion exhibits flanked by international flags. A statue: “The Astronomer” by Carl Willes, located near the Helicine. The silver dome of the US Steel Building, seen from the Avenue of Labor. Curved architecture and a distant Ford Pavillion (2:09). Another corridor of international flags and passing pedestrians. The Consumers Building (2:44). A Greyhound tram and smiling driver. A sign: “Greyhound Thu The New York World’s Fair” (2:56). Underexposed footage of the Trylon and Perisphere designed by Wallace Harrison and J. Andrew Fouilhoux (3:02). Italy’s stepped fountain and statue, “Italia.” Royal Canadian Mounted Police on parade and riding on horseback through equestrian drill formations (3:16). Japan’s exhibit pavilion. The ship “Yankee,” part of the New England exhibit (4:26). The tourist woman from the plane poses under the ship, “Rigged with Plymouth rope” A pond leading up to a domed building with doric columns. Orrefors Crystal Fountain and Chester Beach’s “Riders of the Elements” fountain (4:54). Black and white footage of The Ford Exposition Building and a sculpture of a marathon runner (5:21). The General Motors Exposition Building. A steam locomotive engine (5:31). Footage from a moving vehicle. A sign for “Hopi Snake Dancers” (5:46). Fountains. Acrobatic divers flip off high diving boards and splash into a pool. An acrobatic performance under spotlights. Acrobats pedal a cycle across a tightrope (6:16). A slapstick pantomime performance. A staged “cowboy” equestrian show. Early automobiles (7:13). Aerial footage of an island. A portrait of a woman in a plane’s cabin (8:12). Color footage resumes. Early automobiles on an open highway (8:36). Our star women pose in front of a sign for “The Gay Nineties Inn,” in Brewster, New York. The Croton River and Croton Dam. Bridges and railroads (8:44). Docked riverboats (9:29). Bear Mountain Bridge and the Bear Mountain Inn. A sign for Palisades Interstate Park. A woman reclines in a lounge chair, taking in the sun (9:40). Landscaping and a fountain. Horses on a beach. Picking flowers. Atlantic City. Riding a wicker pushcart rickshaw near Haddon Hall Hotel resort (10:00). An empty marquee for Hamid’s Million Dollar Pier (10:58). The two women pose near the Atlantic City Boardwalk. Lounging at the Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel. Other imposing hotel resorts (11:17). Steel Pier, “Show Palace of the Nation” advertises appearances by conductor Leopold Stokowski, Guy Lombardo, and Jimmy Dorsey (11:38). A serene lake. West Point Military Academy (11:49). A billboard for Graymoor “Mount of Atonement,” A Franciscan monastery. Catholic monks wearing habits pose near a statue and mission, “Home of the Ave Maria Hour” (12:13). Three men walk down a road into the distance (12:49). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." 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. 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