Scenes of the Greater Texas and Pan American Exhibition in Dallas in 1937

Title card: "Dallas-Host to the World" over black then superimposed over Pan America Exposition EXT / High angle VS Pan American Exposition EXT / MS Texas Governor James Allred and Shirley Holmes of Mexico open the gate to the public on 6/12/1937 / MS Allred greets dignitaries / MS band plays, parade marches by, exposition bldg in bkgd / MS EXT Pan America bldg / low angle people walking outside exposition / EXT exposition, bus goes by in fgd / Low angle tilted up "Tejas Warrior" statue outside exhibition hall / Ext exhibition hall, man in sombrero in fgd, pedestrians / High angle Pan American Casino EXT / EXT Centennial Hall and statue / Low angle tilted up statue outside Centennial Hall / mural / MS three women walk away from camera to Cavalcade bldg / MS Tower Building with American and Texas flags out front / Low angle tilted up tower / MS EXT Little America exhibit, recreation of Antarctic exploration bases / VS INT reproduction of Admiral Byrd's cabin / LS exhibition bldgs, pedestrians and Ferris wheel / MS spinning amusement park ride / VS exhibition street, pedestrians, rickshaws / MS automated life sized dinosaur on rock exhibition outside / Low angle dinosaur moving / re-enactment of the conquest of Mexico, Montezuma greets Cortes, soldiers chase Montezuma up pyramid and kill him / VS indigenous people and Spanish fight / VS re-enactment of the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, VA / Note: exact day not known
Title card: "Dallas-Host to the World" over black then superimposed over Pan America Exposition EXT / High angle VS Pan American Exposition EXT / MS Texas Governor James Allred and Shirley Holmes of Mexico open the gate to the public on 6/12/1937 / MS Allred greets dignitaries / MS band plays, parade marches by, exposition bldg in bkgd / MS EXT Pan America bldg / low angle people walking outside exposition / EXT exposition, bus goes by in fgd / Low angle tilted up "Tejas Warrior" statue outside exhibition hall / Ext exhibition hall, man in sombrero in fgd, pedestrians / High angle Pan American Casino EXT / EXT Centennial Hall and statue / Low angle tilted up statue outside Centennial Hall / mural / MS three women walk away from camera to Cavalcade bldg / MS Tower Building with American and Texas flags out front / Low angle tilted up tower / MS EXT Little America exhibit, recreation of Antarctic exploration bases / VS INT reproduction of Admiral Byrd's cabin / LS exhibition bldgs, pedestrians and Ferris wheel / MS spinning amusement park ride / VS exhibition street, pedestrians, rickshaws / MS automated life sized dinosaur on rock exhibition outside / Low angle dinosaur moving / re-enactment of the conquest of Mexico, Montezuma greets Cortes, soldiers chase Montezuma up pyramid and kill him / VS indigenous people and Spanish fight / VS re-enactment of the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, VA / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
1286006787
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
June 01, 1937
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:03:25:22
Location:
Dallas, Texas, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr004529_02_01