Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 1957 - 1963. MOVIETONE NEWS

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Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 1957 - 1963. MOVIETONE NEWS

1957-1963

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Part 1: Aerial views of construction underway at Flushing Meadows in preparation for New York's World's Fair. Flashbacks to Mayor LaGuardia laying cornerstone for 1939 World's Fair, Trylon and Perisphere, President Roosevelt speaking at 1939 Fair's opening, parades, monkey island, jitterbugs, the parachute ride, and the aquacade. Part 2: Fashion - Hat fashions. Part 3: Shows latest college craze for chopping up pianos at New Jersey's Rutgers University.

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