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It was MAGICAL!!!I was 5 years old lol and I got to go twice.

I’m sorrry about your mother. I was born after the fair too.

That is a beautiful memory, thanks for sharing.

That was a perfect age for you , my girl visited the fair as as a teenager from St Louis ,her sister and brother were all in the same age group . She was not left with a good impression , due to the fact , she did not want be there , her siblings felt the same as her.Her family made the trip to see La Pieta', La Pieta' was brought over on The Cristobolo Colombo, ocean liner in a special floating crate . I was lucky if my Dad took me to the local fair at that age , I had a first cousin that visited the fair in NYC, she was my age 6 , she was very lucky .I really wanted to go to Expo 67 in Montreal it was the best of all the fairs, I still recall , my friends telling me about Expo 67 , I was left with eyes wide open. Oh well.

Can I go too?? Lets all get together and do another Worlds Fair, right there in Flushing Meadows. Whaddya say?? Sound good?

I was there, too. A prominent memory from my youth.

Thank you for sharing ur memories! It is said, watching something from the past is as close to reliving the past!

I can't imagine what that must've been like. My uncle was there and tells me it was a wonderful experience.

I was thirteen also. My mother took me in late June. I was so excited the nigh before, I could not sleep. I was totally enthralled. Many fond memories. I still have the official guide book.

Thirteen here too! We thought those Belgian waffles were very pricey at $1 which was like ten or twelve now.

I was there too...but I was only 3 years old, and, unfortunately, have no memory of being there..(My mom said I mostly fell asleep in my stroller! ..) I always wish I had been just a few years older to remember the fair...So, thank goodness for this documentary, which I have seen many times., it has many wonderful memories preserved for all of us to watch over again and again, whenever we want to !

Agreed. We had an optimistic view of the future then that seems lost. Growing up around the park in the 70's was sad as it fell into disrepair.

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I am a 64 years old African American male who lives in Macon Bibb county Georgia I was also 7 years old when My maternal great aunt Evelyn Brown (1911-1969) who was a Clayton county Georgia Atlanta School teacher took me to the 1964 worlds fair. We rode the train all the way to the Bronx New York and lodge with a cousin so that we could visit the fair every day by taking the subway from the Bronx to Oueens New York to attend the Fair. Do you remember riding the monorail and the lights at night and the colorful water fountain and the masses of people? Do you remember the miniature cars that you could drive What about seeing Michelangelo Pieter statute how it sat down on a stage at the bottom of a stadium with bleachers that was covered with a tent. The spot light was focused on the statue. Their was lights on the bottom of the bleachers that gave one the effect of being in a movie theater. I remember people speaking in under tones as though they were in church for they had such reverence and awe for such a mighty work of art. You are right, the 1964 worlds fair did seem like magic. And you and I being males of the last of the baby boomers generation were blessed to have adults to expose us as children why they were building these inner vision in us so that we continue to travel through this spiritual journal in life we would not allow the challenges of life to cause us to despair but to forever be an eternal optimist.

@@donaldrichardson9132 Thanks Don It still is remembered as one of the greatest days of my life Stay safe !

@@brianjmcgeehan Thanks Brian for responding to my comments, and my good wishes for the present and the future. Don.

Thanks for sharing.

That just melted my heart. And I'm also younger than the World's Fair, but just by a few years. I was just talking to my aunt and uncle about it, I just mentioned it and the flood of memories came pouring out immediately.

You're welcome! My uncle was very moved, he was there.

Care to share a story? My uncle went then. I was born in 66 so I didn't go, lol. My uncle loved it and tells me stories. We've always lived near the park and I am so sad I never got to see the World's Fair.

Then you WERE in the Philippines for real!

Of course, you're not allowed to see a fun KZfaq without some whiny, trolling right-wing ideologue putting words in the mouths of the left by inventing conspiracies by the snipe creature of 'pc."

Can we stop arguing and get along please? Why is it when someone disagrees with someone why is it that they go quick into attack mode. Stop think for a few minutes? Is the comment really worth it? I’ve had said several things that I’d take back from my comment section… and right simply because I had this “got go go go.” Mindset. I now stop and think before I type something, this goes out to both right and left wing politics. Stop think. Is tearing someone else down really worth it? You should be more open minded and try to see the other persons view point instead of having the “I am always right and no one else is.” Accept that there will be people whom have different viewpoints. Sometimes those view positions are right and you should accept that. Stop being hostile to everyone whom has a different view point than you.

What???

it shows you right when they mention it at 35:56-36:15. From Wikipedia: Animatronics is the use of cable-pulled devices or actuators to animate a replica of a human or an animal, or bring lifelike characteristics to an otherwise inanimate object.

Yes I understand The Term audio ANIMATRONICS Coined by W.E.D. Engineers under Uncle Walt. However have yet to hear him or any other Imagineer refer to them as Animatrons. correct me if I’m wrong, including when Walt himself debuted one of the talking parrots from the enchanted Tiki room on the show before he passed. I’m also aware that W.E.D. Created the first crude version of animatronics With the caveman and dinosaurs in the general motors exhibit which had very little animation at all once again never heard either of those referred to as animatrons I’m not a Disney aficionado but I’m a Disney aficionado. Lol.