COUNTY FAIR
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Year Published: 1971
Creator: jim-burroughs-and-joe-sutherin-grace-metro-enterprises-ltd-aci
Description: This 1971 documentary film, County Fair, was produced by Jim Burroughs and Joe Sutherin for Grace-Metro Enterprises, Ltd. and distributed by ACI. It documents a typical, if small, American county fair, showing patrons of all ages enjoy thrill rides, carnival games, carnival foods, and horse riding competitions. It opens with shots of a balloon, cotton candy, and children in a horse riding competition. Riders perform stunts on Rokon Trail-Breaker motorcycles, kids ride carousels, Garbrick Ferris Wheel, and carnival rides including The Spider and Round Up. 01:14 The Skydiver ferris wheel rotates and spins, a carousel with kids atop painted horses, motorcycles and Winston Auto Flyer-type cars. 01:44 Children spin wildly in The Scrambler. 01:50 A Skydiver ferris wheel in action. 02:00 Contestants of horse riding events ride horseback, walk their horses, guide children on horseback rides. One rides while carrying a U.S. flag. Another horse sports a blue ribbon 02:34 Children and adults play fishbowl toss, pitch horseshoes. 03:04 Kids ride a Gardrick Wheel ferris wheel. 03:37 Children enjoy cotton candy, candy apples, swirly-colored lollipops. 03:58 Big and small balloons. 04:09 Kids ride a Gardrick Wheel ferris wheel and the carousel, the Round Up, a Hampton Combo kiddie ride, a spinning Hustler ride. 04:43 A horse rider carries a U.S. flag, riders perform stunts on Rokon Trail-Breaker motorcycles up down raps to a crowd of onlookers, over logs. 05:31 A woman rides horse back in an open field. A contestant walks his horse. Kids ride a ferris wheel. Another kid enjoys a lollipop. More balloons and fishbowl toss, horseshoe toss and Skydiver ferris wheel. 06:22 Kids enjoy The Scrambler ride. 06:27 A woman rides horseback while carnival goers ride the Round Up, The Spider, and a carousel with painted horses. 06:53 The Rock-O Plane rotates. 06:57 Aerial view of the carnival. A ferris wheel rotates. 07:21 END
Complete Record: This 1971 documentary film, County Fair, was produced by Jim Burroughs and Joe Sutherin for Grace-Metro Enterprises, Ltd. and distributed by ACI. It documents a typical, if small, American county fair, showing patrons of all ages enjoy thrill rides, carnival games, carnival foods, and horse riding competitions. It opens with shots of a balloon, cotton candy, and children in a horse riding competition. Riders perform stunts on Rokon Trail-Breaker motorcycles, kids ride carousels, Garbrick Ferris Wheel, and carnival rides including The Spider and Round Up. 01:14 The Skydiver ferris wheel rotates and spins, a carousel with kids atop painted horses, motorcycles and Winston Auto Flyer-type cars. 01:44 Children spin wildly in The Scrambler. 01:50 A Skydiver ferris wheel in action. 02:00 Contestants of horse riding events ride horseback, walk their horses, guide children on horseback rides. One rides while carrying a U.S. flag. Another horse sports a blue ribbon 02:34 Children and adults play fishbowl toss, pitch horseshoes. 03:04 Kids ride a Gardrick Wheel ferris wheel. 03:37 Children enjoy cotton candy, candy apples, swirly-colored lollipops. 03:58 Big and small balloons. 04:09 Kids ride a Gardrick Wheel ferris wheel and the carousel, the Round Up, a Hampton Combo kiddie ride, a spinning Hustler ride. 04:43 A horse rider carries a U.S. flag, riders perform stunts on Rokon Trail-Breaker motorcycles up down raps to a crowd of onlookers, over logs. 05:31 A woman rides horse back in an open field. A contestant walks his horse. Kids ride a ferris wheel. Another kid enjoys a lollipop. More balloons and fishbowl toss, horseshoe toss and Skydiver ferris wheel. 06:22 Kids enjoy The Scrambler ride. 06:27 A woman rides horseback while carnival goers ride the Round Up, The Spider, and a carousel with painted horses. 06:53 The Rock-O Plane rotates. 06:57 Aerial view of the carnival. A ferris wheel rotates. 07:21 END
Transcription
e [Music] [Applause] [Music] round and round on the Mery Go Round Up on the fairis wheel riding along we mer sing fair is a Wonder wonderful thing there is a wonderful thing there is a wonderful [Music] thing the merry go round go goes around and around it's fun to ride on the merry go round ride the horses up and down as we ride the mer go round ride is something that you do when you sit on something that carries you rides are fast and rides are slow depending on the ride round and round and round we go it's lots of fun to ride up and down or upside down a ride is still a ride horses come in many kinds and colors we can see a real horse is not made of wood he lives quite naturally real life horses are such fun for boys and girls to ride at the fair each rides his horse and hopes to win first prize as they ride their horses round the judge will watch them ride at County Fair the hor is there are there to win a prize the county fair has many games and a game is lots of fun a game of guessing a game of throwing games that can be won a game for little boys and girls or a game for Mom and Dad it's always fun to win a game but losing can be said no matter if we win or lose a game is still a game a game is when we take a chance and others do the same feris wheels will take us up and then they'll bring us down the feris wheel goes up and down like the horse on the merry go round up is somewhere we can go up is toward the sky down is going toward the ground and never toward the sky up and down are places that depend on where you are down is often near the ground but up can be quite far cotton candy tastes so good it's always fun to eat there are many kinds of candy all are fun to eat some are sticky some are soft and some are very sweet but at the fair the candy there is very special treat balloon is a very special word a balloon is a special toy a balloon is fun for everyone for every girl and boy the fairy wheel goes around and around around and around like the merry go around they both go around in a circle game one Circle two circles both the same circles can be very small circles can be very tall but one thing about them is the same they all use Circle for their name circle is a shape you know and a circle is always round and a circle can be where you go when you go around in circles [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] round and on the Mery Go Round Up on the fairest wheel riding along we mer sing there is a wonderful thing there is a wonderful thing there is a wonderful thing
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