Rolandangler Many thanks for this clip. I am English and have memories of that time. My sister married a GI from Connecticut. What struck me was the demeanor of the crowds - apart from their clothes. They walk with a level of dignity and confidence that you wouldn't find among crowds now - public behavior meant observing a few conventions - you didn't behave as if you were in your own living (or bedroom) when out in public. I have sent a link to my niece in Utah - she loves the clip too.
Thanks for posting this. My late mother was 11 when she, her parents, and 4 older brothers went to the fair. She talked about the experience her whole life. I scour the old films looking for a glimpse of the family. I know it's a 7 in 44 million chance, but you never know.
It always amazes me how radically different people and things looked in these old films and yet they're still essentially the same. I'm fascinated by these historic old movies, thank you for posting them.
Looking at the older people in the video it's crazy to imagine that anyone 75 yrs or older were alive during the Civil War. Anyone over 80 wold most likely remember it.
I’ve said it before, I’d say it a thousand times over, they can put it down, call it what you will, but the old times cannot be beaten. Times of that era represented life, aspirations, hope for the future.
You have a terrible memory. By the way, the last living eye-witness to the Lincoln assassination was on the TV Show "I've Got a Secret," about 15 years AFTER this film was made.
@historygeeek You have made a VERY good point. Their votes DO count as much as ours. I think it is too late to change anything. We are on the decks of the sinking Titanic sipping brandly while the band is playing....
I loved this video. In three brief minutes, it captured a different era of 1939. Having been born slightly there after in the mid 1940's, I remember this time period as being much different from today. There was more conformity within society back then but it came with a feeling of security and stability. The present freedoms of today only seem to free us to live in a more fearful world. Children of today have no concept of self sacrifice or cooperation for the common good. If you don't believe me ask a teenager. Their reply will probably be, "Common good???? Huh??, What's that?"
Boy the way Glenn Miller played Songs that made the Hit Parade. Guys like us we had it made, Those were the days. And you knew who you were then, Girls were girls and men were men, Mister we could use a man Like Herbert Hoover again. Didn't need no welfare state, Everybody pulled his weight. Gee our old LaSalle ran great. Those were the days. {In the longer version} People seemed to be content, Fifty dollars paid the rent, Freaks were in a circus tent. Those were the days. Take a little Sunday spin, Go to watch the Dodgers win. Have yourself a dandy day, That cost you under a fin.
women in dresses and men in suits---what a novel idea! Being young,I'm used to over-fed slobs in sweats and spandex with advertisements across their chests and backs. And of course no outfit is complete without a baseball cap bearing a logo of some sort. The "World of Tomorrow" is here!
+dave rg If youre referring to the young boys (one of which could have been me) the answer is ----- they got to go to war in Korea. Bob Smith Korean War Vet 1951 Now happily alive because my dad moved from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the Long Beach California Navy Yard while I was in Korea,
Going to the fair was a big deal. Even at baseball games into the fifties, men wore suits and dress hats. Bluejeans were dungarees, and those were worn by farmhands only.
how clean and beautiful :-)...ladies with make up,hair;glamour and beautiful dresses and gentlemen with suit,....decent and polite..no the trash that you see around New York with flip flops and screaming obcenities..now is great cause the technology...but people changed too much...beautiful people...well now is the past
I noticed some men still wore all white suits like Colonel Sanders. No fast food cups and straws, but the drinking fountains were a hit. And it looked like the school kids were carrying sack lunches.
Back then, the food processing and packaging companies did not add HFCS and MSG, etc. to the food they were selling. And there were no fast food joints, or convenience stores. Whoa, did we hit the brick wall, or what?
An era where Christianity was very strong in our society. Modest dress and demeanour. Children behaving themselves walking along very obediently. Boys and girls always separated in school groups etc. Everything very proper. Clothing very lovely. People cared about their public appearance. Ironed shirts and dresses, gloves and hats, love it!!
