Amateur film: Chicago World's Fair (1933)

★★★★★ · Also DC · MrBadGuy · 2012-02-22

There are also Washington DC scenes in this film.

★★★★★ · Very USEFULL footage for my work · Facthunting · 2006-10-01

This film provided me with interesting historical information about the Fair and certain invaluable details that I was searching for!

★★★★ · The Trip! · Spuzz · 2005-10-30

A little while ago I saw a amateur film that was taken at the New YorkÂs exposition and I commented about how boring it was, too much attention given to minute details (eg the statues and artwork). In this film, this is much more interesting, why? It gives us a glimpse of the buildings (but only a glimpse!) to make us say, whoa! What was that?? Although this may infuriate some, this was a fun romp for me, like a mini-mini tour of the Chicago WorldÂs Fair. Like what was that building? And that building? No Time1 No Time! Gotta keep moving! This film is not JUST about the fair! NO1 They go to…

★★★ · Eerie · Wilford B. Wolf · 2005-08-17

Amateur films typically have an unusual quality about them. They never seem to linger on a single subject long enough to anything more than to register what it is you are looking at. This film is made up of four reels, each with a particular subject that illustrate this principle. The first reel covers the Chicago World's Fair. All of the shots are exteriors. Here's a Chinese gate. Here's the Hall Of Science. Here's "The Maestro," Ben Bernie on stage. Here's Byrd's ship to the South Pole. We also occasionally see the makers of this film. They obviously fairly well-off and able to afford these…