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Perisphere Ponderings
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Opening Day
By 1939, the American public needed a respite. Although the GNP and unemployment figures improved slightly, every region of the nation still reeled from the ten-year Great Depression. Throughout the spring, Adolf Hitler's increasingly belligerent protestations, abetted by Mussolini's pompous posturing, and Japan's aggression against China threatened to embroil Europe and Asia in yet another worldwide conflict. With a sense of relief, the country seized on the New York World's Fair's April 30th opening as a much - needed antidote to its world- weariness.
Read: Opening Day 
Westinghouse Electric
The Hall of Electrical Power and the Hall of Electrical Living composed the two glass-fronted rooms of the omega-shaped pavilion.
Read: Westinghouse
Closing Day
The European conflict certainly put a damper on the final days of "The World of Tomorrow." Still uncertain which nations would exhibit in the Government Zone in 1940, The New York Times' editors expressed their belief the larger nations' pavilions would prevail, but, were concerned about those of the smaller nations.
Read: Closing Day
Trylon Tidbits
Small pieces of news and interesting information compiled by David J. Cope.
New Tidbits for April
New on the Web
Links to movies can now be found in one location an this site.
World's Fair Movies 1
- 1939 Fair Newsreel
- All's Fair at the Fair
- Battle of the Century
- GM - To New Horizons
- History of Coca Cola
- Leave it to Roll-Oh
- Mickey's Surprise Party
- Mickey & Judy at the Fair
- The Middleton's at the Fair
Philip A. Medicus' home movies. Currently four of the 17 films are available.
Philip A. Medicus films
Reel 2 - Part 1
Philip Medicus filmed the Fair in color on Kodachrome. These films can be found on YouTube and on the Internet Archives. There are a total of 17 of the Medicus films which I will add to both my YouTube channel and here on the World's Fair Website.
Presented here is the fourth of the seventeen, Reel 2 - Part 1.
The silent film has a run-time of approximately of 19:00 minutes
Below the movie is a list of the attractions and their approximate time location.
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Intro Tru Blue Inn Bendix Lama Temple Dali "Dream of Paris" Strange as it seems Seminole Village Olgla the headless Girl Frozen Alive Admiral Byrd's Penguin Island Dugongs - Jungleland Rides and Stuff Amusement Zone Car Ride Kids Ride Laffland Rides and Stuff Savoy The Drinking Crowd Famous Chicken Inn NTG Fair Visitors NTG - Congress of Beauty NTG - Sunworshippes |
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