Quite possibly the best day of my life was at the Fair in 64. I was an 8 year old from Queens so the was in our backyard. Attended several times but this one time we stayed until nightfall and saw the fireworks after Disney's Small World. My grandmother's friend had a grandson and this kid kept me laughing so hard I cried tears of hysterical laughter. Went home put ice cream and 7 up in my Grandmother's new blender. Can it be better?
Thank you so much. You gave clarity to vague pictures in my mind; it was a tumultuous period in my life. My favorite President at the groundbreaking; unbelievable that I knew of this only today, April 6, 2022, another tumultuous period in the world. I was 6 years old Summer of 64, clueless. It was a beautiful day, sunny, not too hot in NYC. I had a great time with Ma. But 1964 ended in tragedy, my Dad died at 38 years old, almost to the day of Kennedy's death. This is a bittersweet film. Thank you, again. ✌️🇺🇸☘️
I was about 12 yrs when we went to this Worlds Fair. I remember finding out that “someday” we would be able to make a phone call and actually see the person we were talking to! My younger sister and I were horrified at the idea of answering the phone in our pajamas!
My Mom and I visited 3 times in 1964 and saw the new Mustang displayed on a rotating turntable with floodlights at night. As a 15 year old, I remember the fair quite well! Had my first of many soft pretzels here!
I attended 'both' years of the Fair as a six-seven year old kid. I would stay at my maternal grandparents in Greenwich and then my entire family would spend a day at the Fair. To this impressionable kid, the Fair was quite a show. I remember the pavilions such as those of GE, GM, Pepsi-Cola with its 'It's a Small World' boat ride, Vatican City with its Pièta statue, the AMF Monorail, and the New York State Pavilion. Following lunch at the Schaefer Center, it was off for a catnap at a sleeping alcove at Simmon's pavilion. This is a wonderful survey of that Fair!
I was there in 1964 or 65 at age 7 or 8 with my mother and got lost! I was scared and crying until authorities brought me to a building and paged my mother on the loudspeaker. While we waited for her they served me free ice cream and a hot dog. That stopped me crying real fast! After that, my mother was extra careful about keeping me in her sights. She always was, but, knowing myself as I do, I probably ran off after something that I had wanted to see (dinosaurs or a cool car?) and then got lost in the crowd.
Thank you for uploading the footage. My grandparents visited the Fair all the way from Indonesia. I also loved the music, illustrating the 1960s zeitgeist with Bernstein/Copland-ish vibe.
I was 4 years old and got seperated from my family at the fair. I remember a nice couple helped me out and I hooked up with my family at the customer service area a short time later. All of these years later, I remember the smells and aromas of the food at the fair. My most vivid memory is the monorail station. Oh the days.
I was there as an 11-year old boy; I remember hearing them playing "Dancing In The Streets" by Martha (Reeves) and The Vandellas as I walked through the exhibits- A very magical memory... They should have left it all where it was built: It was the best thing that ever came out of Queens (other than the Ramones, that is...😎)
The 64 worlds fair is quite possibly the best worlds fair I’ve ever seen it looks amazing from the photos, and Robert Moses was very intelligent at building this stuff in queens.
Man & His World had been the splashiest CROOKED PSYOP though; it still hasn't been championed plus its crowd-shoving sightseeing subway has never been replicated either (1967-72)
I was 4 and 5 years old at the time but we visited the fair 7 times. I remember it pretty well. We lived in Brooklyn so it was convenient enough. Six years later, I returned to Flushing Meadows Park with a school trip. A beautiful experience.
I visited this fair with my mother, father, and older brother. I was 11 or 12 years of age. It was s magical experience to me, we visited at night on a week day and surprisingly it wasn't that crowded! I could not understand, when my parents tried to explain to me that most of the structures were temporary . To me everything seemed as if it were there for a long time.
I was 9 & 10 years old, lived in Flushing, a mere 3 miles away. I went with my parents many, many times. My father spoke of the 1939-1940 worlds fair very highly. I used to take my bike there by my self. I absolutely loved the strawberry waffles with whip cream. In the day time it was fantastic, but at night it was magical. The sights, the sounds and the smells, oh Lord you were in heaven. I could not believe when it was over most of the buildings were torn down.
