0638 HM Medicus collection New York Worlds Fair 1939 40 Reel 4 17 00 37 00

0638 HM Medicus collection New York Worlds Fair 1939 40 Reel 4 17 00 37 00

Rejissyor: Medicus, Phillip. 06:00:39:28 - 06:51:56:07 color silent 1939 World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films. Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome. Food, Home Furnishing, Communications, Religious, Jewel and nearby Section. (reel 5) 06:00:39:28 - 06:02:07:10 color silent 1939 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." 06:02:07:11 - 06:02:47:04 color silent 1939 EXT: Home Furnishings building. Statue of woman and child. Mural in Furnishings entrance - horses, chariots, mythological characters. 06:02:47:05 - 06:03:28:24 color silent 1939 Gas Industries building. VS fuel, energy buildings. 06:03:28:25 - 06:05:22:04 color silent 1939 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 06:05:22:05 - 06:07:11:15 color silent 1939 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. 06:07:11:16 - 06:08:34:02 color silent 1939 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. 06:08:34:03 - 06:11:02:04 color silent 1939 EXT YMCA building. Christian Science building. Temple of Religion. Religion building beside Trylon and Perisphere. People walking by temple columns. VS Painted Christ

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