JPS's World's Fairs Page 1949-1958

JON PAUL SANK'S WORLD'S FAIRS PAGE: 1949-1958

1949 PORT-AU-PRINCE (BIE World Expo):

Video:
- Haiti's World's Fair (WMV, newsreel, 0m53s, at Movietone Digital Archive)
- Little World Fair (newsreel, 0m45s, at British Pathé)
- The Fouyé Series: Haiti World Fair of 1949 (YouTube, home video, lecture, in French or Haitian Creole, 14m59s)
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- Exposition Internationale 1949-1950: Bi-Centenaire de Port-au-Prince (booklet, 34pp, at University of Florida)
Texts:
- Haiti Inaugurates Bicentennial; Names Street for President Truman (Department of State Bulletin, Dec 19, 1949, pp945-6) (article, at Internet Archive)
- The International Exposition of Port-au-Prince (article, at Island Luminous)
- Cultivating Tourism in Haiti: The Bicentennial International Exposition of Port-au-Prince, 1949 (blog entry, at BIE)
- Haiti 1949 (article, at HistoryAtState)
1958 BRUSSELS (BIE World Expo):
Shortcuts: Websites | Video | Audio | Pics | Guides | Exhibits | Music | Texts | Other
Websites, Pages:
- Expo 58 (at Structurae)
  - Littérature
- Wereldtentoonstelling in Brussel (page at Google Sites)
Blogs:
- Expo 58 (atomic58.blogspot.com)
- Brussels 1958 Expo (brussels1958.blogspot.com)
- Posts with label "1958" (at Electro's Spark)
Video:
- Quelque Chose en Nous de ... l'Expo 58 (YouTube, TV episode, 2h22m43s)
- Inauguration de l'Expo 58 (and other videos) (at Sonuma: Les Archives Audiovisuelles)
- Fair Footage, Home Movies:
  - Expo Parade (YouTube, edited amateur 8mm footage with added music):
    - Part 1 (4m25s)
    - Part 2 (6m39s)
  - Brussel Expo 58 (YouTube, fair footage, silent):
    - 001 (6m50s)
    - 002 (10m58s)
    - 003 (12m27s)
    - 004 (16m21s)
  - Hildreth Meiere's footage of Expo '58, Brussels, Belgium (YouTube, silent, 13m23s)
  - Exposition universelle et internationale de Bruxelles 1958 (YouTube, fair footage with added music, 11m25s)
  - Expo 1958 (16mm by Baerdemaeker) (YouTube, silent, 9m28s)
  - Brussels Expo 58 (YouTube, footage with music, 10m12s)
  - Expo 58, Brussels World's Fair Home Movies (YouTube, silent, 4m43s)
- Documentaries:
  - L'exposition universelle de 1958 (YouTube, documentary, 47m30s)
  - Les Films Atos Présentent Expo 58 (YouTube, documentary, 9m16s, at Institut National de l'Audiovisuel)
  - The Brussels World's Fair (YouTube, silent documentary, 10m53s)
  - The Big Picture: U.S. Army Exhibit Unit (YouTube, official Army film, 19m05s)
- Newsreels:
  - British Pathé:
    - Belgium: Brussels Feature Fair (0m39s)
    - Belgium: Prince Philip Flies In To World Fair (1958) (silent, 2m06s)
    - Belgium: Brussels Fair Closes (1958) (silent, 1m40s)
    - Belgium: Demolishing The World Fair (1958) (silent, 0m51s)
    - Belgium: World Fair Demolished (1958) (silent, 1m21s)
  - Universal-International News:
    - Brussels World's Fair Approaches Completion (0m51s, at Internet Archive)
    - Brussels: World's Fair Has Gala Opening Day (YouTube, 1m22s)
- Interviews:
  - Interview de Baudouin Deville sur la BD «Sourire 58» et l'Expo 58 de Bruxelles
  - De Madammen: Expo 58 (YouTube, radio interview, 12m33s)
  - Jonathan Coe discusses Expo 58 (YouTube, interview, 9m57s)
- YouTube Playlists:
  - Expo 58 Brussel (44 videos)
  - Expo 58 (26 videos)
  - Expo 58 (8mm) (44 videos)
Audio:
- L'Expo 58: Une Affaire Serieuse (podcast episode, with article, 5m32s, at Nostalgie)
- Souvenirs Expo 58: Des Archives pour Revivre l'Expo 58 (RTBR Radio, April 17, 2018) (5m00s, at Ivoox)
