1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Overview of Chicago's skyline and Grant Park. Aerial of Lagoon with water fountain and surrounding buildings; Soldier Field in FG.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Adult Caucasian men and women waiting at the entrance of the fair; policeman standing with baton at turnstile. Two men walk up the men standing at the entrance, one man speaking to someone off camera. High angle view of long line at the fair. People walking by Administrative Building; tracking car driving away. Parade with military unit marching down Avenue of Flags.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Group of adult middle-aged men wearing suits, ties, top hats; one man doffs top hat. Calvary on parade down Avenue of Flags. Crowds walking on the Avenue of Flags; Hall of Science in BG. Men and women walking across bridge; Lagoon, Italian Pavilion, and Soldier Field in BG. Italian Pavilion.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Tilt up tower; "rocket cars" travelling along wires. Close-up of "rocket car" making a turn at the tower; adult Caucasian female watching. "Rocket car" leaving tower. "Rocket cars" coming and going from tower.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
POV from "rocket car" of Chicago Fair looking toward Sears, Roebuck Building, and Illinois Host House, travelling toward Lagoon. "Rocket car" travelling; Federal Building and Hall of States in BG.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Benedix Lama Temple; Skyride in BG. VS of temple featuring animal statues.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Federal Building and Hall of States. American flags flying from angled flagpoles. Wide view of people walking with the Hall of Science as the backdrop. People walking toward a building's entrance. Hall of Science building; people walking on terrace in FG.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
POV from across Lagoon of the Electrical Building; two adult Caucasian women walk by in FG. Morning glory fountain in the Electrical Court. VS of Owens-Illinois Glass Block Building; hollow glass blocks. Indoor exhibit featuring rotating displays holding various glassware designs; two adult Caucasian walk by.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Adult Caucasian men and women walking past Horticulture Village. Four women walking in garden. Two women, one man walking toward miniature bridge in garden. Agriculture Building; two men walking in FG. Two men, woman outside the entrance to Foods Building.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Indoor exhibit with lit towers and lit Coca-Cola structure at the far end of the exhibit. VS of adult Caucasian women working on assembly line; male supervisor.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Panning view of Avenue of Flags to the Czechoslovakia Building, Restaurant, and portion of Soldier Field; adult Caucasian men and women walking in FG.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Belgium Building. Panning view of Belgian Village. Adult Caucasian woman pouring out empty jug, placing back in cart; two dogs hitched to cart. Man dressed in Swiss guard uniform.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Dogs pulling cart, adult Caucasian woman walking with dogs, cart; people watching. Two male children watch woman producing elaborate artificial floral arrangements. Man brushing facade.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
VS of Belgian Village. High angle view of adult Caucasian men and women, hand-in-hand, walking in circle around a woman; people watch in FG.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
VS of French Village; adult Caucasian woman, holding "adults only" sign, standing next to man talking to camera; man cleaning tea cups; man and woman sitting outside entrance, man tapping cane against chair; Paris Peep Show entrance.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
VS of Irish Village. Cafe; adult Caucasian man, woman, male child walk by in FG.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Adult Caucasian man comes down slide, riding on paper sheet; snowman next to base of slide. Snowman. Man ice skating, twirling, in ice rink. Woman ice skating, twirling, in ice rink; people watching in BG. High angle view of cover sliding over ice rink.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Full-scale replica of Fort Dearborn; restaurant and "Lincoln Group" adjacent. Man dressed as Abraham Lincoln standing next to adult Caucasian man using megaphone. "Wigwam" and "Bowery" buildings.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
"Merrie England". "The Olde Curiosity Shop". "The Limehouse District"; "Piccadilly Rug House".
