Made Here

World Fair

Season 13 Episode 1303 | 26m 39s | Video has closed captioning.

World's Fair.World Fair explores personal memory andamateur cinematography through a singular, spectacular event: the 1939 New York World's Fair. On the heels of the Great Depression and with war mounting overseas, millions of people traveled to a former ash dump in Queens, New York, to catch a fleeting glimpse of a better future. World Fair weaves together the memories of former fairgoers.

Aired: 03/11/21

Expires: 03/11/22

Rating: NR

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