(1/6) RARE 1964 NBC COLOR TV SPECIAL - "A World's Fair Diary" with Edwin Newman

[bc9021010001]

Sonorous, pompous, arrogant Edwin Newman. ZZZzzz...

[pnull]

I remember the TV commercial for the fair. The song went "part of the fun of the world's fair is the subway special that takes you there."

[MrReilly067]

I think my own family who are originally from the New York area may have been at the 1964 World's Fair.

[Webzlinger]

"Cluster's Last Stand" LOL, classic humor, god, how I miss this golden age. Too bad I wasn't alive back then, hell, my mom was 9 at the time.

[pictureisup1]

the music makes me want to put my head through a wall

[s0caltrukker]

@2:49 Is that Shemp Howard?

[rjmdrum]

Thanks for posting..fascinating to see this kind of preservation at all. 

[dagwort]

I was 4 or 5 when we visited. My dad bought me one of those bouncing-balloon thingys seen at :39. Who knows, maybe even from that same girl.

[pictureisup1]

@dagwort isn't that a bug out? I think he did.

[dagwort]

@pictureisup1

whut?

[pictureisup1]

@dagwort what saying is it is possible that girl on video sold your farther the balloon he bought for you.

[irish89055]

hmmmm, a puff piece, in the age of the now all but extinct network documentary, when there was a network news dept worthy of the name.. Edwin.. talk about a dry delivery..strictly speaking of course.

[musicom67]

@irish89055 Are you insinuating he copped a couple of belts at the Schaefer Pavilion before he did this doc? ;-)

[irish89055]

@musicom67 well, Schaefer is the one beer to have when you're having more than one ;-).........Music, thanks for posting.. I've love the stuff like this one can find on Youtube. I remember the NY World's Fair license plate and Small World exhibit... NCR had an exhibit at the 39 fair too...

[ellray2]

Spectacular videos. Thanks so much for making this available!

[MLMusicBox]

Very enjoyable. I'm guessing this was part of NBC's 'The Humble Report' series of specials, some others of which Newman hosted. I have a videotape of the very first one...'The Orient Express' which aired in January 1964, including all commercials/bumpers (all for Humble Oil). My father worked for NBC at the time and served as Unit Manager for many of the shows of that series, including 'The Orient Express' (but not this one about 'The World's Fair.')

[musicom67]

@MLMusicBox Upload it!

[mrzeegrr]

RIP the World's Fair. I've seen 2.

[nicolaj0154]

hey, dont mind ill try my luck in color correct this first part?, if its going to be a succes ill post a respond, soon as i can when its done, ill take my time to do it in,

[tfsony]

Wow I have seen so much on the fair and necer saw this. This is so great! Thank you for posting this, it really give a real impression of how it must have been.

Is this available fr purchase anywhere i would love to have a copy.

Thanks Again!

[HughStVic]

Bob6stringer, strange, but that's goddam exACTLY what I'd wished to express, replete with the minor key.

[Bob6stringer]

Rest in Peace, Edwin Harold Newman (January 25, 1919 – August 13, 2010). This piece isn't much more than fluff, a video version of LIFE magazine in its heyday. But I miss even special-interest feature journalism from seasoned pros like Edwin. The rise of digital media has put news organizations on life support; it'll take years for newsies to reemerge with decent in-house staffs in the post-digital age. I long for a new heyday for newsers.

[us71]

RIP Edwin Newman 1919-2010. We'll never see the likes of him again. :(

[fromthesidelines]

"'KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATER' will not be presented this evening, in order that we may bring you the following special program...".

[troysvisualarts]

I believe this film can easily be colour graded with a Da Vinci colour correction system to bring out it's original rich colourful look. it be worth even trying to colour grade it in a video editing program. Anyways thanks for sharing this footage, rarities like this is gold!!!

[musicom67]

@troysvisualarts - I must agree! Unfortunately, I only have the stock Avid Color Correction in my Avid at work here at CNBC, and I just couldn't be bothered spending the time to tweak this... but yes, how wonderful it would look without this painfully faded "Eastmancolorish" print.... ohhhhh so green!

[altfactor]

Edwin Newman was well-known for his way with words and later wrote several best-selling books about words and language.

[PeerlessPaavo]

Quality's hardly "crappy." Slight fading with age. Doesn't nothing to lessen the enjoyment. Thanks for sharing.

[musicom67]

Should have been more specific... 'crappy color'.... ;-) Agree that the program content speaks for itself! - thx!

[saphopoem]

Thank you for posting i enjoyed it very much

[musicom67]

1:08 sums it all up.