Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair Part III (1939)

★★★★★ · Facials! And DANCING CATS!! · Spuzz · 2005-11-27

This reel has lots, and not so much.. Lets begin! We start again at the coke display, where supposedly, thereÃÂs bottling going on at nighttime. IÃÂd be suspicious of that claim. Poor guy has to look through a magnifying glass constantly looking for imperfections in bottles.. From there, we go to yes, a BAKERY! We get to see some baker roll out something, put them onto trays,. And take stuff out of the oven! WOO! We then see a curious barber shop using dummies. Not too sure what the whole point of that was.. The film then states, ÃÂUse a Ronson Lighter and this will happen to youÃÂ and then…

★★★★★ · Shot list · Ukamikanasi · 2003-07-02

Coca-Cola exhibit. "Ladies see how a man bakes." - Continental Baking. "Ye Olde Barber Shoppe and the chordee." - barbershop diorama. "Use a Ronson lighter and this will happen to you." - laughing mechanical man. "Color, water and flame Symphony "The Story of Three Flowers." - fountain show. "Mardi Gras Week closed the 1939 Season of the Fair." - Mardi Gras parade with marching bands, cartoon ballons, and hobo clowns. "The belly button girls fight Septembers blasts." "Jane Withers, Hollywood Star, arrives for the ceremonies." "Entertainers many." - dancers, musicians, costumed characters. "At…

★★★★★ · Captured moments of time · ERD. · 2006-12-20

A beautiful,well preserved film showing the last week of the 1939 World's Fair held in Flushing Queens,NY. The color was excellent. I enjoyed seeing film actress Jane Withers(13 years old at the time). It was almost like going back in time.

★★★★ · Jane Withers on down the line. · tribtower · 2013-05-22

Ms. Withers was a pretty sucessful actress and made the transition to adult character parts later. She was probably best known for her role as JOSEPHINE THE PLUMBER in the long running TV ads in the 70's and 80's. She also acted in the James Dean Elizabeth Taylor film GIANT. The last shot of face on the Perisphere is that of aprojected JACK O'LANTERN since I belive that 1st season closed on OCT. 30, 1939. I've seen B&W photographs of this so-Iknow it's so.