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
VS of Swiss Village; Swiss cross. Goat. Couples dancing, Windmill. Elderly adult Caucasian man gesturing with object; men and women cross in front of him.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
VS of Swiss Village.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
"Colonial Village". Street scene in Colonial Village. VS of adult Caucasian men and women, wearing 18th-century Colonial-era attire, dancing on porch of a full-scale replica of George Washington's Mount Vernon mansion.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
VS of Mexican Village.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Adult Caucasian men and women walking on Planetarium bridge; Adler Planetarium in BG. Pan up from Terrazzo Esplanade to Adler Planetarium.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Two Ferris wheels, side-by-side, stationary, near Helter Skelter (a lighthouse-shaped spiral tower slide ride); group of children wearing identical "P" shirts jumping. Portion of spinning Ferris Wheel and tall spiral ride called "Midway". Adult Caucasian woman and child getting into Ferris wheel seat; male operator for "Century Ferris Wheels" secures them in, turns and pulls lever. POV riding on Ferris wheel.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Close-up of spinning ride where individual cars also rock back and forth. Close-up of children on spinning ride. Male and female child come out of slide. Adults outside The Devil's Playground. Men and women walking on fairgrounds. Crowd gathered in front of the Sinclair Oil dinosaur exhibit. Crowds at The Midway.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
VS of Cyclone roller coaster.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Frank Buck's Wild Cargo of Animals! Wide view of men and women walking on fairgrounds; Skyride in BG.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Parade of bicyclists. Driving cars on wooden tracks at Enchanted Island (precursor to go-karts); miniature train travelling in FG. Adult Caucasian woman and two children on a boat ride.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Wide view of men and women walking on fairgrounds; Skyride in BG. Crowds outside Enchanted Island entrance. Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s famous polar exploration flagship, the City of New York, docked. VS of Travel and Transport Building.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
High angle view of men and women visiting exhibits inside Travel and Transport Building. Men and women observing covered wagon and automobile side-by-side. Adult Caucasian males observing machine powering car wheel. Roof of Safety Exhibit; two Ford cars hanging. VS of train exhibit.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
People walking with horses as they pull wooden wheels; adult Caucasian male police officers stand in BG. Horse-pulled cab/taxi. Man riding unconventional bicycle. VS of antique locomotive pulling antique train cars, carriages. Horses pulling wagon as another man rides horse by side of wagon, man leading horse in BG.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Adult Caucasian men and one woman riding a variety of antique bicycles; General Motors building in BG. Man riding antique bicycle toward horse and carriage. Empire State Express 999 locomotive traveling; elderly adult Caucasian male engineer. VS of adult Caucasian men and women at Trains exhibit; futuristic locomotive.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Henry Ford stands by car with unidentified elderly adult Caucasian man wearing pince-nez glasses. White steam or smoke coming out of building chimney; larger building behind it. Ford Exhibition Building. POV from doorway of a large rotating globe; two adult Caucasian women, man walk through doorway. Globe in Court of the World. Rotating diorama featuring half a car on top; different elements and materials used in building a Ford.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
General Motors Building (GMC). VS of adult Caucasian men working on assembly line; from car parts, engine, to complete cars on the line.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
VS of cars performing outlandish stunts; banking on dirt mound, driving through sand/dirt pits. Two different cars trying to make tight turns, flipping over, landing back on wheel; adult Caucasian men running out to car.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Man in a one-seater model airplane does continuous spins and rolls.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Goodyear Blimp travelling over the Goodyear exhibit. Blimp landing with assistance of a ground crew.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Caucasian men, women, and children walking on fairgrounds; crowds walking through Avenue of Flags. Panning view of lagoon, exhibits lining the lagoon.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Cars driving at night on Columbus Drive; silhouette of Travel and Transportation Building. Illuminated Nash Glass Tower (a.k.a "Nash Tower of Value"), an 80-foot tall rotating car display built by the Whiting Corporation for Nash Motors; night. Montage of Fair exhibits at night, featuring; Travel and Transportation Building; Sears Roebuck Building; Sweden Exhibit; Maya Temple replica; Hall of Science; Federal Building, with Schlitz Garden cafe near the lagoon; Chrysler Motors Building. Overview of Chicago Fair (Century of Progress) lit up at night.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Nightly light and fountain show over lagoon; people walking in FG.
1933-34 World's Fair - Chicago, Illinois
Fireworks display over Lake Michigan.
1935 - Chicago World's Fair - Demolition of Skyride Tower
Slow pan up Skyride steel tower. Adult Caucasian men and women in attendance. Man, wearing suit and hat, throwing a switch while looking at wristwatch. Two explosion seen at base of tower. Man watches by switch. Fires burning at base of tower.
1935 - Chicago World's Fair - Demolition of Skyride Tower
Skyride tower falling to the ground.
1935 - Chicago - Demolition of Skyride Tower
People walking around the fallen structure, a mess of twisted girders.