The New York world's fair of 1939-1940. View of Manhattan, George Washington bridge. Aerial views of buildings and other skyscrapers of New York City. People gather on the fairgrounds. People outside various buildings. Exhibitions, bands, dances, statues and flags at the fair grounds. Statue of George Washington. The United States Government building and different state buildings in view. Woman and two girls seated on a bench as they eat ice-cream cones.
Officials and visitors seen in audience, during meeting of United Nations Security Council, at Lake Success, New York (During timeframe that large UN General Assembly had been meeting at Flushing Meadows, New York.) Camera men record event from booth above meeting hall. Close up view of camera man operating motion picture camera in recording booth. Andrei Gromyko of the Soviet Union sits next to Polish delegate, Ludwik Rajchman. Press photographers take pictures of people in the audience, including two fashionable women in 1940s fashions including fur coats. Joao Carlos Muniz, of Brazil, is seen with bandages on his face. He chats with Australian delegate, Herbert Vere Evatt. USA delegate, Edward Stettinius is seen, next to Sir Alexander Cadogan of the United Kingdom.
Visitors gather at the Ford Motor Company exhibit in the 1939 New York World's Fair. They gather in front of an exhibit contrasting hand manufacture with modern machines used in production and assembly lines. Visitors entering the Ford theater at the Fair. They watch a live stage production entitled: "A Thousand Times Neigh,"starring the American Ballet Caravan and "Dobbin," the dancing horse. View of the stage show in progress. A woman fashionably dressed crosses the stage and is next seen posing beside a stylish prototype Ford automobile. Views of a Ford motion picture entitled: "Symphony in F," that animates elements of auto production in an entertaining way. Visitors climbing stairs from the Industrial Hall, to the Garden Court. Ford cars are seen driving along overhead roadways. The visitors line up to ride those cars in an exhibit called "The Road of Tomorrow." Several people getting into a car at the exhibit. Cars driving around and through the building. In one scene, the symbols of the Fair, the "Trylon and Perisphere" are seen in the background. View of the Landscape Garden Court, where visitors walk among trees and fountains. "The New World Ensemble," conducted by Ferde Grofe, plays music in a small semi-outdoor enclave.
The Adirondacks Mountains in New York. A view of the mountains from U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge's vacation house. The mountains in the background and a lake in the foreground. Trees in the mountainous area. The lake and trees in the background. A boat in the lake. A ship underway in the lake. An officer on the deck of the ship.
Representatives of different nations at Plenary Session of United Nations General Assembly in Lake Success, New York, United States. John Foster Dulles, United States representative, addresses the representatives of member nations. Flags of various nations in the background. Room is crowded with observers and staff members. Events photographed and recorded from booth at back of room.
The New York world's fair of 1939 - 1940. People gather on the fairgrounds. Streamline train on display. People watching the railroad train. AT&T building, United States Steel building, Westinghouse, Goodrich, Chrysler, General Motors and Ford buildings in view. Entrance to Ford building. Statue of Mercury. Interiors of the entrance hall. People watch various displays. A couple looks at Ford, Lincoln, and Lincoln Zephyr cars outside the building. They look at Henry Ford's first gasoline-powered engine on display. Crowd look at a huge mobile mural by Henry Billings. They move through hall as they look at exhibits. They watch the main exhibit-'Ford Cycle of Production'. The steps involved in the production process of Ford being displayed at the fair
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