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Title: NEW YORK AND WORLD'S FAIR

Reference number: 0130

Date: 1939

Director: filmed by Nat and Nettie McGavin

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 9 mins

Description: A holiday in New York with shots of Wall Street, Fifth Avenue, Rockerfeller Centre, George Washington Statue, the World's Fair, and Broadway at midnight.

Entered into the Scottish Amateur Film Festival of 1940. Adjudicator's comments: "Inadequate as non-fiction. Good opening showing entrance to New York harbour. New York shots, apart from skyscraper, mean nothing. Striking long distance shots of Niagra Falls. Some clear shots of the Fair but general effect muddled and no clear impression left. Opening sequence impressive and individual shots notable."

Paper records held relating to this film at the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive 2/3/20.

Shotlist: Credits (.05) on board ocean liner steaming towards New York with shots of Manhattan skyline (.16) Wall Street - general scenes (1.44) Fifth Avenue and Rockerfeller Centre - shot from ground up to 70th storey, then pan from top of building (2.37) Grant's Tomb - scenes around tobm (2.55) Now for the World's Fair - outside car park, and people (3.22)The theme Centre - Trylon and Perisphere - shots inside exhibition area (5.55) George Washington's Statue and surroundings - back again to general street scenes and views of fair grounds (7.46) British Pavilion with shots of exteriors of several others (8.37) firework display by night (8.53) Broadway at Midnight - general street scenes (9.10)