To everyone who enjoys the 1939 New York World's Fair - from our home to yours ...
Thank you for visiting,
Paul
The 29th World's Fair Auction is open for bidding. The bidding will close on Tuesday, January 10th at 10PM EST.
To view Fair items from 1853 to 1992 visit www.worldsfairauction.com 
For items from the 1939 NY Fair click here
View the Perisphere Ponderings index.
"While most fairgoers enjoyed a hot dog and a Coke, more adventuresome foodees, often with deep pockets, could explore the world's cuisine in the international pavilions."
Read: Foreign Food
More accessible today, France provided most Americans their first taste of their noted cuisine at "The World of Tomorrow."
By far the most popular eating establishments in "The World of Tomorrow" were the lowly hot dog stands. Here is there story.
Read: Hot Dogs
Visit the Gift Shop to purchase items from the 1939 NY World's Fair.
Money raised from the sale of items goes towards maintaining this website.
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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 first of the seventeen, Reel 1 - Part 1.
This first installment starts off with the following sentiment:
Around the corner form a $24 island is a meadow that cost $155,000,000. Flags and banners are its symbols, plaster and cement its breast and backbone. It teems with showmanship but shows surprising beauty. It shouts Tomorrow while it echoes Yesterday. Its splendors are unending, its treasures many. Its a show of shows, where some with blue blood and millions with red blood, gasp and gape. It is called the New York World's Fair.
Philip A. Medicus
The silent film has a run-time of approximately of 21:19 minutes
Below the movie is a list of the attractions and their approximate time location.
| Time | Subject; | |
|---|---|---|
| 0:08 0:47 1:01 1:13 1:32 1:38 1:48 1:56 2:09 2:56 3:07 3:17 3:26 3:36 3:55 4:24 4:37 5:01 5:11 5:42 5:54 7:36 7:52 8:16 8:22 8:33 9:45 10:11 10:29 10:48 11:03 11:18 11:27 11:39 13:47 |
Intro Text by Philip Medicus Tractless Train Overview - approaching the Fair Crossing Fountain Lake Text Heineken's on the Zuider Zee Merrie England Laughland Text Palace of Magic New York Post Walk on Air - foot massage Hollywood Doubles Baby Incubators Statue: Wings Zoological Wonders Time & Space Street Cop Clown Enchanted Forest Tiny Dancer + text Glass Blowers of the World Little Miracle Town "Morris Guests Midgets" Macy's Toyland Hobby Lobby Children's World Carousel Monkey & Organ Grinder Swan Boat Ride Ferris Wheel Cars Ride Merry Go-Round Eskimo Village Playground Arizona Cliff Dwellers Hot Mikado Aquacade |