1939 NY World's Fair - Transportation Area

[paulb6364]

I have never seen videos of the NY Worlds Fair. My Mom went when she was 10 years old. These are really great. Thansk for sharing.

[RickC50]

The vocalist is not Pat Friday but Paula Kelly. The recording is not the Glenn Miller soundtrack version from "Sun Valley Serenade" (which was sung by Pat Friday) but the commercial Bluebird recording by Glenn Miller.

[johnofct51]

thanx much jd... jdr...

[johnofct51]

hello jd... who is the woman singing here?

[JDProductions2]

Pat Friday, singing with The Glenn Miller Orchestra

[Shoknifeman]

Sadly the art deco style soon faded after the war to be replaced by chromed "jet tube" styled autos and big ugly square stell and glass skyscrapers! (The part about major highways avoiding inner city "slums" mentioned in the Fururama vids DID come true...to no ones credit)

[Shoknifeman]

Steel, even :p

[scotpens]

Actually, some of the early postwar "glass box" skyscrapers, like New York's Seagram Building and Lever House, were quite striking in their clean-lined simplicity. But the style became debased and overused. By the 1970s, every big city in the world was full of those damn glass boxes. BORING.

[Shoknifeman]

I guess its a matter of taste but, I've never cared much for "modern" design, after Art-Deco...My dream would be a big Victorian house with a round tower and wraparound porch with Art-Deco antiques inside :D

[Shoknifeman]

loved the tune! :)  (m heavily into big band!)

[originalfunkyfry]

Hey, thanks for posting this, some excellent footage. I'm also a big fan of World's Fairs, particularly this 39 NY and the 1893 Columbian. This is some good clean footage. I'll have to look through your other stuff -- do you have any good footage from the 33 Chicago, or 39 SF?

[JDProductions2]

Thanks, glad you liked it! I think I have some B&W footage from '33 and Treasure Island. Will dig them out soon.

[Shoknifeman]

I hope you have the debut of the Airflow in there ...or at least the Pierce Silver Arrow show car

[OlegKostoglatov]

@Shoknifeman The Pierce Arrow Silver Arrow debut in 1933, the company was gone by 1935, the Airflow debut in 1934 and was gone by 1937.

[Shoknifeman]

@OlegKostoglatov Yeah, I must have been half asleep when I typed that.... for some reason I was thinking of the 1933 Chicago fair @_@ !!! One cool thing They had at the 39 fair (Besides a talking robot), was a plexiglass 1939 Pontiac that let you see the innards of a completely drivable car!

[MajorSecord]

more delightful period pieces....where do you find these great quality color films?

[JDProductions2]

Theses were sifted out of 10 reels of Kodachrome shot by an amateur.

[cyclonesupercell]

back to the future

[x2fusion009]

Just imagine the though liveing in a time without a iphone that would suck

[JDProductions2]

How Much things cost in 1939

Average Cost of new house $3,800.00

Average wages per year $1,730.00

Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents

Average Cost for house rent $28.00 per month

A loaf of Bread 8 cents

A LB of Hamburger Meat 14 cents

Average Price for new car $700.00

An IPhone... priceless

[nonturbo93]

I just discovered your clips today. What and amazing quality collection. I live for this kind of thing. Thank you for sharing.

Ty

[JDProductions2]

I've got some more at my LiveVideo site under

"JDProductions"

[oldbigshoe]

I don't know where you find all these gems, how you publish them so marvelously well and why you take the time, but I hope you know they are greatly appreciated!

[JDProductions2]

I'm a Fair collector, especially the NY fairs. The world was so naive and hopeful just before WW2, and the architecture was fabulous. Glad you enjoy them, too.

[AlexDeLarge90]

yes that has been the case throughout the history of the past 140 years

with all the invention in the late 19'th century most people believed the 20'th century would be so technically advanced and civilized wars would be impossible...