Wonderful. Very evocative of the age in a more personal way, than the "Industrial" piece; people remain the constant that makes history live, I suppose. I don't know if the people were actually much more "proper", but the average Joe or Jane surely looked more glamorous. Great work. Thank you JDProductions. ksbookman
Life then actually was easier, despite it seeming today with all the tech to supposedly make life easy...Today we know to much about each other and are to busy trying to be what were not....
@ThoughtTraveler Unfortunately for us you have described modern America with a perfect accuracy. Wish very much that it were not so. But what do we do now? There are so many of them. And their votes carry the same power as yours or mine.
The world today lacks this sort of vision for public attractions. The Disney parks exemplify how every new attraction must be based on a movie, so that basically you're riding through a movie trailer. Too much commercialism and not enough vision.
@ThoughtTraveler Would like to invite you to my personal "Titanic". I own and operate a museum and photographic studio. The 1930's are alive and well here! Get on facebook, and look for Liberty studio and museum. I think you would like it. We have to start somewhere!
It's too bad that this wonderful world's fair had to coincide with the start of WWIi, with all its horrors and with the appalling events in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, as well as with the last part of the Depression in the US. At leaat this made people happy, temporarily.
Back then everyone wore dresses and suits all the time when they went out. I don't see any t-shirts, shorts and flip flops....such a change from what people wear when they go out today. People were more proper back then. :-)
@@evanhughes1510 the trippy part is your watching someone who no longer exists as if they're right there in front of you. try it with old family footage from a birthday and see the loved ones who are gone and you;l see what i mean.
What people forget is that NYC had a population of African-Americans forever, but it was much smaller than when the Democrats decided to bus up thousands from the deep south to go on welfare and vote Democrat.
The two main things that stood out to me in this video ... No fat/over-weight people ... and everyone was dressed so well ... Boy have times changed ... and society is on a decline.
There were plenty of fat people in this video. Besides, you don't look all that svelte yourself, so why even bring it up? So tired of piner's for the past like you who only want it to be this way again so you can freely discriminate against those you don't like. Donny Dotard voter? I am pretty sure you are.
It's weird watching this cause I know what minorities were going through at that time...I hate how everyone just totally disregard"s ALOT about the past ......uh
Oh, it looked great, but there's a dark side, too. We really live in the best of times and worst of times in every era you look at. We never had so much at our disposal in history, enjoy it while it lasts.
Yeah a "fat" person in that day probably weighed 170, not 370 or 470 like today. I have pictures of my Grandmother at that fair and she's always dressed in Sunday best. we all are such slobs by comparison.
Rolandangler
Many thanks for this clip. I am English and have memories of that time. My sister married a GI from Connecticut. What struck me was the demeanor of the crowds - apart from their clothes. They walk with a level of dignity and confidence that you wouldn't find among crowds now - public behavior meant observing a few conventions - you didn't behave as if you were in your own living (or bedroom) when out in public. I have sent a link to my niece in Utah - she loves the clip too.
You're right! MOST of us are a lot less uptight these days.
@@railgap lol is that what it is? 🙄 or is that dignity has been thrown out the window?
Beautiful video. A really fascinating look back in time. My father was 6 years old in 1939. He's 84 now.
Rescue162, did he go to the 1939 and/or the 1964 New York World’s Fair?
Thanks for posting this. My late mother was 11 when she, her parents, and 4 older brothers went to the fair. She talked about the experience her whole life. I scour the old films looking for a glimpse of the family. I know it's a 7 in 44 million chance, but you never know.
The same year that my late Mother moved there as a 15 year old with her my Grandmother and what an EXCITING time to be in New York! ❤️
People more elegant and your dress .good times
Thanks for using the appropriate music.
I spent a lot of time at the 64-65 fair and loved every minute of it. Wish I could have been able to have gone to this one, too. Thanks for watching!
Even The Singing in This Video is So Relaxing and Laid Back Like That Era 😌
Yeah laid back for white people.
It always amazes me how radically different people and things looked in these old films and yet they're still essentially the same. I'm fascinated by these historic old movies, thank you for posting them.