I am also from Flushing and was 10& 11 years old. All of your comments are my sentiments exactly. I would go on Fridays when we students (pupils) could get in for 25 cents. While Ford and GM were the most awesome of exhibits... the one most impressive to me was the Triumph of Man exhibit (Travelers Insurance). I sent away for their free record which I still have today but one can find the recording on youtube doing a simple search.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece of history. I went there several times in 64 and 65. It was a magical time being at the WF. A bygone era that I wish I can relive.
I attended this fair as achild with my Greandmother. I remember the Ford, GM and Vatican (Pieta) exhibits very clearly. The fairgrounds were enormous and we got tired often in the summer heat. I enjoyed it immensely. My favorite was the Unisphere with music coordinated dancing fountains. It's a shame more of the exhibit was not preserved or better taken care of now.
Fantastic memories!! I´ve been searching for information like this since years, I was there when I was five and it was absolutely fascinating and unforgettable for a child that age. The world was different to me from those days on. Greetings from Spain to all!
An excellent compilation well edited! Unfortunately I missed the Fair entirely having just been born in 64. Thanks for allowing me to see what mid-century modernist styled treasures I missed! Fun to see the world I was born into, it's hopes and aspirations.
After the Fair was over, I remember the World's Fair Marina, where my grandparents had their boat in the wintertime. I also remember the IBM pavilion, where not only computers but typewriters were on display.
I was 9 when we went to the fair from western ny. It was like going to another planet. This video including many things the others don’t. The Brass Rail snack bars under the space “flowers” where lunch was under a dollar. And the Dino vending machines making little injection molded dinosaurs while you waited. Those things were smoking hot when they popped out too! I still have mine. I didn’t see the Australian pavilion which was dismantled and shipped to western ny to serve as lodge for a local ski area until it burned down several years ago- very sad loss! The greyhound people movers considered a luxury for many to ride :) I know of two restored and running in the hands of private collectors. The huge Belgian waffles were unheard of to many before the fair. The feathered hats, the colorful streetlights. So many things I remember like yesterday
My favorite memory is the fountains at Bell Telephone. They were synchronized to music with colored light effects plus fireworks. Really spectacular. They had something called "Picturephone" which was a TV monitor on a desk. Who knew that it would take almost 50 years before it would be common with things like "FaceTime".
My favorite memory was sitting behind the wheel of a shiny 64 Ford convertible as a 8 year old with my younger brother in the passenger side and my mom and dad in the back seat at it glided along through the Ford motor co. Pavillion. Unforgettable!!!😂😊
I was 9 & 10 years old living in Yonkers at the time and between class trips and with the family, I saw the Fair a half dozen times over 2 years. My father even worked on building a couple of pavilions...on overtime. Special kudos to Big Bob Moses...I know many people from Robert Caro on down detest him but to me, he was heroic for what he got built in the city. To paraphrase one of his mottos, " Sometimes you have to break a few heads to make an omelet."
What a massive and expensive undertaking for a mostly temporary display! This is like building Disney World for a 2 year run! Unisphere is still there 59 years later. I think this was another way outside the space race to show the USSR and Eastern block countries what the USA could do, with our pocket change!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️
No one had cell phones or digital cameras back then. The Polaroid Swinger was the most popular camera in the mid sixties. The color TVs of 1964 and 1965 were roundies. They had round picture tubes. Rectangular tubes came out in 1967
This was an ash dump for years before the Fair was built. The World's Fair after it closed, I used to ride my English racer bike all over the place where these buildings were. Some of the old buildings still remain today. As a boy of 9 years, the area had a sense of wonder for me after the Fair closed and the crowds left.
As a family, we attended Expo 67 but not the NY Worlds fair which I've often wished we had. I've been to the site of the fair and seen the Unis-sphere along with some of the buildings left over from the fair.
it became better known as Man & His World --- Expo 67 is Corporate-speak for those cleptoparasitic barons' one-off, you see --- it ASTONISHES me NOBODY happening to recognise the overground REM replacement's show-offy Expo-Expressive elements (je me souviens my arse...)
I was six years old, we lived in NJ and visited the fair a number of times, when my sister's come from Colorado I know what we're going to binge watch, I also have our home movies.
I went to the Planetarium show and became a Planetarium lover my whole life. To this day I am a member of the Local Museum and Planetarium. First time I ever had an Egg Roll and Belgium waffle.
I was THERE in late 1964..this is the AMERICA I grew up in...such great memories! I don't know what the heck happened to this country...I guess it went to crap....everything that was wrong and abnormal back then is normal now..what a shame..this used to be such a nice safe place to live and dream...I feel sorry for kids today...technology improved....the humans didn't
They built those buildings only to be torn down after 2 years. They kept the unisphere and the New York State Pavilion and the arena The rest were demolished The site was made into Flushing Meadows Corona Park after the Worlds Fair left. Shea Stadium was demolished in the 2000s and a luxury stadium took its place. The cost of a hot dog jumped to ten dollars. You now have to be wealthy to attend a ball game
I was just getting ready to ask if any of it is still there? I thought, surely alot of it must be!!! All that work!!, and how massive it is!!! And you’re saying no???, that it all got torn down??? Are you serious??? That’s unbelievable, with all the money and labor that went into it!!! That is unbelievable!!! Why??!!
@@chriss8970 Are you serious? That's NOTHING, check out the world Expo in San Francisco, they built an entire city with splendor to rival anything we've seen in Europe. Then they tore it down soon after. We are talking HUGE structures of marble, granite, limestone cement block! Check it out sorry I don't have a link.
Today 04/22/2022 marks the 58th anniversary opening date of this fabulous fair! Earth Day would follow 6 years later. It was also a turning point for the Walt Disney Co. As attractions were brought back & a whole new east audience just 7 yrs. later. A side note was that New York made overtures to Disney to put a park there. Sunny Florida won out though.
When I was a little guy "Born 1956" Both parents from New York. I visited the fair 2 timesAll my parents fam lived in New York. I still think and look at pictures of the fair all the time It was a great time. Looking at all the sites of New York and Washington. Even atthe site of kennedys grave. My parents traveled a lot when I was young I miss that,I just wish they got along better, Me, still single to this day, Parents don't know whatthey mean to kids. Still looking for the right girl, having to much fun with all the wrong"ONES".
I was in my mid-20s then. I took my mother and siblings there several times. It was peaceful and nice. No graffiti or vandalism. No crimes that we had ever heard of. The smartest thing Mr. Morse did was preventing extension of the subway line to Flushing Meadow. It made all the difference.
It was a GREAT WORLDS🌐FAIR ! Went In 1964 & 1965. We Took The New Haven Rail To NYC To Subway Out & Into All For $2,80 & Same Day Return. Down Side, Had Seen Them Few Years Before Tearing Down Queens Where The Fair Was Built On. Young People Today Generation Z Would Not Realize How A Worlds🌐Fair Opened Your Eyes👀& Mind🧠To The Future & How Other Countries History & Present Day Creating. I Remember Some Countries Opened Up Their Exhibits Just Hours Before The Fair Closed. There Was A Lot Of Skilled Builders & Artist Working On Them To Show Their Country. The Foods From Other Countries Were Really Tasty. Where The Belgian Waffles Were 1st Introduced To🦅America🦅. My Whole Family Got Them. OMG They Were Wonderful & Mom Started Making Them At Home On Sunday Breakfast. We Grew Strawberries In The Garden & Mom Would Freeze Them So We Had It Throughout The Year. Disney Had Lincoln Talking & Standing Up & It's A Small World & People Walkers You Got On. I Still Have My Keepsakes I Got At The Worlds🌐Fair.
Hey, all you 1964 New York World’s Fair fans out there! Anyone know where I can find a daylily called ‘Worlds Fair’? (Sadly, no apostrophe.) It had creamy yellow flowers. This daylily was introduced by Gilbert H. Wild and Son in 1964, so I’m guessing it was named after _this_ World’s Fair. ❤️ Sadly, the Gilbert H. Wild and Son website does not have it. I haven’t been able to find the ‘Worlds Fair’ daylily anywhere else, either. Can anyone here help me out? Thanks!!!
The music is from the same movies as the picture material that I have used. I have moved it around a little but it is the music selected by the official World's Fair media producers who produced the original movies.
I know very little about the music. The music is from the original public domain footage where music was available. I have not added any external music as it wold not be correct "World's Fair" music.
@@tennissir1986 I have not stolen anything so the music cannot be from anything that I stole since I didn't steal anything in the first place. Using public domain footage means that we are using whatever is there for us to use in order to not steal anything. But the music is from the same footage that I have used for some kind of consistency so that everything presented is World's Fair, music, pictures, sound effects and not something else that doesn't belong.
