(2/6) RARE 1964 NBC COLOR TV SPECIAL - "A World's Fair Diary" with Edwin Newman

Part 2 of 6. Relive an inside look at the 1964/65 New York World's Fair in this NBC TV Special from 1964 "A World's Fair Diary", with Edwin Newman. See Edwin take you on a first hand tour of the inside of many attractions featured in the fair. He tends more towards the off-the-beaten-path attractions moreso than the mainstays, but he gets a great glimpse of what was a once-in-a-lifetime event.
Sorry for the crappy quality. It was obviously shot in Eastmancolor. ;(

[@cybergal99]

My brother and I went to the fair 26 times and the IBM pavillon was one of our fav's. I work in IT and I knew I would the minute they set me down in front of a Selectric .. I didn't remember that logic puppet show but what a great way to teach programming!! Thanks so much for this .. and the Log Flume was my absolute favorite!

[@enpointeannie2225]

Love the explanation of the "LOG Ride" as we say today. He called it the "Log Plume", that makes sense. Then goes on to state that the logs them selves came from a Large North American Fiberglass Forest, funny! Finally he sums up the ride by showing others sliding down the largest "Plume"/Slide, in the process of saying that the slide may look like it will soak you, when it just "gets you Moist; Barely in Need of a Pressing". Funny to me in so many ways now days! Log rides are everywhere, and need no explanation anymore, as well as the words and wording/usage in sentences and the descriptions are a TKO to me! lol

[@hebneh]

Could Sherlock Holmes have known that I would be watching this program on a computer, in my own home, in some far distant time of 50+ years in the future?

[@laughorgomad]

Not even the Log Flume could shake that stick out of the reporters butt."I kinda enjoyed this" (In a cold robotic way.) I wish I was born in those times and had experienced it.As a resident of NY it always just sat there a giant mystery to me & highly intriguing

[@stevie68a]

One of the best things at the fair, was the shooting fountains at night, lit by colored lights, in time with music, as fireworks went off overhead. I think it was in front of the Bell Telephone pavilion. Really exceptional.

[@RailroadGuy49]

stevie68a I believe it was called Waltzing Waters.

[@bradwooldidge6979]

What’s really scary is, I started school in 1964! I actually *remember* this!

[@michaelgreenslade7260]

Grumpy Gus goes to the Fair

[@musicom67]

Michael Greenslade His 'dogs' are killing him. I think in one part he sits down, takes his shoes off and rubs his socked feet. Poor Edwin.

[@Bogframe]

This is amazing! I vaguely remember watching this on our B&W DuMont when I was a kid

[@BG-zy3vx]

" the log flume" just like great adventure.

[@noneyun9943]

The nervous Nocks are the relatives of America got talents Belo Nocks circus act! Pretty cool

[@musicom67]

Isn't it also bizarre that of all things, they chose that Sherlock Holmes puppet show as filler - takes 5 minutes of the program! - There was so much more visual cool stuff to see than THIS, I'd think...

[@24sweetroller7]

The one thing I remember most is my "maiden voyage" on the New York subway in the summer of 1965...the 7 Flushing line! Fascinating time for a kid from Pittsburgh who was used to riding steetcars at the time.

[@echoecho3108]

So, dear Ed, you probably thought that 'the the Smoke Ring' was more interesting to watch than anything else at the Fair.

[@yaelrar.4460]

Geez...this negative killjoy had a complaint about everything. I'll go by the happy faces of the people.

[@musicom67]

@CrackerLance True, but without his ferocity, you'd be taking Northern Blvd into Manhattan from Long Island instead of the L.I.E., You'd have to take a ferry to get to the Bronx. You'd not have any Parkways (or Parks for that matter) on Long Island. Almost all express highways, parkways, most bridges and tunnels, etc. wouldn't exist (or built as effectively) if it weren't for him...

[@MerleOberon]

I remember the Belgian waffles, they were great!