Looking at the older people in the video it's crazy to imagine that anyone 75 yrs or older were alive during the Civil War. Anyone over 80 wold most likely remember it.
first color filming was actually introduced by a russian photographer called Sergey Pokudin-Gorsky, be sure to check out his photos.
Kinda missed this one. Great photos and wonderful music--well matched, JD, as usual.
And here we sit in the 21st century looking back at people who could never have imagined the world we live in.
I’ve said it before, I’d say it a thousand times over, they can put it down, call it what you will, but the old times cannot be beaten. Times of that era represented life, aspirations, hope for the future.
Beautiful film, but I am floored as to how I could have gone so long listening to Artie Shaw and never heard this piece! Thanks so much.
To think some of these people actually lived through civil war... that's mind boggling.
H Koizumi. how so?
As little babies perhaps!
Helen Forrest with The Artie Shaw Band "All the Things You Are"
Thanks for watching! Until the mid fifties, most public events meant dress up, even baseball games. No sneakers, no jeans for a visit to the fair...
What's remarkable about a film like this (among other things) is seeing elderly people and knowing that they probably remember the Civil War.
You have a terrible memory. By the way, the last living eye-witness to the Lincoln assassination was on the TV Show "I've Got a Secret," about 15 years AFTER this film was made.
Great piece of americana and the quality is amazing for its age-thanks
Excellent. Thank you.
what a lovely song.
Glad you liked it!
Wonderful! It almost made me cry.
Wonderful!
When women dressed like women and men dressed like men. Would love to go back to those days for a couple of years.
That sounds like the intro to "All In the Family". ...."Boy the way Glenn Miller Played..."
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@@Rescue162 Artie Shaw orchestra with Helen Forest singing, "All the Things You Are."
Fuck no!
I would love to go back to experience life and culture but not like having to dress up.
Artie Shaw and Helen Forrest and all of us passersby, as always, stepping along, silently hoping.
Wow thankyou
Artie Shaw! Couldn't have chosen better!
First moving pictures I see of the NY World's Fair.
The calm before the storm of World War 2.
@historygeeek
You have made a VERY good point. Their votes DO count as much as ours.
I think it is too late to change anything. We are on the decks of the sinking Titanic sipping brandly while the band is playing....
I loved this video. In three brief minutes, it captured a different era of 1939. Having been born slightly there after in the mid 1940's, I remember this time period as being much different from today. There was more conformity within society back then but it came with a feeling of security and stability. The present freedoms of today only seem to free us to live in a more fearful world. Children of today have no concept of self sacrifice or cooperation for the common good. If you don't believe me ask a teenager.
Their reply will probably be, "Common good???? Huh??, What's that?"
Joe Pittman Nearly everyone you listed was of the Jewish race.
There’s a toy/model company called Perisphere & Trylon, Inc. 😀
There was war in the air like a dark cloud hanging over everything.
Between its start in 1939 and closing in 1940, the Fair saw many nation pavilions close as they were swallowed up by Axis powers.
Yeah, I don't think this was what they had in mind...
a woman wearing pants at 2:29 not so usual in 1939 but nice :)
I thought the same, in fact she looks like she´s from a different time
It's NOT Ellen. Notice that the camera man stay with her for a long time!
She time travelled there from the 1950s
4k version ?
Beautifully dressed
excellent piece!
Boy the way Glenn Miller played
Songs that made the Hit Parade.
Guys like us we had it made,
Those were the days.
And you knew who you were then,
Girls were girls and men were men,
Mister we could use a man
Like Herbert Hoover again.
Didn't need no welfare state,
Everybody pulled his weight.
Gee our old LaSalle ran great.
Those were the days.
{In the longer version}
People seemed to be content,
Fifty dollars paid the rent,
Freaks were in a circus tent.
Those were the days.
Take a little Sunday spin,
Go to watch the Dodgers win.
Have yourself a dandy day,
That cost you under a fin.
the lights went out in the Polish exhibition on 1 Sep.