I was born in 1971, but would like to be in that fair...looks amazing!, specially thinking that was 56 years ago!. What a pity they did'nt make another one in 2014-5 (50 years anniversary). In todays money the ticket would be about $ 21, the closest to this is Disney....at $ 100!...😕
I believe the music is from "Unisphere, Biggest World on Earth" from which I also have taken public domain footage. I have no further information on the music.
This documentary is a sight to behold, however the "music" is stunningly absurd. I love forbidden planet & twilight zone BUT. their music does not belong in this documentary.
The music is the original music from the public domain movies that I also edited the pictures from. I have rearranged it a little and repeated it but I wanted the original music score and not add something that has no connection at all to the fair. At least some of the music was composed to fit the pictures that we see and some other music was exclusively selected for some of the fair footage.
I wish Mystery Science Theater shorts would do one for the kitchens of the future at 1:29. That section was is fertile ground for their droll comments.
If N.Y.C. Were to host another world's fair then they should make the whole city one big gigantic world's fair since it's a melting pot with tourist attractions already in place and visitors coming from all over country and around world.
Quite possibly the best day of my life was at the Fair in 64. I was an 8 year old from Queens so the was in our backyard. Attended several times but this one time we stayed until nightfall and saw the fireworks after Disney's Small World. My grandmother's friend had a grandson and this kid kept me laughing so hard I cried tears of hysterical laughter. Went home put ice cream and 7 up in my Grandmother's new blender. Can it be better?
If I had a time machine, this would be one of the first places I would revisit. It was an amazing experience.
Me too !!!
Thank you so much. You gave clarity to vague pictures in my mind; it was a tumultuous period in my life. My favorite President at the groundbreaking; unbelievable that I knew of this only today, April 6, 2022, another tumultuous period in the world. I was 6 years old Summer of 64, clueless. It was a beautiful day, sunny, not too hot in NYC. I had a great time with Ma. But 1964 ended in tragedy, my Dad died at 38 years old, almost to the day of Kennedy's death. This is a bittersweet film. Thank you, again. ✌️🇺🇸☘️
Jackie did take Caroline and John Jr. to the Fair, but it just wasn’t the same. 😭
@@emmarose4234 That's kind of a sad thought. At least Jackie tried.
I was about 12 yrs when we went to this Worlds Fair. I remember finding out that “someday” we would be able to make a phone call and actually see the person we were talking to! My younger sister and I were horrified at the idea of answering the phone in our pajamas!
My Mom and I visited 3 times in 1964 and saw the new Mustang displayed on a rotating turntable with floodlights at night. As a 15 year old, I remember the fair quite well! Had my first of many soft pretzels here!
I went to the New York Worlds Fair , many times ,i loved it !!
I attended 'both' years of the Fair as a six-seven year old kid. I would stay at my maternal grandparents in Greenwich and then my entire family would spend a day at the Fair. To this impressionable kid, the Fair was quite a show. I remember the pavilions such as those of GE, GM, Pepsi-Cola with its 'It's a Small World' boat ride, Vatican City with its Pièta statue, the AMF Monorail, and the New York State Pavilion. Following lunch at the Schaefer Center, it was off for a catnap at a sleeping alcove at Simmon's pavilion. This is a wonderful survey of that Fair!
Are There A Monsanto Pavillion In The World's Fair .
yes good times are life was much better then
I lived in Greenwich! My parents and I went to both years as well, and the Sinclair pavilion was the highlight for this budding paleontologist!
I was there in 1964 or 65 at age 7 or 8 with my mother and got lost! I was scared and crying until authorities brought me to a building and paged my mother on the loudspeaker. While we waited for her they served me free ice cream and a hot dog. That stopped me crying real fast! After that, my mother was extra careful about keeping me in her sights. She always was, but, knowing myself as I do, I probably ran off after something that I had wanted to see (dinosaurs or a cool car?) and then got lost in the crowd.
my dad was the same age when he went. But he only remembers the ford pavillion and the ride with the mustangs
Thank you for uploading the footage. My grandparents visited the Fair all the way from Indonesia. I also loved the music, illustrating the 1960s zeitgeist with Bernstein/Copland-ish vibe.
I was 4 years old and got seperated from my family at the fair. I remember a nice couple helped me out and I hooked up with my family at the customer service area a short time later. All of these years later, I remember the smells and aromas of the food at the fair. My most vivid memory is the monorail station. Oh the days.
