The News parade: San Francisco World's Fair

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.

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record