Ruth Storm

Item Data

  • Collection Title: Ruth Storm Collection
  • Item Title: Outtakes 1, "Fair I," 1937-1940
  • ID Number: RS-007
  • Date Range: c. 1937-1940
  • Description: Punch & Judy puppet show. Fair or highway construction crew at work.
  • Biographical/Historical Note: Construction for the 1939 World's Fairbegan in 1936 [per NYPL Archives & Manuscripts 'New York World's Fair 1939 and 1940 Incorporated Records 1935-1945) already involved 24 hour days as early as december 1936. https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2013/11/the-1939-new-york-worlds-fair/100620/ Caitlin McGrath, Ph.D. "New York World' Fair, 1939-1940," Moving Image Review (Summer 2011) https://oldfilm.org/nyfair.html
  • Genres: Amateur Films
  • Places: Queens, NY
  • Access & Use: Contact Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) info@lesbianhomemovieproject.org. No re-use without permission.
  • Color or B&W: Color
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  • Running Time: 8:30
  • Rights: Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) holds all rights.
  • Sound: Silent
  • Subjects: Lesbians, World's Fair 1939
  • Creators: Ruth Huntington Storm (1888-1981)
  • Collaborators & Participants:
  • Source Format: 16mm
  • Format: 16mm
  • Viewing Log: Statues: Seated statue with metal pyramid. Male and female nudes with wings and sheaves, side of Romania Pavilion. Man, woman, child and dog statue. Women on stage, performing with batons. Statues: Bearded man with child and ship. Man with nets. Female nude with miniatures on side of US pavilion wall with ‘Peace’ written on it. Man with a plow, next to a two headed eagle insignia with domed crown (Austria?) Woman on the outside of the Ireland Pavilion. Mural: Planes and a fox hunt Statue: "Wings" by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Parade of women with bagpipes (Saskatoon Girl Band). . "Punch & Judy" puppet. Girl holding animal (lemur?) Man in pith helmet holding lemur and microphone. Statues in large fountain. Fountain. Statue at end of fountain (‘Time and the Fates of Man’ by Paul Manship). Fountain. Relief depicting devil with horse head and smaller people. ("Humility" by Edmond Amateis). Mural over door to Works Progress Administration ("Maintaining America's Skills" by Philip Guston. Mural: "Stages of American Architecture" by J. Scott Williams. Construction workers digging trenches. Whitestone Bridge construction? Digging the Trylon foundation?