I was there as an 11-year old boy; I remember hearing them playing "Dancing In The Streets" by Martha (Reeves) and The Vandellas as I walked through the exhibits- A very magical memory...
They should have left it all where it was built: It was the best thing that ever came out of Queens (other than the Ramones, that is...😎)
I remember the IBM exhibit. A computer in every home, like that will ever happen.
I was there...I think of it everyday!
The 64 worlds fair is quite possibly the best worlds fair I’ve ever seen it looks amazing from the photos, and Robert Moses was very intelligent at building this stuff in queens.
Man & His World had been the splashiest CROOKED PSYOP though; it still hasn't been championed plus its crowd-shoving sightseeing subway has never been replicated either (1967-72)
I was 4 and 5 years old at the time but we visited the fair 7 times. I remember it pretty well. We lived in Brooklyn so it was convenient enough. Six years later, I returned to Flushing Meadows Park with a school trip. A beautiful experience.
I visited this fair with my mother, father, and older brother. I was 11 or 12 years of age. It was s magical experience to me, we visited at night on a week day and surprisingly it wasn't that crowded! I could not understand, when my parents tried to explain to me that most of the structures were temporary . To me everything seemed as if it were there for a long time.
I was 9 & 10 years old, lived in Flushing, a mere 3 miles away. I went with my parents many, many times.
My father spoke of the 1939-1940 worlds fair very highly. I used to take my bike there by my self.
I absolutely loved the strawberry waffles with whip cream.
In the day time it was fantastic, but at night it was magical. The sights, the sounds and the smells, oh Lord you were in heaven.
I could not believe when it was over most of the buildings were torn down.
yes is was a great time in life
I made a number of visits and shot dozens of Super Slides by day and evening. I still enjoy looking at them a half-century and more later.
I am also from Flushing and was 10& 11 years old. All of your comments are my sentiments exactly. I would go on Fridays when we students (pupils) could get in for 25 cents. While Ford and GM were the most awesome of exhibits... the one most impressive to me was the Triumph of Man exhibit (Travelers Insurance). I sent away for their free record which I still have today but one can find the recording on youtube doing a simple search.
At 35:19 that black boy scout in the middle is BARAK OBAMA
@@Jessamer Impossible he was in Kenya at 3 years of age.
The Unisphere was an engineering marvel. I’m glad that it’s still there.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece of history. I went there several times in 64 and 65. It was a magical time being at the WF. A bygone era that I wish I can relive.
Magical at night
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Do they still have worlds fairs?
@@realmejeremy Not in NY, and I haven't heard of any in other states either.
@@gmpny3945 oh ok.. Thanks for the reply!
I attended this fair as achild with my Greandmother. I remember the Ford, GM and Vatican (Pieta) exhibits very clearly. The fairgrounds were enormous and we got tired often in the summer heat. I enjoyed it immensely. My favorite was the Unisphere with music coordinated dancing fountains. It's a shame more of the exhibit was not preserved or better taken care of now.
Fantastic memories!! I´ve been searching for information like this since years, I was there when I was five and it was absolutely fascinating and unforgettable for a child that age. The world was different to me from those days on. Greetings from Spain to all!
An excellent compilation well edited! Unfortunately I missed the Fair entirely having just been born in 64. Thanks for allowing me to see what mid-century modernist styled treasures I missed! Fun to see the world I was born into, it's hopes and aspirations.
i went many times and fully expect to see myself in this one!
This was a joy to watch. Very well written and presented. Thanks for doing this. I might visit Canobie Park just to see the street lamps!
The tea ceremony is so beautiful ♥️
Now let’s continue our journey into imaginative design and new concepts from the far corners of the world.
Thanks for this great memory!!!
After the Fair was over, I remember the World's Fair Marina, where my grandparents had their boat in the wintertime. I also remember the IBM pavilion, where not only computers but typewriters were on display.
Amazing documentary! Loved the colors, families and vibes at the 1964-65 World Fair!
I was 9 when we went to the fair from western ny. It was like going to another planet. This video including many things the others don’t. The Brass Rail snack bars under the space “flowers” where lunch was under a dollar. And the Dino vending machines making little injection molded dinosaurs while you waited. Those things were smoking hot when they popped out too! I still have mine. I didn’t see the Australian pavilion which was dismantled and shipped to western ny to serve as lodge for a local ski area until it burned down several years ago- very sad loss! The greyhound people movers considered a luxury for many to ride :) I know of two restored and running in the hands of private collectors. The huge Belgian waffles were unheard of to many before the fair. The feathered hats, the colorful streetlights. So many things I remember like yesterday
i;am happy you had enjoyed it
My favorite memory is the fountains at Bell Telephone. They were synchronized to music with colored light effects plus fireworks. Really spectacular.
