Amateur film: Wathen collection: New York World's Fair Part I (1939)

★★★★ · Take THAT Mr. Medicus! · Spuzz · 2005-12-05

While I normally dont comment on other peoples reviews, I have to warmly disagree with the other reviewer who stated to avoid this film as the Medicuss was a lot more indepth. While noone could argue with that, I actually liked this one as it gave us some more views, not exactly the same ones! Of the great fair. In this, we visit the Belgium, Romania, Italy, the World Nations, Sweden, (whoa, giant hobby horse there!), Norway, Britain, The US, Italy, (yes! More fountain shots!) Netherlands, France, Russia, Czechoslovakia, Japan, and Turkey, (great exhibit by the way). Some of these I KNOQ…

★★★ · Worlds Fairest Fountains · Karltonthedoorman · 2008-01-22

The camera operator of this film is fascinated with three things,... flags, statues, and water features. Hardly a shot goes by without at least one of them. Even when shooting the women or flowers, they are just a fore ground to one of the three. It finally gets to the point that he has shot flowers with no water for just a moment or two and he feels the need to shoot an elderly man getting a drink in the garden. Too bad he wasn't as obsessive about cleaning the lint off of his camera's lens. At the other end of the spectrum,... if you want to see the flags, statues, and fountains this is the…

★★ · POOR · www.martsander.com · 2003-07-18

Very badly filmed loose scenes. Not nearly as good as the Medicus collections's 6 hour documentary.