[1932 HOME MOVIE VIEWS OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA]

Genre: home movie

Year Published: 1932

Description:

This 1932 black-and-white home movie shows the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as well as scenes from the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. The film begins with a title card at 0:11, then a view of the Jonathon Hulton Bridge (0:21). Built in 1908, the truss bridge crosses the Allegheny River and connects Oakmont with Harmarville. Coca-Cola and Chrysler plants (0:32). Karpen Furniture Exhibit (0:41). The Stevens Hotel (0:50). Title card: “’Century of Progress’ Chicago Illinois July 2 to 7 1933” (1:50). Adler Planetarium (2:00). Title card: “The Avenue of Flags” (2:10). Hall of Science (2:24); Sky Ride Tower (2:35); Time Magazine cover with President Franklin D. Roosevelt (3:05); Fortune Magazine cover (3:09).Title cards: “Along the Midway” (3:18); “Birds’ Eye View of Worlds’ Fair from Sky Ride” (3:34); the Italian Pavilion roof is visible. The World’s Fair, also known as A Century of Progress International Exposition, was held in Chicago in 1933-1934. Sky Ride cable cars named after Amos ’n’ Andy characters, including Madame Queen, Henry Van Porter, and Kingfish (4:06). The Federal and States Building (4:31). Havoline ThermometerTower, the world’s tallest thermometer at the time (6:12); title card: “A Pre-Historic Monster” (6:29) shows a mechanical “prehistoric gorilla” at the entrance to “The World a Million Years Ago” exhibit; the movie King Kong was released the same year in 1933. An airship flies behind the Havoline Tower (7:19). Dancers at the Belgian Village (7:27); visitors watch a man feeding doves. A Belgian Village plaque, noting that it was erected by Geom Potie and Architect Alfons De Rydt, among others. A Manneken Pis statue replica (8:54). A woman dressed as a milkmaid in front of a Belgian Milk Cart (9:08). Dancers in front of the Restaurant Leopold in the Belgian Village (9:28). Blurry Chicago skyline (10:20). Field Museum and Shedd Aquarium (10:35). A closeup of a sea turtle and other animals at the aquarium (11:23). The Nash Tower (11:46). A peacock and peahen (12:00); a railroad exhibit with Illinois Central Railroad trains (12:16). General Motors building (12:21); signs for Chevrolet Oldsmobile and Buick. Chrysler Motors Building (12:29). Title card: “Maya Temple” (12:41); teepees (12:56). The film ends with a quick pass by of various houses.

Complete Record: This 1932 black-and-white home movie shows the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as well as scenes from the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. The film begins with a title card at 0:11, then a view of the Jonathon Hulton Bridge (0:21). Built in 1908, the truss bridge crosses the Allegheny River and connects Oakmont with Harmarville. Coca-Cola and Chrysler plants (0:32). Karpen Furniture Exhibit (0:41). The Stevens Hotel (0:50). Title card: “’Century of Progress’ Chicago Illinois July 2 to 7 1933” (1:50). Adler Planetarium (2:00). Title card: “The Avenue of Flags” (2:10). Hall of Science (2:24); Sky Ride Tower (2:35); Time Magazine cover with President Franklin D. Roosevelt (3:05); Fortune Magazine cover (3:09).Title cards: “Along the Midway” (3:18); “Birds’ Eye View of Worlds’ Fair from Sky Ride” (3:34); the Italian Pavilion roof is visible. The World’s Fair, also known as A Century of Progress International Exposition, was held in Chicago in 1933-1934. Sky Ride cable cars named after Amos ’n’ Andy characters, including Madame Queen, Henry Van Porter, and Kingfish (4:06). The Federal and States Building (4:31). Havoline ThermometerTower, the world’s tallest thermometer at the time (6:12); title card: “A Pre-Historic Monster” (6:29) shows a mechanical “prehistoric gorilla” at the entrance to “The World a Million Years Ago” exhibit; the movie King Kong was released the same year in 1933. An airship flies behind the Havoline Tower (7:19). Dancers at the Belgian Village (7:27); visitors watch a man feeding doves. A Belgian Village plaque, noting that it was erected by Geom Potie and Architect Alfons De Rydt, among others. A Manneken Pis statue replica (8:54). A woman dressed as a milkmaid in front of a Belgian Milk Cart (9:08). Dancers in front of the Restaurant Leopold in the Belgian Village (9:28). Blurry Chicago skyline (10:20). Field Museum and Shedd Aquarium (10:35). A closeup of a sea turtle and other animals at the aquarium (11:23). The Nash Tower (11:46). A peacock and peahen (12:00); a railroad exhibit with Illinois Central Railroad trains (12:16). General Motors building (12:21); signs for Chevrolet Oldsmobile and Buick. Chrysler Motors Building (12:29). Title card: “Maya Temple” (12:41); teepees (12:56). The film ends with a quick pass by of various houses.