New York World's Fair and Maine, 1940--Unobskey family--home movies. Reel 5

Date1940

Abstract1940 home movie reel from the Unobskey family, including a trip to the New York World's Fair and a girl's birthday party in Maine.

Viewing NotesNew York World's Fair footage, Theme Center, Transportation Zone, Communications and Business Zone: Man, woman and boy in front of Bowling Green fountain. Walkway with flags and parked buses. The Star Pylon (by Francis Keally and Leonard Dean) in the background. Boy standing in front of Court of Communications pylons with American Telephone and Telegraph Company Building in the background. People on walkways with flowers and trees in the background. Family near New York City Building. Business Systems and Insurance Building, courtyard, and sculpture. General Motors Building. Long line of people waiting to get into Futurama attraction. Men in uniform (security?) walking by. Railroad building. Man walking out of General Motors Building. Crowds on walkway with B.F Goodrich Company Building tower in the background. Two men and boy pose in front of a fountain. (2:20:35). Men and boy in front of Ford Motor Company building. NHF Cataloger's notes, 3/97: (2:13:58). Younger version of boy seen at military in front of building. The Howard. LS mountains and lake or pond. People walking on dirt paths. Women in dresses, men in jackets, parking lot in mountains. Boy with dog next to train engine. Train car says Mt. Washington. Conductor at train tracks. Boy with dog in front on Mount Washington Club. Two women in dresses and boy in trunks. Another man in trunks. Older woman posing with young boy. Curly haired little girl walks towards camera, smiling and laughing. LS of girl wearing suspender shorts. Woman cross frame in bathing suits and caps. Man with arm around woman. (2:18:42). (2:21:40). Two couples and boy coming out of apartment building, kisses and hugs good-bye. (2:22:33). Boy on pony. Film is damaged. 23:24 MS boy on horse. Dirty film. Damaged. Boy and young man in front of cars. Line of children walks toward camera. MS pan of group of kids with two women. Girl on pony being led by woman. Girl riding alone with cowboy hat and handkerchief. Takes off hat. Pan of kids again. Birthday party. Little girl mugs for the camera. (26:17). Kid with newspaper hat. Boy on pony. Girl in curls and boy on pony being led. Little girl laughing. (27:54). Same little girl and boy and man in sleigh pulled by horse. Little girl on horse used for pulling sleigh. (28:56). Two girls. Sisters with big mixed breed dog. Boy on pony with dog walking alongside. Girl on pony with [?]. LS boy on pony trotting. Older girl on pony then younger girl. (30:35). Older man and woman on sidewalk in front of house. Little boy in suit walking toward camera.

Donor-supplied Notes1939-1940. Return trip from the World's Fair. Sukie, Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Bill. Birthday party 1940.