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Construction Of New York World's Fair
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keywords: new york state, new york world's fair, space age unisphere, construction shea stadium
Synopsis: Construction in earnest of the 1964 New York World's Fair with a space-age theme of the Unisphere and construction of Shea Stadium...(read more)
- Date: 1963
- Duration: 00:01:28
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Construction Of New York World's Fair
Low aerial view of the construction of the World's fair rising from the meadows in Flushing, NY, 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. Special trains will unload at the main entrance and an elaborate network of roads promises no traffic jams.
Shows Shea Stadium under construction. Shows construction of the unisphere at the 1964 World Fair site, commissioned to celebrate the beginning of the space age.
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- Newsreels: 1963 - June 27