Now days people with crazy hair color nd tattos everywhere this lookz clean and classy
MORE OLD PEOPLE THAN YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE FAIR.
@RickyMoss Kodachrome was introduced in 1936.
It became a #PaulSimon hit in 1973
women in dresses and men in suits---what a novel idea! Being young,I'm used to over-fed slobs in sweats and spandex with advertisements across their chests and backs. And of course no outfit is complete without a baseball cap bearing a logo of some sort. The "World of Tomorrow" is here!
how do they know which color goes where?.. what's red or purple or orange?
This is not colorized! It is Kodachrome color film just introduced a few years earlier!
PLEASE take me backkkkk.....
Feel sorry for what's going to happen to those guys at 1:15.
+dave rg If youre referring to the young boys (one of which could have been me) the answer is ----- they got to go to war in Korea.
Bob Smith Korean War Vet 1951
Now happily alive because my dad moved from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the Long Beach California Navy Yard while I was in Korea,
Nice to meet you and while in college, I took a class that studied the Korean War and you all have my undying respect Robert Smith
@@RobertSmith-wh2gf My grandfather was a machinist. He worked in the Brooklyn Navy yard when he came back from WW2.
@@RobertSmith-wh2gf Thank You for your service.
great
Going to the fair was a big deal. Even at baseball games into the fifties, men wore suits and dress hats. Bluejeans were dungarees, and those were worn by farmhands only.
how clean and beautiful :-)...ladies with make up,hair;glamour and beautiful dresses and gentlemen with suit,....decent and polite..no the trash that you see around New York with flip flops and screaming obcenities..now is great cause the technology...but people changed too much...beautiful people...well now is the past
how do you get footage from the 1930s in COLOR?...
Was that a UPS truck at 1:00?
I believe that truck was owned by R.L.Titus, a poultry supplier to steamships and hotels in the NY area during that time.
I noticed some men still wore all white suits like Colonel Sanders. No fast food cups and straws, but the drinking fountains were a hit. And it looked like the school kids were carrying sack lunches.
homesick, thats all
@tkoizumi - Hard to believe people used to walk ... No fat people in this video.
Back then, the food processing and packaging companies did not add HFCS and MSG, etc. to the food they were selling. And there were no fast food joints, or convenience stores. Whoa, did we hit the brick wall, or what?
Actually there was a fat lady in this video
An era where Christianity was very strong in our society. Modest dress and demeanour. Children behaving themselves walking along very obediently. Boys and girls always separated in school groups etc. Everything very proper. Clothing very lovely. People cared about their public appearance. Ironed shirts and dresses, gloves and hats, love it!!
Everyone looked so much better put together back then.
Oh have times changed
Was this in Flushing?
Flushing Meadows
Makes me remember the world fair of 2000 in Germany!😆
Wonderful. Very evocative of the age in a more personal way, than the "Industrial" piece; people remain the constant that makes history live, I suppose.
I don't know if the people were actually much more "proper", but the average Joe or Jane surely looked more glamorous.
Great work. Thank you JDProductions.
ksbookman
@leedumett444 - Science and Technology has its limits ... Life appears to have been much better in the past.
Life then actually was easier, despite it seeming today with all the tech to supposedly make life easy...Today we know to much about each other and are to busy trying to be what were not....
@ThoughtTraveler Unfortunately for us you have described modern America with a perfect accuracy. Wish very much that it were not so. But what do we do now? There are so many of them. And their votes carry the same power as yours or mine.
Wonder how many of the children in this video are still alive. I suppose very few or maybe none.
Possibly, quite a few. Of the 16 million US veterans of WWII (They would have been about 12-15 in 1939), over 550,000 are still alive... about 3-1/2%.
My grandpa was born in the 1920s and is still here.
The world today lacks this sort of vision for public attractions. The Disney parks exemplify how every new attraction must be based on a movie, so that basically you're riding through a movie trailer. Too much commercialism and not enough vision.
@banjo9052 - I couldn't agree with you more ... Society is in a downward spiral today ... No class and decorum.
