World's Fair Near Completion 1964

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New York, United States of America (USA).

Title reads 'Fair Pavilions Rushed for Nations of World'.

GV. The near complete centrepiece of World's Fair, the Unisphere - huge globe erected in the middle of the site. Various shots of the final stages under way on some of the pavilions...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
88811
Sort Number:
UN 3871 J
Time in/Out:
01:42:29:00 / 01:44:50:00
Canister:
UN 3871 J
Film ID:
3159.30
Issue Date:
1964

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