[@NYCgirl927]

My mother in law ran the Belgium Waffle stand. She was there 7 days a week

[@hugues-ethanshamamba]

Moi aussi 🇧🇪❤️

[@cliffchristie5865]

Ah, there's nothing like a pundit in a suit to generate excitement. Honestly, though, with so many diverse elements that would go into a world's fair, it's inevitable that not everything will work or find popular appeal.

[@poncewattle]

5:02 -- 95 cents for the log flume? That's $7.19 in 2015 dollars. Ouch...

[@edwinhesse11]

At 9 yers old I rather enjoyed the fair. There was a delightful meal at the Indonesian Pavilion but, sadly, it was closed before the fair ended due to a dust up with with Malaysia.

[@musicom67]

@CrackerLance Sure there are the 'horror' stories - The Cross Bronx, the Housing developments, the Clearview Expwy which destroyed neighborhoods, but there are also the crown jewels - Jones Beach State Park.. and that's just in the Tri-State area... And he didn't always win: The Lower Manhattan Expwy, Cross Sound Bridge, Brooklyn Battery Bridge, Cross Brooklyn Expwy....

[@DTD110865]

Two differences between the Cross Bronx and Clearview Expressways; 1)Not every neighborhood that the Clearview goes through can be considered a slum, and 2)The Clearview wasn't finished. It was supposed to go through Queens Village, St. Albans, and Laurelton, right down to JFK Airport. It should've never been truncated. Now the only way to get their is the overcrowded Van Wyck Expressway.

[@txvoltaire]

5:02 I always meant to visit those majestic fiberglass forests!

[@jamesdavid3497]

He's quite the buzzkill.

[@attackspeed9]

What about the car drive game contest in the GM pavilion. Which had huge line's but worth the wait for me because I won!

[@skullnbones3327]

🌞

[@wiedep]

love the sarcasm...

[@sniferlip]

Damn Ed! Can you moan any louder?

[@AskALibbieist]

Man, this narrator HATED the fair. He disses it so hard you’d think it stole his girlfriend.

[@musicom67]

Trust me - he was a curmudgeon in EVERY report he did...This was HAPPY! 🤪

[@KathleenJean53]

I think he is right, very uninspired fair. My only memory was the dinosaurs. We were there on a budget and it did seem to nickeled and dined. The 1939 fair seems much more inspired.

[@fairfaxcat1312]

Newman is boring as crap. Thirty-two cents a minute for the log ride was ridiculous. Surprised the ride was so popular at that price.

[@razzati420]

this guy was so negative lol

[@SecurityPro2704]

What a Debbie Downer the narrator was, if this was supposed to be a promotional video, this was a terrible attempt.

[@musicom67]

It was Edwin Newman - in his typical droll narration. And this was an NBC TV primetime Special so, to a degree, promotional, but mainly for 'informative and entertaining' purposes.

[@markrocovich2234]

Between Mr.Newman and Sander Vanocur, along with Frank McGee, NBC NEWS had 3 of the most recognizable voices in remote news video...

[@shyphyre]

If it weren't for him many of New Yorks neigborhoods would not have been destroyed in the name of progress, and Long Island would be less segregated.

[@DTD110865]

I've never seen a "Whites Only" sign anywhere on Long Island, and if we didn't have Robert Moses, all of our cars and trucks would be on local surface streets.

[@yaelrar.4460]

And just where did you get your information from? First of all, that property where the World's Fair is used to be a garbage dump. It was not a neighborhood. Segregation was in the South. As New Yorker who lives near the WF, there was never any signs of segregation anywhere. None. So your phony made up allegations to somehow gin up a victimhood status is an epic: Fail.

[@Sheppesh]

This World's Fair in NYC in 1964 was a waste of time and money, very bland, too dry and BORING! Incredible! ... Well, it was 1964.

[@yaelrar.4460]

Not according to my family that went there. They loved it, learned so much and wrnt back many times. And 1964 was hardly boring... Beatlemania, Astronauts and the Space race, Vietnam War....That year was anything but boring.

[@kevochallen283]

@Seph Callaway Actually I don't think the New York World's Fair was nearly as boring as your face.