They had something called "Picturephone" which was a TV monitor on a desk.
Who knew that it would take almost 50 years before it would be common with things like "FaceTime".
I remember being there I was 8 at the time, I know I didn't like ALL the walking, but the exhibits were so cool to see.
My favorite memory was sitting behind the wheel of a shiny 64 Ford convertible as a 8 year old with my younger brother in the passenger side and my mom and dad in the back seat at it glided along through the Ford motor co. Pavillion. Unforgettable!!!😂😊
What a more sane world instead of what is going on now.
I was 9 & 10 years old living in Yonkers at the time and between class trips and with the family, I saw the Fair a half dozen times over 2 years. My father even worked on building a couple of pavilions...on overtime.
Special kudos to Big Bob Moses...I know many people from Robert Caro on down detest him but to me, he was heroic for what he got built in the city.
To paraphrase one of his mottos, " Sometimes you have to break a few heads to make an omelet."
What a massive and expensive undertaking for a mostly temporary display! This is like building Disney World for a 2 year run! Unisphere is still there 59 years later. I think this was another way outside the space race to show the USSR and Eastern block countries what the USA could do, with our pocket change!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️
No one had cell phones or digital cameras back then. The Polaroid Swinger was the most popular camera in the mid sixties. The color TVs of 1964 and 1965 were roundies. They had round picture tubes. Rectangular tubes came out in 1967
I bought one of those Swinger cameras back in 66.
We had one of those cameras also what did not get color TV in our house until probably around 1975 ?
I have some of the films you used in this fine show, great memories!
This was an ash dump for years before the Fair was built. The World's Fair after it closed, I used to ride my English racer bike all over the place where these buildings were. Some of the old buildings still remain today. As a boy of 9 years, the area had a sense of wonder for me after the Fair closed and the crowds left.
As a family, we attended Expo 67 but not the NY Worlds fair which I've often wished we had. I've been to the site of the fair and seen the Unis-sphere along with some of the buildings left over from the fair.
it became better known as Man & His World --- Expo 67 is Corporate-speak for those cleptoparasitic barons' one-off, you see --- it ASTONISHES me NOBODY happening to recognise the overground REM replacement's show-offy Expo-Expressive elements (je me souviens my arse...)
Loved this extraordinary fair!
I was six years old, we lived in NJ and visited the fair a number of times, when my sister's come from Colorado I know what we're going to binge watch, I also have our home movies.
it takes you back to happy times in life
I was there every weekend from 64-65 with my grandparents loved it the hall of president were abraham lincoln standed up and talked and future world
Does anyone recall what the IBM sphere symbolized? It was those snap-on type fonts for the IBM Selectric Typewriter. A new concept by IBM.
@@henryhorner3182 The typewriter ball in their typewriters.
Loved it i was 8 I remember it vividly
Very interesting, fyi, that Ferris Wheel tire is now located outside of Detroit but sadly no longer a ride.
Love it....alot of drama on the event, but this promotional piece great!
Amazing looking buildings it's a shame they were torn down.
GREAT editing work! Thanks! I was just watching the British Pathe newsreel and it's great quality, unfortunately watermarked, but worth a watch.
thank;s
I went to the Planetarium show and became a Planetarium lover my whole life. To this day I am a member of the Local Museum and Planetarium. First time I ever had an Egg Roll and Belgium waffle.
🥂they are a wonder
In 1965 I been to the fair. I was 16 years old.
I saw the 1964-1965 World's Fair several times.
Magnificence, never to be equaled.
I was THERE in late 1964..this is the AMERICA I grew up in...such great memories! I don't know what the heck happened to this country...I guess it went to crap....everything that was wrong and abnormal back then is normal now..what a shame..this used to be such a nice safe place to live and dream...I feel sorry for kids today...technology improved....the humans didn't
They built those buildings only to be torn down after 2 years. They kept the unisphere and the New York State Pavilion and the arena The rest were demolished The site was made into Flushing Meadows Corona Park after the Worlds Fair left. Shea Stadium was demolished in the 2000s and a luxury stadium took its place. The cost of a hot dog jumped to ten dollars. You now have to be wealthy to attend a ball game
I was just getting ready to ask if any of it is still there? I thought, surely alot of it must be!!! All that work!!, and how massive it is!!! And you’re saying no???, that it all got torn down??? Are you serious??? That’s unbelievable, with all the money and labor that went into it!!! That is unbelievable!!! Why??!!
