movies_creation

American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)

Title
[Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 6) (Part I)
Year
1939
Abstract
Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in beautiful Kodachrome
Notes
Produced: Medicus (P.)
Sponsor: N/A
Run Time: 20:54
Audio/Visual: Si, C
Keyword
World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40;Amateur films;Amateur films
Theme
Flags, statues, murals, and people
Review
"This reel is not exhibits or buildings but some of the contributing interests grouped together. These consist of the Fair's Statues, Murals, flags and flowers and, more interesting to some, its human side; how the visitors eat, act, take pictures, parade and even sleep. At the end, the visit of the King and Queen will be shown." Cars on the highway, old liscense plates from all over the country. People walking from the subway entrance. "To cover the enourmous distances, busses were a necessity." - views of the fair through bus windows. "Parades and bands blared and strutted." - horse parade, band at the foot of the Washington statue. Electrical Workers truck, more parade and band footage. "Cameras on Parade." - people taking pictures. "Murals by great artists." - Hall of Pharmacy - Electrical Products Building - Medicine and Public Health - Hall of Communications - Academy of Sport mural and Leo Lentilli's statue 'Golden Sprays' - unknown - unknown (chemistry?) - unknown (electricity?) "The picturesque setting of the Pharmacy Mural." "Statues and sculpturing by noted workers." - Benjamin Hawkins' 'Samson and the Lion' - unknown woman riding a bull - plaque: Walt Whitman's 'Song of the Open Road' - Jo Davidson's Walt Whitman statue - Robert Foster's 'Textiles' - Gunder Sveinsson's 'First White Mother In America' - unknown mermaid fountain statue - statue at France Overseas Pavilion - unknown horse fountain statue - Malvina Hoffman's 'Dances of the Races' - more statuary in Perylon Court - unknown statue of two figures with wings - replica of 'Hermes and the Infant Dionysos' by Praxiteles - statuary at the Soviet Pavilion - unknown woman riding a bull again - unknown relief - unknown figure on an arc - John Gregory's 'Four Victories of Peace' - unknown figure on animal - Chester Beach's 'Riders of the Elements' - "Surrealism at Bowling Green" - Waylande Gregory's 'Fountain of the Atom' "Flags and banners many." - also a streamlined 'fish-car' and the Corona Gate. "What really made the Fair, the great American public." - lots of people shots.
(Reviewer: Ukamikanasi)
Location
A/V room, 2/F