1939 NY World's Fair - Transportation Area

Color footage from the 1939 NY World's Fair

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Travel & Events

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• 1939
• New_York
• World's_Fair
• JDProductions2

[johnofct51]

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

[JDProductions2]

Pat Friday, singing with The Glenn Miller Orchestra

[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.

[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.

[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!

[nonturbo93]

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

Ty

[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.

[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!

[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.

[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.

[Shoknifeman]

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

[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

[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.

[johnofct51]

thanx much jd... jdr...