JPS's World's Fairs Page: 1974-1982

JON PAUL SANK'S WORLD'S FAIRS PAGE: 1974-1982

1974 SPOKANE (BIE Specialized Expo):

Video:
- Television:
  - Reflections by the River: Expo '74 (YouTube, TV documentary, 57m11s)
  - A World's Fair: 40 Years Later (YouTube, TV documentary, 44m00s)
  - Expo '74 (C-SPAN3 American History TV) (video and transcript, 13m48s)
  - Expo 74 (TV segment, 15m00s, at Internet Archive)
  - Expo '74 (YouTube, TV segment, 7m03s)
- Home Movies:
  - Spokane World's Fair 1974 (YouTube, silent, 4m04s)
  - Spokane World's Fair (YouTube, silent, 3m56s)
  - 1974 World's Fair (YouTube, narrated, 3m36s)
  - Expo '74 Spokane WA (YouTube, silent, 3m36s)
  - 1974 8mm Film Home Movie - EXPO 74 Spokane Washington, Yellowstone, etc (YouTube, silent, 16m37s)
- Newsreels:
  - Synd 12-3-74 Views of Expo 74 Fair Site in Spokane (AP Archive) (YouTube, 1m24s)
- Documentaries:
  - Jordan Smith Expo '74 (YouTube, home documentary, 9m54s)
  - Expo 74 Spokane (YouTube, 4m13s)
  - Expo '74: A Look Back (YouTube, 1m10s)
- Panel Discussions:
  - Lessons from Expo '74 ... and the Future of Riverfront Park (panel discussion, 1h16m48s, at Internet Archive)
  - World's Fair Memories (YouTube, TV panel discussion, 50m11s)
Pictures:
- Pictures Stories: From the Archives: Expo '74 (pictures with captions, at Spokane Spokesman-Review)
- Picture Stories: Expo Archives (black and white) (photos with captions, at Spokane Spokesman-Review)
- Expo '74 (at Wikimedia Commons)
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- Expo '74 and Riverfront Park (walking tour guide, at Spokane Historical)
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
- Butterflies:
  - Group Hopes to Give Expo Butterfly New Life (KXLY-4) (YouTube, TV news report, 1m51s)
  - Shawn Vestal: Years of citizen effort has brought Expo '74 butterfly back to Riverfront Park (article, at Spokane Spokesman-Review)
  - Expo '74 butterfly reinstalled on Riverfront Park's north bank (article, at KXLY)
  - Save the Expo Butterflies!!! (Facebook Public Group)
- Expo '74: The Train
  - Amtrak display at Expo '74, 1974 (photo and description at Amtrak: A History of America's Railroad)
- Learning for Survival: A Symposium on Environmental Education and Water Quality for the Future:
  - Proceedings (book, 466pp, at Internet Archive)
- Opening Day:
  - Nixon at Expo '74 by J. William T. Youngs (YouTube, documentary, 1m19s)
  - Nixon Opens Expo (YouTube, speech, 3m11s)
  - Nixon on the Environment (Spokane Historical) (YouTube, speech excerpt, 2m17s)
  - President Opens Expo '74 (Spokane Daily Chronicle, May 4, 1974) (article, at Google News Archive)
  - President Praises Spokane, Expo '74 (Spokane Spokesman-Review, May 5, 1974, p. 1) (article, at Google News Archive)
  - President Richard M. Nixon Presides Over the Opening of Expo '74, Spokane's World's Fair, on May 4, 1974 (article, at HistoryLink)
- Sermons From Science:
  - A Brief History of Wonders of Science (formerly: Sermons from Science) (article, at Wonders of Science)
  - Sermons from Science (article, at The John Ankerberg Show)
  - Irwin Moon, Man of Science, Man of God (YouTube, documentary, 14m39s)
  - Moody Science Videos (YouTube Playlist, 20 videos)
  - Moody Bible Stories (YouTube Playlist, 53 videos)
- Taiwan:
  - Expo '74 Spokane: China Pavilion (article at Necksbetrim)
