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

Part 1 of 6. Originally aired Thursday night July 30, 1964 from 10-11 p.m. ET on the NBC Television Network.

Relive an inside look at the 1964/65 New York World's Fair in this NBC TV Special from 1964 "A World's Fair Diary", with Edwin Newman. See Edwin take you on a first hand tour of the inside of many attractions featured in the fair. He tends more towards the off-the-beaten-path attractions moreso than the mainstays, but he gets a great glimpse of what was a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Sorry for the crappy quality. It was obviously shot in Eastmancolor. ;(

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[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? ;-)

[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!

[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!

[PeerlessPaavo]

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

[us71]

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

[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]

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

[dagwort]

@pictureisup1

whut?

[pictureisup1]

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

[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.