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2) 95-40.0013 New York World's Fair, 1940--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 13
Shot in black-and-white and color, this home movie records a visit by the Dasslers during the final month of the 1940 New York World's Fair, scenes of Times Square at night, and...;In black-and-white, footage shot on a cool, wet day, beginning with crowds entering the main New York World's Fair grounds through the Amusement Zone, near the Home Furnishings ...
12) 1318.0022 New York World's Fair, Harvard-Army Game, 1939--Samuel B. Horovitz--home movies. Reel 22
Compiled home movie reel including footage of the 1939 New York World's Fair and a 1940 Harvard-Army football game.;Written on can: "Dec 1939 Party at Park Central--Evelyn arrives, 1940 Harvard Army game/Adler-Bottome party, Diamond Horseshoe, Fair--NY boats--Maury, Sonje Henie--poor, 1939 Xm...;Title: "Natural Color Photography by Samuel B. Horovitz" Reel opens with a series of brief close-up shots of men and women in attendance at a party, some in formal attire. A sh...
4) 1318.0091 Friends and New York World's Fair, 1939-1940--Samuel B. Horovitz--home movies. Reel 91
Compiled home movie reel includes footage of the 1939 New York World's Fair, the schooner Thomas H. Lawrence in Ipswich, MA, and the aftermath of a snowstorm in Newton, MA.;Written on can: "Black/Sharkey/World's Fair/XX/Cooper/Sunken Boat--SAXE/Snowstorm early 1940" ;From note card received with film: "Reviewed 8/23/64 1940 Friends==Black & White B+ to C Samograms (black) Sharkey (A- face, black & white) his dept girls (in Wash DC) (Signs) U...;Title: "Sam-O-Grams" Reel opens in black-and-white with a short sequence of three people shot in close-up. In color, the top of the Soviet Pavilion is seen above rooftops on ap...
10) 1454.0005 New York World's Fair and Maine, 1940--Unobskey family--home movies. Reel 5
1940 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.;New 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...;1939-1940. Return trip from the World's Fair. Sukie, Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Bill. Birthday party 1940.
14) 2596.0002 [Fivaz -- home movies]. New York World's Fair, 1940, Reel 2
New York World's Fair Footage
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