  - "The Taiwan Experience" (American Cinematographer) (article excerpt, at Questia)
- United States
  - Man Belongs to Earth (exhibit film, 21m49s, at Internet Archive)
    - At Internet Archive
  - Expo '74 and the Environment (YouTube, documentary, 1m33s)
- Washington State:
  - Then and Now: Washington State Pavilion (article, at Spokane Spokesman-Review)
  - The Special Challenges of Filming "About Time" (American Cinematographer) (article excerpt, at Questia)
Music:
- Percussion Naut Patriots Live at Expo '74, Spokane, Washington May 1974 (YouTube, marching band performance, 7m57s)
- Expo '74 Salute (Dale Miller) (YouTube):
  - Expo '74 Spokane, WA World's Fair 1974 (music, lyrics, pictures, 2m19s)
  - Expo '74 (Salute for Business Talks (music with pictures, 2m24s)
- Yes, You Can in Spokane (Reg Fulton) (sung by Bob Bellows) (YouTube, audio, 2m52s)
- Spokane, Wa. Expo 74 Train Song (Don Ohman) (YouTube, audio, 1m08s)
- Up With People at 1974 Expo Spokane (YouTube, music video, 2m42s)
- Slocan Valley Doukhobor Youth Choir (1974) (album, 12 tracks, at Internet Archive)
  - Doukhobor Song Library (at Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ)
Texts:
- Hello, World: Forty Years Ago Today, Expo '74 Changed the Face of Spokane (Spokane Spokesman-Review) (newspaper supplement, 32pp, at Issuu)
- Expo '74 Symbol Selected (Spokane Spokesman-Review, March 12, 1972, p. 1) (article, at Google News Archive)
- Expo '74 and Earth Day (Pacific Northwest Inlander, April 21, 2010) (article)
- Lesson Twenty-six: Spokane's Expo '74; A World's Fair for the Environment (article, at Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest
- Expo '74 and Earth Day (article, at Pacific Northwest Inlander)
- Expo '74: Spokane World's Fair (article, at HistoryLink)
- Spokane had a mini-renaissance in the 1970s; let's recapture some of that magic as we celebrate the World's Fair and plan for future success (article, at Pacific Northwest Inlander)
1982 KNOXVILLE (BIE Specialized Expo):
Websites, Pages:
- The 1982 World's Fair (archived website, at Wayback Machine)
- The 1982 World's Fair 25th Anniversary (archived website, at Wayback Machine)
  - Blog
- 20th Anniversary of the 1982 World's Fair (archived website, at Wayback Machine)
- 1982 World's Fair: Landmark and Historical Place (at Facebook)
Video:
- Knoxville World's Fair (PM Magazine) (YouTube, TV segment, 6m36s)
- 1982 World's Fair Opening Ceremony WTVK (YouTube, TV coverage, 57m24s)
- The 1982 World's Fair (Bob Myers) (YouTube, documentary):
  - Part 1 (2h03m45s)
  - Part 2 (2h03m45s)
  - Part 3 (1h27m24s)
- Peterson Roadshow: Knoxville World Fair 1982 (YouTube, home movie, 4m19s)
- Winston Crew 1982 World Fair (YouTube, home movie, silent with added music, 9m15s)
- World's Fair Finale (YouTube, TV special, 59m07s)
- Knoxville World's Fair: Mayor Randy Tyree (YouTube, TV interview, 7m26s)
- From the Archives: The 1982 World's Fair (WDEF News 12) (YouTube Playlist, television segments, 13 videos)
- Revisiting the '82 World's Fair (YouTube, travelogue, 15m36s)
- 1982 World's Fair scene from The Simpsons (YouTube, TV clip, 1m21s)
- 35th World's Fair Celebration at Sweet P's | May 2, 2017 (YouTube, vlog entry, 6m01s)
Pictures:
- The 1982 World's Fair: Deluxe Pictorial Souvenir Book (PDF, view book, 28pp, at World's Fair Photos)
- A Look at the 1982 World's Fair (virtual tour, at World's Fair Photos)
