| NY Fair Rises: Work Speeded On '64 Spectacle | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1712 |
| Catalog #: | 362207 | |
| Clip Number: | 362207-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 036-053-03 | |
| Timecode: | 00:28:54 - 00:30:22 | |
| Location: | Flushing, New York | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Buildings EXHIBITIONS: World's Fairs LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York | |
| Description: | A magic city is rising from the meadows in Flushing - a fairyland that will become the New York World's Fair in 1964. The '64 Fair is on the site of the famed exposition of 1939-1940, but boasts space age improvements like a heliport. For groundlings, special trains will unload at the main entrance and an elaborate network of roads promises no traffic jams. Flushing, New York An aerial view of the New York's World's Fair. Aerial shot - The Federal Building in the process of being built. Aerial shot - New York State Building in the process of being built. Aerial shot - Heliport. Aerial shot - Elaborate roads in the process of being built. Aerial shot. The construction of Shay Stadium where the mighty Met's will play ball. Aerial shot - Towering Unisphere a symbol of the world. | |
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