If those people could see us walking around today the way we are dressed they’d think whole world had become beggars ...
Other than our advanced technology, our culture is toast.
If only we could gos back!
That's when we were a civilized society
it seems white shoes were a hit then.
Nope,the hippies happened, leading to PC and multi-culteralisim... The stuff going on to simply would not have been tolerated back then...
Hippies and rotten "music"!!!
@Gmancrap
Uhhhh.....whatever. Just keep taking your medication ok?
2020 Coronavirus Fair
If dont have the war 2, now we can split
2:30 woman wearing pants. First done in the thirties.
Um no, not first done in the 30s. It existed even before then, just not really common.
When America was great....God help us now!
Hmm.
Did they sweat or waft sundry human effluvia in their march to a glorious Future?
Born in '32
The fuck happened? Did someone put something into the water during the Cold War?
Yes. Look up "fluoridation".
@ThoughtTraveler Would like to invite you to my personal "Titanic". I own and operate a museum and photographic studio. The 1930's are alive and well here!
Get on facebook, and look for Liberty studio and museum. I think you would like it.
We have to start somewhere!
It's too bad that this wonderful world's fair had to coincide with the start of WWIi, with all its horrors and with the appalling events in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, as well as with the last part of the Depression in the US. At leaat this made people happy, temporarily.
wished the Black artists work were recorded as well like Augusta Savage sculptures which took part of if this fair
Fuck off
To think some of those older folks were frolicking around in the gay '90's! 😺
Imagine having to dress up to just go out. I’d hate it.
Back then everyone wore dresses and suits all the time when they went out. I don't see any t-shirts, shorts and flip flops....such a change from what people wear when they go out today. People were more proper back then. :-)
Not a single person wearing jeans...
I’m sure they did when they were doing yard work or fixing their cars
virtually all of the people in this film are dead now, trippy.
How is it trippy to know that people die eventually? Isn’t it obvious?
@@evanhughes1510 the trippy part is your watching someone who no longer exists as if they're right there in front of you. try it with old family footage from a birthday and see the loved ones who are gone and you;l see what i mean.
People had standards.
Two years before America entered WW 2.
Everyone's so modest. Civilized human beings
chass ci yeah so civil. ..where are the black Americans ? were they invited to this or banned out?
ThankTheLord yeah but you know what I mean. I'm black btw
2:07 BLACK AMERICAN...If you would be a bit more observant and less judgmental you would see others in this video throughout.
I just realized something...everybody in this video is either dead or in a nursery home.
What people forget is that NYC had a population of African-Americans forever, but it was much smaller than when the Democrats decided to bus up thousands from the deep south to go on welfare and vote Democrat.
@Gmancrap
Yawwwwwnnnnn..............
The two main things that stood out to me in this video ... No fat/over-weight people ... and everyone was dressed so well ...
Boy have times changed ... and society is on a decline.
Rodney Darby I agree with You and your feelings about things going to hell! I miss the old days!
There were plenty of fat people in this video. Besides, you don't look all that svelte yourself, so why even bring it up? So tired of piner's for the past like you who only want it to be this way again so you can freely discriminate against those you don't like. Donny Dotard voter? I am pretty sure you are.
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It's weird watching this cause I know what minorities were going through at that time...I hate how everyone just totally disregard"s ALOT about the past ......uh
Jordan Williams exactly not to mention how there were very little or no color people because this was during the civil rights
No obese people
Oh, it looked great, but there's a dark side, too. We really live in the best of times and worst of times in every era you look at. We never had so much at our disposal in history, enjoy it while it lasts.
where are the black people?
Welcome to 1939
Not one black person? Not one?
nattydreadlocks1973 Maybe they couldn't afford to go, or perhaps they weren't allowed to.
Keep in mind, this was the Jim Crow era
Yes there is a black person, at 2:07. Open your eyes
Yeah a "fat" person in that day probably weighed 170, not 370 or 470 like today. I have pictures of my Grandmother at that fair and she's always dressed in Sunday best. we all are such slobs by comparison.
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