Ruth Storm

Item Data

  • Collection Title: Ruth Storm Collection
  • Item Title: World's Fair, c. 1964
  • ID Number: RS-005
  • Date Range: c. 1964
  • Description: World's Fair, 1964, including a glimpse of Storm herself and several of her last lover Almeda "Meda" Benoit
  • Biographical/Historical Note: Ruth Storm would have been 76 in 1964, her last partner Meda Benoit, 54. They may have still lived in Queens Village at least part time, maybe 15 minutes by car to the fair, which they clearly visited several times.
  • 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: Mix
  • Related Versions: Cite NHF and Queens Museum website?
  • Running Time: 19:42
  • Rights: Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) holds all rights.
  • Sound: Silent
  • Subjects: World's Fair 1964, Lesbian
  • Creators: Ruth Huntington Storm (1888-1981)
  • Collaborators & Participants: Almeda "Meda" Benoit Ruth Storm
  • Source Format: 16mm
  • Format: 16mm
  • Viewing Log: An American flag in front of a white dome (the IBM pavilion). Shot of the feet of people walking through the crowd. The Chinese Pavilion. The Belgian Village. Flags going over a bridge, with the monorail beyond. The Vatican Pavilion. The Belgian Village. A band on a trolley. The monorail. The Belgian Village and the Vatican Pavilion. Sign: ‘Chinese Smorgasbord 99¢ All You Can Take!!’ Flags. Mickey Mouse. Carousel. The ‘Devil’s Head Café’. Women in traditional European dress. A crowd watches dancers. Unisphere by landscape architect Gilmore D. Clarke. Greek Pavilion. New York State Pavilion. A fountain. The Chinese Pavilion and the Swiss Sky Ride. A ‘Maine’ mural. New York State Pavilion. Fountain. A collection of antique saws secured to a wall. Thai Pavilion. A woman (Meda?) poses for the camera. Souvenir shop (‘-- England Country Store’). A pool and ‘The Rocket Thrower’ by Donald De Lue. The cars of the Swiss Sky Ride seen past the roof of the Chinese Pavilion. The Rocket Thrower. American flag. The Sky Ride. Bubble roof of a Brass Rail restaurant. Unisphere. Dancers and a mariachi band. Woman next to a large painted sun. Acrobats. Thailand Pavilion. "Freedom of the Human Spirit" statue. Fountain. Dinosaur statues. "Forms in Transit" statue by Theodore Roszak.Decorated stone wall. A woman standing next to a wall adorened with flower bouquets. Dancers preparing to perform. Dance performance. Water and light show at the Pool of Industry. Fireworks. New York State Paviliontowers. Fountains. Greek Pavilion. People with torches. (Fire eaters?) Pepsi-Cola Pavilion. Meda Benoit, Ruth Storm's last partner appears several times in this footage, for example at 7:45; beside a fountain at 12:45; and beside a dinosaur at 12:54. Ruth herself appears once at 10:24. (She doesn't look happy to be caught on camera.)