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NYC World Fair, Shriners Parades, Rose Garden of Elizabeth Park (1956)

Original title: New Yorgi maailmanäitus, Shrinersi paraadid, Elizabethi pargi roosiaed

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NYC World Fair, Shriners Parades, Rose Garden of Elizabeth Park

John Baltsar has filmed events in his home town and elsewhere. The documentary starts with the World Fair of 1939 held in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in New York City. The focus is on the huge white globe and the tall obelisk-like building with the national flag of USA. Views to different pavillions: General Motors, New York City, United States of America, Italy. People are standing in long queues. Views from the distance. Statue of George Washington, fountains in front of the pavillion of foreign exhibitions, national flags waving. Parade in Springfield - columns of schools, Scouts and Shriners are marching. ...

Keywords: atmosphere of an era | signs of an era | expatriate Estonians in America | Americans | architect's work | architectural heritage | horses at parade | queues | cadets | club culture | View all »

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