| It's Fair Weather: Throngs Greet 2nd Year Of Exposition | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1735 |
| Catalog #: | 493557 | |
| Clip Number: | 493557-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 038-033-04 | |
| Timecode: | 00:03:53 - 00:06:13 | |
| Location: | New York, NY | |
| Year Shot: | 1965 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Misc. EXHIBITIONS: World's Fairs LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York PERSONALITIES: Humphrey, Hubert TRANSPORTATION/MASS TRANSIT: Monorail | |
| Description: | The New York World's fair opens for its second and final season on the optimistic note that it will do better than last year when it ran up a deficit of $17.5 million. Despite the fact that the admission charge has gone up to $2.50 officials expect to attract more than the 27 million who attended the fair last season. The New York World's Fair with throngs enjoying the day. Crowd walking towards the camera. The World Fair's Monorail and people walking below it. Vice President Hubert Humphrey waling around the World Fair surround by Secret Service men and his personal entourage. Vice President Humphrey shaking hands with the public. POV - From the cable cars. CU A girl sitting in a cable car looking down at the Fair grounds. MS Cable cars. A bronze bust of Simon Bolivar, he was a leader of several independence movements throughout South America. A tractor train loaded with people. The Belgium Village. People sitting on a carnival ride. Little children sliding down a slide. People sitting on the curb of the reflecting pond. Two little boys in a stroller. World's Sphere by day and World Sphere (unisphere) by night. | |
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