Pictures:
- 1958 Exposition Universelle Bruxelles (at Human Zoos)
- Photos anciennes de l'expo 58 (at Vecu)
- Images (at Expo 58 at Structurae)
- Photo Gallery (at expo58.webs.com)
- View-Master pictures (at World's Fair Photos)
- Brussels World's Fair Pictures and Photos (at Getty Images)
- Stock Photos and Images (at Alamy)
- Categories at Wikimedia Commons:
  - Expo 1958
  - Pavilions
Stamps:
- Belgium: Stamp Exhibition Marks Brussels Exposition (1958) (newsreel, silent, 0m47s, at British Pathé)
- Stamps (pictures, at Wikimedia Commons)
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- Virtual Expo 58 (interactive map, at atomium.be)
- Plan de l'Exposition Universelle de 1958 (map at ReflexCity)
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
- Atomium
  - A New Landmark for Brussels: The Atomium (Popular Mechanics, January 1958) (article, at Internet Archive)
  - Atomium 58 (brochure, 16pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Best Brussels Attraction? The Atomium (YouTube, travelogue, 2019, 10m42s)
  - Sehenswürdigkeit: Das Atomium in Brüssel | DW Deutsch (YouTube, documentary, 4m58s)
  - The Atomium: A Monument to Mankind's Ambition (YouTube, aerial views, 0m57s)
  - Atomium (atomium.be)
  - L'Atomium (1957-1958) L'Exposition Universelle (videos and pictures, at Bubblemania)
- Belgique Joyeuse:
  - La Belgique Joyeuse (video, documentary, 14m49s, at Sonuma: Les Archives Audiovisuelles)
  - Expo 58: Belgique Joyeuse and Philips Paviljoen (YouTube, fair footage, silent, 21m51s)
  - Construction de la "Belgique joyeuse" EXPO 58 (YouTube, home movie, 6m36s)
  - Expo 58 Brussel: Vrolijk België (video, fair footage, silent, 5m13s, at Vimeo)
  - Retour sur l'expo de 58 : Belgique Joyeuse, symbole du sens de la fête (article, at Curieuses Histoires)
- Children's Film Programmes (September 19-23, 1958):
  - Film Programmes for the Young: Report on a Presentation of Children's Films booklet, 35pp, at Internet Archive)
- Coca-Cola:
  - Bilanz der Welt (YouTube, exhibit film, 17m24s)
- Emerson Respirators:
  - The Evolution of Iron Lungs (drawings and captions, 16pp, at Internet Archive)
- Germany
- IBM:
  - The Information Machine (exhibit film, 9m40s, at Internet Archive)
- Netherlands
- Philips Pavilion
  - Pavillon Philips de l'Exposition Universelle de Bruxelles 1958 (YouTube, silent, 8m09s)
- Prague
  - Československý pavilon - Expo 58 (YouTube, documentary, v Čeŝtinĕ, 37m59s)
- Turkey
  - Turkish Pavilion in the Brussels Expo '58: A Study on Architectural Modernization in Turkey During the 1950s (PDF, master's thesis, 192pp, at Middle East Technical University)
- United Nations:
  - Brussels 58 (1957) (newsreel, silent, 4m09s, at British Pathé)
- United States
  - The United States at the Brussels Universal and International Exhibition 1958 (PDF, 57pp, commission report, at US Department of State)
  - Jacques Danois and NBC RCA color television debut (audio, interview, 4m09s, at Internet Archive)
  - America the Beautiful:
    - America the Beautiful at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (article at Designing Disney)
    - The Bell System presents America the Beautiful in Circarama (article with pictures at Yesterland)
    - Circarama Preview "America the Beautiful" (YouTube, official Disney film, 4m09s)
    - Walt Disney's Original "America The Beautiful" (YouTube, 18m44s)
    - America the Beautiful: Circle-Vision 360 (YouTube, soundtrack with pictures, 18m02s)
