Newsreel footage of the San Francisco World’s Fair held during 1939-1940 including: pioneers with oxcart, sailing ship and train; different parlours, parks, fountains, entertainment parlours, crowds. Staged spectacle on the settling of the West. Replica of an old mission, Japanese architecture, the Australia building, Chinese college and a replica of a Chinese walled city. Aerial shots of 400 acres of the fair grounds.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
309346
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Fairs
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → San Francisco (Calif.)
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - United States
Crafts & Visual Arts → Exhibitions
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
History → United States - History - 1933-1945
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)