FAIR IN THE WEST, A VISIT TO THE CALIFORNIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, SAN DIEGO, CAL
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Views of fairgrounds from above - people walking around fair - people looking at Sideshow entrance, man and women on stage - large Spanish style building - amphitheater, orchestra on stage, audience - patio of Spanish style building, fountain - industrial machine - Mexican band strolling through large arch - Spanish gardens and architecture - women walking in garden - costumed flower girls pinning flower on man’s lapel - overhead view of Balboa Park, site of fair - views of Ford building at fair - crowds, exhibits inside Ford building - man speaking into microphone - soybean processing exhibit - people looking at car frame on revolving display - welding exhibit - man operating electric arc welding machine - two men disassembling Ford V-8 engine - Ford Trade School boy operating machine - crankshaft balancing machine in operation - valve seat insert testing machine in operation - safety glass ball drop test exhibit - model of Ford plant, model trains running around yard - views inside building - people sitting at tables on Ford building veranda - young boy looking through telescope - younger boy sitting beside fountain eating ice cream cone - people looking at Ford V-8 fountain - Mexican band playing - people sitting in Ford Bowl - pianist playing on stage - sign, ‘Ride On the Roads of the Pacific. No Charge’ - cars along old plank road, scenery in desert - car on mountainous Japanese road - car on Panamanian Gold Road - view of Old Spanish Trail - sign, ‘This is the House of Pacific Relations’ - Kimono clad Japanese girls leaving ‘House of Japan’ - close-ups - Norse costumed girls leaving Norwegian House - Slavic costumed girls sitting in front of Yugoslavian house - view of house of Central American nations - parka costumed girl with family of huskies, Admiral Byrd’s dog ‘Klondike’ - costumed dancers dancing before Queen Elizabeth and court - costumed girl playing ancient flute - costumed Indians dancing before pueblo - Irish costumed girl dancing jig - costumed Castilian dancers in amphitheater - clown playing bass drum - view of midway, Ferris wheel, other rides - close-up of man with megaphone - people looking at man and midgets on stage - man on motorcycle, people walking through midway - costumed prospector panning gold in stream - costumed men sitting in front of tent in woods, close-up of Soapy Smith and his pet coyote - view of Palace of Education building - small boy and girl painting at easels - boy finishing ice cream cone beside fountain - views of different buildings at fair. “The End.” [1935]
- Part of Ford Motor Company Collection, Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects