JPS World's Fairs: 1984-1992

JON PAUL SANK'S WORLD'S FAIRS PAGE (Continued)

1984 NEW ORLEANS (BIE Specialized Expo):

Video:
- Promotional:
  - 1984 World's Fair New Orleans Commercial (YouTube, 0m30s)
  - WDSU-6 "At The Fair" Promo (YouTube, 1m00s)
  - Berning Marketing & Productions | 1984 World's Fair (YouTube, 0m30s)
  - 1984 World's Fair: Hilton promo (YouTube, 9m34s)
- Television:
  - New Orleans Prepares for World's Fair (1984) (video, news report, at LA Digital Media)
  - Super Birthday: A World's Fair Salute to Bob Hope (YouTube, TV special, 1h27m43s)
  - Celebration '84 with host Pete Fountain (YouTube, TV special, 24m35s)
  - WLOX Memories New Orleans Worlds Fair and Expo 1984 (YouTube, TV retrospective, 6m20s)
  - The 1984 New Orleans World's Fair Financial Fiasco (ABC News) (YouTube, news report, 1m50s)
  - Tricentennial Moments: World's Fair (YouTube, TV segment, 2m28s)
  - Making 300: Importance of World's Fair (YouTube, TV segment, 0m59s)
- Documentaries:
  - The 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans: Then and Now (YouTube, documentary, 4m25s)
  - The 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans: What Do You Remember? (YouTube, documentary, 1m17s
  - 1984 World's Fair Site Documentation (YouTube, documentary, 8m06s)
- Amateur:
  - Peterson Roadshow: New Orleans World's Fair 1984 (YouTube, home movie, 7m01s)
  - Original Jane: Over the River at the Louisiana World Exposition in New Orleans (YouTube, home documentary, 8m34s)
  - Louisiana World Exhibition (YouTube, edited home video, 4m29s)
Pictures:
- A Day at the Fair, New Orleans 1984 (YouTube, pictures with music and captions, 1m15s)
- World's fair memories 1984 (photos and captions, at New Orleans Times-Picayune)
- Snapshots from Louisiana World Exposition, New Orleans, 1984 (at Old New Orleans)
- Monorail and MART (Gondola) (at Streetcar Mike: Public Transportation Photography)
- 1984 Louisiana World Exposition (at Wikimedia Commons)
Stamps:
- This Day in History: May 12, 1984 (article with pictures, at Mystic Stamp Company)
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- 1984 Louisiana World Exposition map (at New Orleans Historical)
Audio:
- Rock-afire Explosion: Senior Citizens Show Tape, Segment 1: 1984 World's Fair: They All Asked For You (YouTube, 9m57s)
- Beyond Bourbon Street, Episode #89: The 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans (podcast, 47m53s, at Beyond Bourbon Street)
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
- Church of Christ:
  - The God Message: Church of Christ Videos from 1984 New Orleans World's Fair (YouTube, 11m46s)
- Circus:
  - D'Carlo Circus, 1984 World's Fair, New Orleans (YouTube, circus performances, silent with added music, 12m07s)
- Closing Day:
  - Celebration 84! The Party's Over! (WDSU-6) (YouTube, TV coverage):
    - Part 1 (35m21s)
    - Part 2 (21m46s)
  - The Great Celebration: World's Fair '84 (WDSU-6) (YouTube, closing day TV coverage, 27m50s)
  - 1984 Louisiana World Exposition Closing Day 11/11/84 WWL-TV 10 PM News (YouTube, 12m58s)
    - Seymore D'Fair Does the 1984 World's Fair (YouTube, TV segment, 5m10s)
- Dance:
  - The Dance Connection Louisiana World's Fair 1984 Performance (YouTube, 7m53s)
- Fireworks:
  - 1984 World's Fair Fireworks Show, November 8, 1984 (YouTube, fair footage, 7m47s)
- Gondola
  - World's Fair Gondola 1984 TV6 Alec Gifford (YouTube, ride, 16m28s)
  - A Bird's-Eye View of the Mighty Mississipp' (YouTube, TV report, 1m44s)
  - 1984 World's Fair Gondola (MART) (article, at New Orleans Historical)
- Liggett & Myers Pavilion:
  - Bothering Bert Parks at the 1984 World's Fair (YouTube, interview, 5m36s)
- Louisiana Pavilion:
  - Louisiana Journey (YouTube, documentary, 9m49s)
- Monorail:
  - Riding Around the 1984 World's Fair in a Monorail with a Bunch of Wisecrackers (YouTube, ride, 12m49s)
  - 1984 World's Fair Monorail (article at New Orleans Historical)
- Opening Day:
  - The Great Celebration: World's Fair '84 (WDSU-6) (YouTube, opening day TV coverage, 4h00m14s)
  - From the archives: Bill Capo reports from opening day of 1984 World's Fair (WWL-4) (video, 2m54s)
- Parade:
  - 1984 World's Fair Parade (YouTube, fair footage, 11m32s)
- Railroads:
  - Rivers of Steel (Union Pacific) (YouTube, documentary, 10m00s)
  - Union Pacific 844 Coming Home from the Fair (December 1, 1984) (YouTube Playlist, live event coverage, 7 videos)
  - The 1984 World's Fair Daylight (Southern Pacific 4449) (YouTube, locomotive film, 4m05s)
  - "A Dream Come True!" Charlie and His Dad on the Louisiana World's Fair Daylight (SP 4449), May 5-6, 1984 (YouTube, home movie, 2m07s)
- Space Shuttle
  - Moving the Space Shuttle at the 1984 World's Fair (WWL-4) (YouTube, TV news segment, 1m44s)
- Vatican Pavilion:
  - Tricentennial Moments: World's Fair Vatican Exhibit (YouTube, TV segment, 1m57s)
- Wonderwall
  - 1984 Wonderwall Louisiana World Exhibition [Moore + Turnbull + Perez Associates] (pictures and description, at Arqueología del Futuro)
  - The Wonderwall: A Half-Mile Long Stationary Mardi Gras (article, at My New Orleans)
Music:
- Louisiana World Exposition Souvenir Record (YouTube, record playing, 4m03s)
- Mardi Gras City, 1984 Louisiana World's Fair Theme Song (Burt "Bubba Whoopass" Wilson) (audio, 3m07s, at Internet Archive)
- New Orleans' World's Fair Rag (M.E. White, 1984) (Sue Keller, piano) (YouTube, audio, 4m51s)
  - Ol' Muddy: Riverboat Ragtime-Era Piano Sounds (Sue Keller, piano) (YouTube Playlist, music album, 17 audio videos)
- Power Co Allegan High School at 1984 World's Fair New Orleans (YouTube, music performance, 58m33s)
- Celebration (College of the Desert) (YouTube, music performances):
  - How About You (1m26s)
  - New York, New York (2m35s)
  - Kalamazoo (2m17s)
  - Benny Goodman Medley (dance performance, 2m27s)
- Al Hirt and Combo at the 1984 World's Fair New Orleans (YouTube, music performance, 6m22s)
- Elvis Presley Medley (Glen Campbell) (YouTube, music performance, 3m22s)
- Laura Branigan Live Concert at World's Fair Amphitheatre in New Orleans, Louisiana (1984) (YouTube Playlist, music performance, 8 audio videos)
- Saint Augustine H.S. Marching 100 (YouTube, marching band performances):
  - 1984 World's Fair (16m35s)
  - Performing "Carnival Show" at 1984 World's Fair (1m33s)
  - 1984 AEIOU (at New Orleans Saints game, 1984) (11m04s)
- Albertville High School Band performs at New Orleans World's Fair (Hi-Quality) (YouTube, marching band performance, 9m55s)
- The New Orleans Radiators (YouTube, music performances):
  - Kickin' Mule (5m02s)
  - Love is a Tangle (3m30s)
  - Let the Red Wine Flow (5m15s)
- A-Train (YouTube, music performances):
  - Sing It (3m46s)
  - Respect (3m52s)
- A Night in Old New Orleans (Graham/Palmisano) (YouTube, musical performance):
  - Part 1 (38m57s)
  - Part 2 (25m18s)
- Marie Laveau (Chuck Credo and The Basin Street Six) (YouTube, music performance, 4m54s)
- Gordon McCann, Art Galbraith, et al., World's Fair, October 14, 1984 (YouTube, audio, music performance, 1h20m50s)
  - McCann Ozarks Folk Music (Missouri State University Libraries) (YouTube Playlist, 1,435 audio videos)
- WDSU-6 Musician Interviews (YouTube):
  - Pop Combo (4m03s)
  - The Sheiks (2m58s)
Texts:
- 35 years ago this weekend: 1984 World's Fair opened for business (article, with video, at WWL-4)
- Articles at NOLA (New Orleans Times-Picayune):
  - The 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans: Then and Now (April 2, 2019)
  - Remembering the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans (May 17, 2017) (with photo gallery)
  - 1984: New Orleans plays host to the world's fair (December 28, 2011) (with photo gallery)
- A World's Fair to Remember (article, at WYES)
- Louisiana World Exposition, Inc. v. R. Gordon Logue, Jr., et al. (legal opinion, at Court Listener)
1986 VANCOUVER (BIE Specialized Expo):
Shortcuts: Websites | Video | Audio | Pics | Guides | Exhibits | Music | Texts | Collections
Websites, Pages:
- Expo 86 (bobbea.com/expo-86)
- Expo 86: The Expo Site (at greatervancouverparks.com)
Video:
- Expo 86 Under Construction Vancouver Canada Nov 1985 (YouTube, home movie, silent, 4m33s)
- Expo 86 Preview Centre (YouTube, promo, 5m20s)
- Jack Webster Expo 86 preopening special (YouTube, television program, 1h07m41s)
- Expo: Something's Happening Here! (CBC) (YouTube, TV documentary, 45m25s)
- Look What's Happening Here (YouTube, promotional film, 11m19s)
- Expo 86: Something's Happening Here VHS (YouTube, official Expo film, 1h00m42s)
- Vancouver Focus on Expo 86 (documentary, 29m16s, at Internet Archive)
- Vancouver World's Fair 1986: Expo 86 (Allscreen Productions) (YouTube, documentary):
  - Part I (10m00s)
  - Part II (9m28s)
  - Part III (8m06s)
- Expo 86 (YouTube, promo[?], 31m55s)
- Expo 86 Review (BCTV) (YouTube, television program):
  - Part 1 (7m02s)
  - Part 2 (3m54s)
  - Part 3 (7m16s)
- Lúčnica at Expo 86 (YouTube, Slovak dance performance and other Expo video footage, 2h03m42s)
- Rare Videos of Expo 86:
  - Part 1 (8m00s)
  - Part 2 (7m50s)
- Expo 86 Raw Cam Footage (YouTube, silent):
  - Part 1 (14m36s)
  - Part 2 (14m48s)
  - Part 3 (22m09s)
- TimEspin's Expo 86 Adventure & Friends (YouTube, home video):
  - Part 1 (9m51s)
  - Part 2 (9m57s)
- 1986 08 Canada World Expo in Vancouver (YouTube, home video):
  - #1 (7m37s)
  - #2 (15m30s)
  - #3 (6m21s)
  - #4 (16m39s)
- August 1986, Expo 86, Vancouver (YouTube, home video, 54m06s)
- Expo '86 VHS Home Video Footage (YouTube, 30m17s)
- 1986 Expo 86 Vancouver (YouTube, video footage with added music, 6m20s)
- Expo 86 Site Seen from False Creek (YouTube, video footage with added music, 8m10s)
- CBUT Expo 86 News 1986 (YouTube, TV news segment, 6m25s)
- Expo 86 4 (KATU-2) (YouTube, TV news segment, 6m14s)
- BCTV News 1986 (YouTube, TV news segment, 5m48s)
- Vancouver Expo 86 footage (YouTube, silent, 33m32s)
  - Downloadable MP4 (at City of Vancouver Archives)
- Press Release Footage (MP4, 18m30s, at City of Vancouver Archives)
- Expo '86 World's Fair, Vancouver British Columbia (YouTube, home video, 10m37s)
- TV spots (MP4, 2m21s, at City of Vancouver Archives)
- More TV Spots (MP4, 5m12s, at City of Vancouver Archives)
- Expo 86 (produced in 2009) (YouTube, documentary, 5m47s)
- Conversations That Matter: The Legacy of Expo 86 (YouTube, television program, 23m29s)
- Finding Expo Ernie (BC Was Awesome) (YouTube, web video, 5m11s)
- Expo 86 20th Anniversary (YouTube):
  - Segment 1 (0m50s)
  - Segment 2 (5m20s)
  - Segment 3 (5m04s)
  - Segment 4 (1m17s)
  - Segment 5 (3m45s)
  - Segment 6 (1m38s)
- Relics of '86: 30 Years Later (CelGen Productions) (YouTube, documentary, 22m56s)
- Expo 86 (YouTube Playlist, 51 videos)
- Expo 86 (YouTube Playlist, 23 videos)
Audio:
- The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 6: Vancouver's Expo 86 with Bill Cotter (YouTube, 1h04m09s)
Pictures:
- Memories from Expo '86 Vancouver Canada (YouTube, pictures with added music, 4m31s)
- Donated Images (at Greater Vancouver Parks)
- Expo 1986 (at Wikimedia Commons)
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- Expo Map (at bobbea.com/expo-86)
- Interactive Map (at bobbea.com/expo-86)
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
- Amusement Rides (YouTube, home video):
  - Amusement Rides Corkscrew Scream Machine from Expo 86 (1m22s)
  - Scream Machine and Spaceship Rides at Expo 86 (2m15s)
- Canada Pacific Pavilion:
  - Rainbow War Trailer (YouTube, 1m37s)
  - Rainbow War Fan Site (rainbowwar.com)
- Canada Pavilion (located in Canada Place)
  - The NFB and World Fairs, pt. 3: Vancouver and Expo 86 (article, at National Film Board of Canada)
  - Transitions 3D (1986) Anaglyph (YouTube, exhibit film, 20m37s)
- Ceremony of the Flags:
  - HMCS Quadra, Ceremony of the Flags (YouTube, performance, 47m23s)
- Concorde:
  - British Airways Concorde, Expo 86 (YouTube, TV news segment, 7m32s)
  - Concorde Lands at YVR for Expo86 and Abbotsford airshow 1986 (YouTube, home video, 14m59s)
- Dragon Boats:
  - Original EXPO '86 dragon boat on display at Vancouver festival (article, at CBC)
  - Retro Jeudi: Les Bateaux-Dragons à Expo 86 (YouTube, television segment, 2m20s)
- Expo Centre:
  - 21 vintage photos of Science World: an enduring legacy of the Expo '86 World's Fair (at Daily Hive)
  - Science World is turning 30, and celebrating with special events (article, at the Georgia Strait)
- Folklife Pavilion:
  - Expo '86 Folklife Pavilion on Gabriola Island (YouTube, television segment, 3m13s)
- General Motors:
  - Mystery Lodge (article, at Theme Park Insider)
  - Pepper's Ghost and the Spirit Lodge at Expo 86 (article, at Global Wahrman)
- Japan:
  - 'Kikuya': Living Legend of Kabuki (article, at Los Angeles Tiems)
- McDonald's:
  - Inside 'McBarge' - the eerie, abandoned floating McDonald's (article with photos, at WDAF-4)
- Northwest Territories
  - Inukshuk (Expo-commissioned sculpture by Alan Kanak) (pictures, at Wikimedia Commons)
  - 86 12 Tamapta Expo 86: Martha Harry makes Akutuq (YouTube, documentary, 25m59s)
  - 87 02 Tamapta: Northerners at Expo 86 (YouTube, documentary, 27m26s)
- Plaza of Nations
- Royal Visit:
  - Royal Couple Attends Expo '86 (YouTube, captioned footage with music, 1m19s)
  - Princess Diana in Vancouver, British Columbia, 1986 (YouTube, raw video, 2m41s)
- SkyTrain:
  - Webster! takes to SkyTrain (YouTube, television segment, 16m04s)
  - Goin' to Town (YouTube, project documentary, 1985, 28m54s)
- Spirit Catcher (Expo-commissioned sculpture by Ron Baird)
- Steam Expo 86
  - Grand Steam Parade (YouTube, video, 13m57s)
  - Expo 86 Steam Engines (YouTube, home video):
    - 1 (19m01s)
    - 2 (13m04s)
    - 3 (7m49s)
    - 4 (14m13s)
  - Steam Expo 86, Vancouver BC, Grand Parade of Steam, May 23, 1986 (YouTube, home video, 9m47s)
  - Steam Expo (YouTube, home video):
    - Part I (4m20s)
    - Part II (6m23s)
  - UP 4466 at Expo 86 (YouTube, home video, 8m16s)
- Street Theatre:
  - Gary's Expo '86 Collection (via Busker Hall of Fame) (YouTube, home video, theatre performances):
    - Fred Garbo (28m21s)
    - Pepper Kaminoff (26m04s)
    - Alexis Lee (27m25s)
    - Leslie Mildiner (14m33s)
    - Puke and Snot (11m19s)
    - Lee Ross (20m42s)
- Studio 86:
  - Studio 86, Expo 86, Vancouver BC (YouTube, home video, 17m23s)
- Transworld Skateboard Championships:
  - Vert Skating Vancouver 1986 (from the video Radical Moves) (YouTube, documentary, 9m35s)
  - Radical Moves (YouTube, documentary, 1h41m15s)
- United States Pavilion:
  - Final Report: United States Participation, The 1986 World Exposition (PDF, 44p, at US Department of State)
- Wickheim Timber Show:
  - Expo 86 Logging Show (YouTube, performance, 19m55s)
- World Drums:
  - World Drums (Bullfrog Films clip) (YouTube, documentary excerpt, 3m25s)
  - World Drums (Rhombus Media for the National Film Board of Canada) (YouTube, documentary, 1h00m02s)
Music:
- This Is My Home (Bob Buckley) [Canada Pavilion] (YouTube, music performance, 4m46s)
- Something's Happening Here (Michael Koren, Expo 86 Theme Song) (YouTube, audio with photos, 4m07s)
- A Gala Evening at Expo 86: Bryan Adams, Sheena Easton, Loverboy, Kenny Rogers, Howie Mandel, et al. (YouTube, performances):
  - Part 1 (22m20s)
  - Part 2 (18m20s)
  - Extra Songs (8m41s)
  - A Gala Evening at Expo 86 (YouTube, 48m49s)
- Fats Domino at Expo 86 (YouTube, performance, 9m33s)
- Miles Davis, June 27, 1986, Expo '86, Vancouver (YouTube, audio, performance, 1h28m09s)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan, August 11, 1986, Expo Theatre (YouTube, audio, performance, 1h42m35s)
- Bolero Lava at Expo 86 in Vancouver (YouTube, performance):
  - Cut #1 (14m52s)
  - Cut #2 (14m49s)
  - Cut #3 (14m54s)
- Test Department - The Ministry of Power at Expo 86 Vancouver (YouTube, performance, 20m17s)
- VHJ Trip to Expo '86 (Verdugo Hills High School Jazz Band) (YouTube, 6m39s)
- Doukhobor Music: U.S.C.C. Doukhobor Choir: Expo 86 (audio, 14 tracks, at Internet Archive)
Texts:
- Archie and the gang visit Expo 86 - the full comic book, online! (page images, at Vancouver Is Awesome)
- Pavilions of Promise: The Best of Expo 86 (article, at Maclean's)
- The Grand Design of a World's Fair (article, at Maclean's)
- Making Expo '86 Fun and Easy (article, at Morning Call)
- Victim's father wants $100,000 from Expo (article, at Google Newspapers)
- Reeling Back Full Site Index (38 articles, see under "E")
- Expo 86: If long lines are any indication, ... (article, at Christian Science Monitor)
- Expo 86: A World's Fair the World Will Enjoy (article, at Chicago Tribune)
- Canada Rockies, American West provide grand entry to Expo 86 (article, at Chicago Tribune)
- Expo 86 - 20 Years Later (article, at Midnight Ramblings)
- Expo 86 evictions: remembering the fair's dark side (article, at CBC)
Collections, Archives:
- "Expo '86" (search results, at City of Vancouver Archives)
1992 SEVILLE (BIE World Expo):
- 25 Aniversario Expo '92 Sevilla (25expo92.org)
- Expo 92 Sevilla (YouTube, documentary, 31m59s)

Section Last Modified September 18, 2019