I have fond memories of attending WF, ‘64 at age 7.
@@chriss8970 Are you serious? That's NOTHING, check out the world Expo in San Francisco, they built an entire city with splendor to rival anything we've seen in Europe. Then they tore it down soon after. We are talking HUGE structures of marble, granite, limestone cement block! Check it out sorry I don't have a link.
Mmmm... Shea Stadium's roasted Kahns beef hot dogs 🌭 and RC cola 😋
@@Qboro66 Shea was a dump. Yankees rule.
🤪 Just kidding. ✌️ New York is my hometown.
At 11:00 they have a Men In Black pavilion, I guess they did know the future :)
I was 14 then, and 72 today....and never expected the world to be such a nightmare!
I pass by the US rubber giant tire ever time I go to the airport. Just outside Detroit on I-94. and is in mint cond
It''s not vandalized or destroyed? How did it manage to avoid that fate?
26:38 Song Names? I need them both! Thank you.
I have no idea.
This IS the NY 🗽 World Fair ! real fair that sphere was the coolest thing ever made !
It was a whole
Production 😎
That big tire is on east bound i94 heading into Detroit
Today 04/22/2022 marks the 58th anniversary opening date of this fabulous fair! Earth Day would follow 6 years later. It was also a turning point for the Walt Disney Co. As attractions were brought back & a whole new east audience just 7 yrs. later. A side note was that New York made overtures to Disney to put a park there. Sunny Florida won out though.
The Globe used to be on display on the NJ Turnpike, near exit 7. Remembered it was moved to another location but where is it now
When I was a little guy "Born 1956" Both parents from New York. I visited the fair 2 timesAll my parents fam lived in New York. I still think and look at pictures of the fair all the time It was a great time. Looking at all the sites of New York and Washington. Even atthe site of kennedys grave. My parents traveled a lot when I was young I miss that,I just wish they got along better, Me, still single to this day, Parents don't know whatthey mean to kids. Still looking for the right girl, having to much fun with all the wrong"ONES".
i hope you fine the one
Never too late...those were the days💜☮️
That fair was fun ,and those days were the days my friend!!!!
I was born in '56, too! We visited the Fair on July 20, 1965 while on vacation.
What the hell happened? The future seemed so bright in 1964. It wasn't just Vietnam.
I was in my mid-20s then. I took my mother and siblings there several times. It was peaceful and nice. No graffiti or vandalism. No crimes that we had ever heard of. The smartest thing Mr. Morse did was preventing extension of the subway line to Flushing Meadow. It made all the difference.
My parents took me to this. I was stunned and amazed. I think I ate a (lousy) egg dish that was prepared in a microwave oven.
i saw led zepellin under the ny pavillion, and the giant model of nyc is still there and open to the public
Some fantastic footage would have been great to actually be there at the time
Trevor Random Was not impressive enough. The world was too modern already by 1963.
You’re such a Scrooge. 😛
@Lars Johansson, Can I use this footage for an upcoming documentary of sorts for my YT channel?
Yes you can use all of it or parts since the footage is in the public domain.
@@lassefilm Thank You So Much!! This is a huge help!
It was a GREAT WORLDS🌐FAIR ! Went In 1964 & 1965. We Took The New Haven Rail To NYC To Subway Out & Into All For $2,80 & Same Day Return. Down Side, Had Seen Them Few Years Before Tearing Down Queens Where The Fair Was Built On. Young People Today Generation Z Would Not Realize How A Worlds🌐Fair Opened Your Eyes👀& Mind🧠To The Future & How Other Countries History & Present Day Creating. I Remember Some Countries Opened Up Their Exhibits Just Hours Before The Fair Closed. There Was A Lot Of Skilled Builders & Artist Working On Them To Show Their Country. The Foods From Other Countries Were Really Tasty. Where The Belgian Waffles Were 1st Introduced To🦅America🦅. My Whole Family Got Them. OMG They Were Wonderful & Mom Started Making Them At Home On Sunday Breakfast. We Grew Strawberries In The Garden & Mom Would Freeze Them So We Had It Throughout The Year. Disney Had Lincoln Talking & Standing Up & It's A Small World & People Walkers You Got On. I Still Have My Keepsakes I Got At The Worlds🌐Fair.
