[Home Movies: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 3)

05:00:45:21 - 06:02:24:00 color silent 1939-40 World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films. Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome. Foreign Section and Transportation Area. Historical pageant on history of railroads, transportation. 05:00:45:21 - 05:04:27:29 color silent 1939-40 Title: Foreign Section and Transportation Area. VS International pavilions in daytime. Flags waving outside buildings - The Congo, Belgium. Lagoon of Nations. People walking past fountains. VS fountains and Trylon & Perisphere in BG. International flags along lagoon. British pavilion. Buildings for Iceland, the Netherlands. VS Greece pavilion - murals, Greek writing. Honduras flag. Roman statue of man missing arm. 05:04:28:00 - 05:06:55:20 color silent 1939-40 Excellent VS USSR building. VS statue of the Russian worker (called "Big Joe" by Fairgoers) holding star atop red marble pylon base. Good shot of statue of Soviet workers bearing flag w/ Russian flag waving in BG. Visitors walking & posing for photos in courtyard of USSR building. VS Russian mural of happy Soviet citizens w/ sardonic caption - "Everybody smiles in Russia as you can see from the picture." Model of proposed Moscow monument, visitors walking past. Soviet produced automobile on display. Soviet Arctic pavilion. WS airplane mounted outside. 05:06:55:21 - 05:08:02:09 color silent 1939-40 Czechoslovakian pavilion. Woman in traditional Czech costume walks past sign, noting pavilion "unfinished" and maintained by the Republic's friends in the US. (Germany had occupied the country). Shot through parabolic mirror inside Czech pavilion. Visitors in silhouette looking at stained glass window with illustrations of Czech progress. CU panels of stained glass. 05:08:02:10 - 05:09:04:11 color silent 1939-40 Japanese pavilion. Sign for building hours. WS schoolchildren gathered outside building - Shinto temple. WS pavilion TU statue of figure on roof. Japanese garden with pond, footbridge. 05:09:04:12 - 05:09:57:04 color silent 1939-40 VS international pavilions. Ireland pavilion w/ female statue. Norway - two flags waving. Waitresses serving food at outdoor tables. Canada. Argentina. 05:09:57:05 - 05:10:38:29 color silent 1939-40 VS Pan American Union. International flags in front of building. Republic of Cuba building. 05:10:39:00 - 05:12:26:29 color silent 1939-40 WS Federal Building, Lagoon of Nations. VS outside facade with US flags. Reception room where King & Queen of England were received. Busts of American presidents on display - Lincoln, Washington. View from reception room window of Trylon and Perisphere in misty light. 05:12:27:00 - 05:13:44:14 color silent 1939-40 Boy Scouts - "guests of the Fair." Scout troops in uniform standing in rows outside pavilion. TD sign for Boy Scout Service Camp with hours for visitors. Scouts walking below. Teepees and flags with scouting insignia. Model bridges made by Scouts. 05:13:44:15 - 05:16:28:14 color silent 1939-40 People walking in plaza past facade of building with statues below flags. TD Peruvian flag to Peru building. Mayan style relief panel on building. Switzerland pavilion with shield & white cross national insignia. Swiss Gardens. VS people eating at tables w/ awnings, surrounded by foliage. Musicians - violin player and accordionist performing. VS Netherlands pavilion. Poland pavilion with tower. Large Polish restaurant. 05:16:28:15 - 05:18:21:16 color silent 1939-40 Venezuela pavilion. VS empty restaurant tables and gardens. CU sign listing Venezuelan products - oil, pearls, fruit, cocoa, coffee. VS Venezuelan mahogany sculptures. Photos of landscapes on display beside regional sculptures from those areas on podiums. Wrapped box of chocolates made from cocoa. Coffee harvesting display. 05:18:21:17 - 05:19:41:12 color silent 1939-40 Portugal pavilion. VS statues, artwork, religious sculptures. Replica of Dighton rock where Miguel Corte Real landed in Taunton River, MA one century before Pilgrim colonization. 05:19:41:13 - 05:22:39:14 color silent 1939-40 League of Nations. TU visitors entering pavilion to flags in rotunda on roof. Chile building w/ flag waving. Mural with panels of country. View from Chilean building. Automobile on display outdoors. Sign: "Three Chileans drove this car from Calera, Chile to the NY World's Fair, 12,000 miles in eight months." Italy pavilion. WS tower and flowing water. Statue and plaque at Marconi memorial. VS water flowing in fountains. PAN stone relief carvings on wall. 05:22:39:15 - 05:23:33:07 color silent 1939-40 Brazil. United States of Brazil building. VS lily pads and tropical flowers on pond. View from Brazil building of other national buildings. 