    - America the Beautiful at Disneyland (YouTube, home video, 29m17s)
  - Fibers and Civilizations (exhibit film, 26m56s, at Internet Archive)
  - The New Story of Milk (exhibit film, 24m49s, at Internet Archive)
  - Film At Brussels (Business Screen, Vol 19 No 4, June 1958) (article, at Hagley Digital Archives)
  - Expo Brussels 1958: The American Way of Life (YouTube, documentary, 9m59s)
  - America, the Great Colossal Collage: Saul Steinberg's Forgotten Masterpiece (article, at Art News)
- USSR (Soviet Union)
  - URSS (USSR) 1958 (brochure, 8pp, at Internet Archive)
  - The Soviet Pavilion at Brussels '58: Convergence, Conversion, Critical Assimilation, or Transculturation? (paper, 75pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Information Requested on Soviet Aircraft Displayed at the Brussels Exhibition (document, 2pp, at Internet Archive)
- Yugoslavia: The Yugoslav Pavilion (article by Zvonko Springer)
Music:
- March "Expo '58" (Leemans) (YouTube, 3m58s)
- Atomium (march, Leemans) (YouTube, 4m09s)
- Marches by Pieter Leemans (YouTube Playlist, 15 videos)
- Bright Lights of Brussels (Eddie Layton) (YouTube, 2m07s)
- Benny Goodman:
  - Sing Sing Sing Live in Brussels 1958 (YouTube, 15m41s)
  - Benny in Brussels (YouTube, 31m17s)
  - Niven Jazz Collection: Benny Goodman Tape 25 (Benny Goodman in Brussels World's Fair 1958) (47m40s and 46m58s, at Internet Archive)
  - Niven Jazz Collection: Benny Goodman Tape 26 (Brussels World's Fair 1958-1959) (52m52s and 52m07s, at Internet Archive)
- Sidney Bechet: Concert à Bruxelles (YouTube, musical performance, 43m24s)
- Jan Clayton Sings Carousel, Brussels World's Fair (YouTube, Playlist, 9 audio videos)
- Songs of the Golden West (Brussels' Fair Pops Symphony Orchestra) (YouTube Playlist, 12 audio videos)
- A Symphony of the Golden West (Buddy Bergman reel-to-reel tape) (YouTube, tape playing, 30m43s)
- Berl Senofsky in Concert at Expo '58 Brussels (Live) (YouTube Playlist, music album, 16 audio videos)
- Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra (October 11, 1958):
  - Concert Program (JPG, at 7aso.org)
  - Mozart and Beethoven Recordings (at 7aso.org)
- Philips Pavilion:
  - Edgard Varèse:
    - Edgard Varèse: Poème Électronique, created for the Bussels World's Fair (music, 8m10s, at Internet Archive)
    - Varese and Le Corbusier, Poeme-Electronique 1958 (YouTube, exhibit film and music, 8m26s)
    - Poème Électronique: Essay by Alan Crayton (PDF, 3pp, at Library of Congress)
  - Iannis Xenakis:
    - Iannis Xenakis: Metastasis (YouTube, 9m44s)
    - Iannis Xenakis: Metastasis (Spectral View) (YouTube, 8m29s)
  - YouTube Playlists:
    - The Philips Performance Pavilion Exhibition of Sight and Sound (17 videos)
    - Varèse: Complete Works (Decca) (16 videos)
    - Mix: Iannis Xenakis: Metastasis (51 videos)
    - Xenakis Complete (172 videos)
Texts:
- Le Journal de l'Expo 58 (L'Avenir, April 10, 2008) (PDF, newspaper supplement, 14pp, at Worldsfairs.info)
- Thing theory & urban objects at EXPO '58 (PDF, book, 105pp, at Eindhoven U. of Technology)
- Relics of the World's Fair: Brussels (article, at Atlas Obscura)
- Brussels, A Visit to the Fair (1958) (PDF, paper/article, 36pp, at History of Contemporary Architecture)
- L'Étoile de l'Expo '58, aux "Beaux-Arts" d'Ixelles (article, at Brussels Star)
- Expo 58: A Brief History of Belgium's World Fair Showcase (article, at Culture Trip)
Other:
- Expo 58: Bijna 50 jaar geleden! (at SlideShare)

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