It's always interesting to see images of an America before the rot set in
Hey, all you 1964 New York World’s Fair fans out there!
Anyone know where I can find a daylily called ‘Worlds Fair’? (Sadly, no apostrophe.) It had creamy yellow flowers. This daylily was introduced by Gilbert H. Wild and Son in 1964, so I’m guessing it was named after _this_ World’s Fair. ❤️
Sadly, the Gilbert H. Wild and Son website does not have it. I haven’t been able to find the ‘Worlds Fair’ daylily anywhere else, either. Can anyone here help me out? Thanks!!!
Try Google
Don’t know.
I’m not sure about the ominous music interspersed with period industrial movie music.
The music is from the same movies as the picture material that I have used. I have moved it around a little but it is the music selected by the official World's Fair media producers who produced the original movies.
I'm a doll collector, did anyone see any fashion dolls that looked a bit like Barbie, but not?? If so let me know please
They even had Jurrracsic Park 🦖🦕
It's called the Log Ride 😊
Did I see a program showing they found one of those greyhound taxis and restored it
This is cool ua-cam.com/video/pJkVFE_xuQc/v-deo.html
I wish I was back there
The soundtrack? Love it. Info on the composers, sources?
I know very little about the music. The music is from the original public domain footage where music was available. I have not added any external music as it wold not be correct "World's Fair" music.
You mean the music is from the same place you stole the film from.
@@tennissir1986 I have not stolen anything so the music cannot be from anything that I stole since I didn't steal anything in the first place. Using public domain footage means that we are using whatever is there for us to use in order to not steal anything. But the music is from the same footage that I have used for some kind of consistency so that everything presented is World's Fair, music, pictures, sound effects and not something else that doesn't belong.
I was born in 1971, but would like to be in that fair...looks amazing!, specially thinking that was 56 years ago!. What a pity they did'nt make another one in 2014-5 (50 years anniversary). In todays money the ticket would be about $ 21, the closest to this is Disney....at $ 100!...😕
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Sounds like the Gigantor theme at 30:50!
I believe the music is from "Unisphere, Biggest World on Earth" from which I also have taken public domain footage. I have no further information on the music.
Everyone was still dressing up to go to these events then, wasn't long after people weren't so dressed up.
Thank the hippie movement , it brought in the grub look .
Look at films from the '39 Fair. You'll see what dressing up was for the average person.
0:50 Caught squeezing out a quick one...
More info on this video please? Who produced it?
I have used public domain footage.
the film 📽️
" Joy of Living " 🙏
I have the 300 Anniversary of the Founding of the city of New York 19964. Man's Achievements in expanding Universe. (COIN).
Hey- is this the “relive the wonder” VHS?
No. Some footage could be the same but most of it is not.
#WTF This Looks More Futuristic Then It Does Now! ☝️🥴
I went to this fair when I was a kid but I don't remember the strange music.
You can't remember everything.
This documentary is a sight to behold, however the "music" is stunningly absurd.
I love forbidden planet & twilight zone BUT. their music does not belong in this documentary.
The music is the original music from the public domain movies that I also edited the pictures from. I have rearranged it a little and repeated it but I wanted the original music score and not add something that has no connection at all to the fair. At least some of the music was composed to fit the pictures that we see and some other music was exclusively selected for some of the fair footage.
Sometimes the music in this is a bit much , just too much ... too overwhelming
The kids in this video would all be in there 60's now
Are you a mathematician?
I attended the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair, it was way better from what I remember.
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5000 years for a time capsule?!....LOL it will be forgotten by then
I wish Mystery Science Theater shorts would do one for the kitchens of the future at 1:29. That section was is fertile ground for their droll comments.
If N.Y.C. Were to host another world's fair then they should make the whole city one big gigantic world's fair since it's a melting pot with tourist attractions already in place and visitors coming from all over country and around world.
JFK at the fair
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The twin towers were conceived this year by architect Minoru Yamasaki and associates
what's with the creepy martian music?
44:24 cool car
They built a World Sphere, for the World's Fair. Get it?