- 1982 World's Fair (at Wikimedia Commons)
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- Official Guide Book, The 1982 World's Fair (book in PDF parts, at M. Butkus' Library of Information)
- A Once-in-a-Lifetime International Event! (Harlan Daily Enterprise, April 23, 1982, supplement) (archived newspaper with supplement, at Google News)
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
- America's Electric Energy Exhibit:
  - Electric Energy: Key to a Better Future (PDF, souvenir booklet, 13pp, at World's Fair Photos)
- Australia
  - Australia at Expo 82: Energy Down Under (PDF, press release, 3pp, at World's Fair Photos)
- Baptist Pavilion
  - Deaf Choir Signs While Texas Group Sings at Fair (Baptist Press, August 12, 1982, pp3-4) (PDF, at Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives)
- Daily Parade:
  - 1982 World's Fair (Parade).avi (YouTube, home movie, 7m46s)
- Gas Energy Pavilion:
  - Tennessee Gas Association (YouTube, exhibit talk, 5m27s)
- Howard Brothers Circus:
  - The Biggest Little Show On Earth (PDF, exhibit booklet, 27pp, at World's Fair Photos)
- Hungary:
  - World's Largest Rubik's Cube (YouTube, TV segment, 6m09s)
- Japan:
  - Japan Pavilion (PDF, exhibit brochure, at World's Fair Photos)
- Sunsphere:
  - The Sunsphere and Other Famous Structures of Past World's Fairs (PDF, fair booklet, 72pp, at World's Fair Photos)
  - Sunsphere (pictures at Wikimedia Commons)
  - Celebrating the Sunsphere (audio, 53m50s, at Knox County Library)
- United States Pavilion
  - United States Pavilion (PDF, exhibit booklet, 97pp, at U.S. Department of State)
- World's Fair Beer:
  - World's Fair Beer (PM Magazine, 1982) (YouTube, TV segment, 7m41s)
- World's Fair Knot
Music:
- Sing Tennessee (YouTube, video, musical performance):
  - Part 1 (4m52s)
  - Part 2 (8m22s)
  - Part 3 (5m44s)
  - Part 4 (6m01s)
  - Part 5 (6m16s)
  - Part 6 (7m10s)
  - Part 7 (7m49s)
  - Part 8 (5m47s)
- 1982 World's Fair Energy Express Theme Song (YouTube, music with pictures, 2m45s)
- Albertville Marching Band (YouTube, video, musical performance, 6m37s)
- James Booker (YouTube, audio, live album, 48m30s)
- Glen Campbell (YouTube, video, music performance, 2m54s)
- Wilma Lee Cooper (YouTube, audio, music performance, 29m18s)
- Jerry Lee Lewis (YouTube, video, music performance, 2m13s)
- Ricky Skaggs (YouTube, audio, music performance, 1h06m13s)
Texts:
- The 1982 World's Fair: Biggest Event in 40 Years (Privilege, Summer 1982) (PDF, article, 5pp, at World's Fairs Photos)
- The World's Fair 1982: A Special Report (ARAMCO World Magazine, July/August 1982) (PDF, 7pp, at World's Fair Photos)
- A World of Energy (Sky, Summer 1982) (PDF, article, 9pp, at World's Fair Photos)
- History (facts at World's Fair Park)
- 1982 World's Fair (facts at City of Knoxville)
- Knoxville Unveils Its World's Fair (article at New York Times Archives)
- Remembering the 1982 World's Fair (article, with video and photos, at WBIR-10)
- World's Fair: The world came to Knoxville in May 1982 (article at Knoxville News Sentinel)
- I Wouldn't Be Here Without the 1982 World's Fair (article at Paleofuture)
- 1982 World's Fair (article at Return To The 80s)
- Thirty years later, Knoxvillians celebrate 1982 energy expo (article, at Go Knoxville)

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