05:23:33:08 - 05:25:38:04 color silent 1939-40 CU Australia map, Great Britain pavilions. VS British pavilion - golden lion statues on steps. Plaque honoring British Empire. Waving British Union Jack flags. Painting of British royal scene - King George, Queen Elizabeth. Coldstream guards brass band performing. 05:25:38:05 - 05:29:40:14 color silent 1939-40 CU French flag waving. VS French pavilion. Pedestrians walking in front. View of Lagoon of Nations, pedestrians from inside. Statues in silhouette by windows. Dim French artwork. Caption: "French surrealism in furs." VS male figurine mounted on horseback wearing fur stole. Female figurines. Stained glass religious profile. Busts of female heads on display, lit from below. VS Decorative display windows of French perfume bottles. 05:29:40:15 - 05:31:56:24 color silent 1939-40 Caption: "A day in the transportation area." Visitors passing through turnstiles. WS people walking in plaza with company flags, Ford Building in BG. VS EXT Chrysler Building. Tram running on roadway. Aviation building. People posing by airplane mounted outdoors. WS people walking on path to Maritime Building - unique design w/ entrance flanked by ship bows. 05:31:56:25 - 05:33:49:26 color silent 1939-40 TU Firestone building. Farm and painted backdrop w/ sign on barn: "Firestone put the farm on rubber." Tractors, farm equipment. VS birds, livestock, sheep walking next to silo filler vehicle. Goat lying by tractor tire. Ducks in pond. Farmer opening gate, entering barn. Cow and chickens. 05:33:49:27 - 05:35:01:19 color silent 1939-40 Ford building. PAN past cars driving on elevated concourse ("Road of Tomorrow") to Trylon and Perisphere. CU metal art deco Ford Mercury figurehead on front of building (like large hood ornament w/ winged helmet)TD from Ford, Mercury flags to cars driving on Road of Tomorrow. signal light 05:35:01:20 - 05:37:16:27 color silent 1939-40 Ferde Grofe conducting New World Ensemble. Audience watching. VS Farmer driving tractor, tilling soil w/ Trylon & Perisphere in BG. Good HA group of well-dressed schoolchildren walking and carrying books. 05:37:16:28 - 05:40:47:14 color silent 1939-40 Caption: "The Highspot of the Fair: The Futurama." VS PAN over Futurama model diorama of American landscape connected by super highways, etc. Mountain ranges, lakes, modern cities. 05:40:47:15 - 05:44:11:01 color silent 1939-40 General Motors building EXT. Train, ship, railroad photos. VS "Jimmie Lynch" racecars racing on track past clown stuntman, tilting over ramp. Driver stepping out of car, waving towel to crowd. Clown riding on front of car, waving hat to crowd. 05:44:11:02 - 05:47:34:27 color silent 1939-40 VS Railroad Building (biggest at Fair) surrounded by flags, people. Industry statue. CU sign for "The Locomotive of Tomorrow." Streamlined locomotive on display outdoors. Wheels turning in place on track. People walk between freight trains, box cars. Lehigh Valley, etc. People boarding Coronation Scot train. Pullman sign, train on display. Sign for the "famous Nova Scotia Bridal Coach," claiming that any woman who sits in the coach for five minutes without speaking will be wed within year. Male barker with cane luring people toward coach. Woman ringing bell. 05:47:34:28 - 05:56:02:06 color silent 1939-40 VS outdoor musical performance on history of transportation, railroads. Actors in Roman centurion costumes marching. Pioneers walking behind oxen driven wagon. Early steam engine. Horsedrawn carriage carrying people in 19th century costume. Marching bands, processions. Reenactment of 1830 unveiling of first American steam locomotive to operate on commercial railroad - "Tom Thumb" on Baltimore & Ohio RR. Actor playing inventor Peter Cooper speaks to crowd, then starts engine. Early train pulling carriages with passengers. Hudson River RR train moving as female dancers in patriotic flag dresses perform in FG. Reenactment of Abraham & Mary Lincoln boarding railroad. Line of Black men, women and children (as freed slaves) walking. Union soldiers on horseback (Civil War era) carrying US flags. Ceremony with two steam engines separating. Couples dancing. Recreation of modern Grand Central-like terminal w/ bustling passengers, clock & information desk. Marching band. Pullman train w/ cross-sections removed & passengers visible. Singing porters, railroad workers swinging hammers in unison. Conductors in uniform, women in bonnets and dresses. Female dancers in strange art deco hats ushering in locomotive of tomorrow. 05:56:02:07 - 06:02:24:00 color silent 1939-40 Budd Exhibit. Water fountain metal sculpture. VS fireworks & Calder fountains on display at night.