- EXHIBIT
- United States Exhibit
- AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
- Mr. Norman K. Winston
- United States Commissioner for the Federal Pavilion
- United States Commission - New York World's Fair - Rm. 5896
- Department of Commerce
- Washington 25, D.C.
- 202 DU 2-3956
- NEW YORK OFFICE
- Mr. Norman K. Winston, Commissioner
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- Mr. James J. Lyons,
- __and Liaison officer with Fair
- 60 West 49th Street
- New York 20, New York
- LT 1-6610
- CONTRACT SIGNED
- August 28, 1962
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- LOCATION
- Block 36; Lot 1
- State Area
- AREA
- 196,349 Sq. Ft.
- ARCHITECTS
- Mr. Donald Wilcox
- Charles Luchman Assocs.
- 9220 Sunset Blvd.
- Los Angeles 69, California
- 213 CR 4-7755
- __and
- Chas Luckman Assocs.
- 680 Fifth Avenue
- New York 19, New York
- JU 6-1970
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- CONTRACTOR
- Del E. Webb Corporation
- ADMISSION
- Free
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SOURCE: 1964 World's Fair Information Manual
- FEATURES
- Ground was broken for the Federal Pavilion on Friday, December 14, 1962, by our late, great President John F. Kennedy. On July 27, 1962 when our late President Kennedy signed the bill appropriating $17,000,000 for the Pavilion, he stated "that the theme 'Challenge to Greatness', will enable us to present to the world not a boastful picture of our unparalleled progress, but a picture of democracy - its opportunities, its problems, its inspirations and its freedoms."
- Covering more than a city block, this glitttering facade of multi-colored glass offers a vivd and varied view of America's "Challenge to Greatness." Included are two films, one of them a dramatization of the nation's immigrant origins, the other a color spectacular that whisks the visitor through America's past to a future landing on the moon. There is also a modern, computer-run research library. Engraved over the pavilion's entrance, lines from a poem by Archibald MacLeish provide a keynote to the exhibit: "America is never accomplished."
- Highlighting the Federal Paivlion's entire second floor is a voyage through American history, (not a dull history lesson) that is presented in a nine-minute cinerama-style production, "American Journey" on a series of 132 movie screens that slide, rise, form tunnels and explosive sounds, utilitzing some 30 projectors, to form an exhibit yet unparalleled in film history. Visitors will make the "voyage" in 12 moving grandstands, each seating 56 persons. Since the circuit is continuous, a new group of 55 will begin the trip every 80 seconds; thus it is estimated that some 40,000 persons a day will be able to go through the pavilion.
- The Federal Pavilion also features two large halls, "Peace" and "Freedom", both of which are filled with illustrations depicting the American pursuit of peace and liberty.
- "Challenge of Freedom" presents the effects of progress on American life. Automation, for example, symbolizes both production advances and the problems of unemployment. The displays also include three-dimensional examples of miracles of modern science, including an oscilloscope that picks up sounds made by stars and the sounds made by snails eating lettuce, demonstrating that the paths of pure science may lead anywhere.
- "Challenge of a Peaceful World" depicts America's role in international affairs and looks ahead to uncharted space. Here, among other things, world news pours in over teletype and wirephoto machines; Peace Corpsmen talk about their experiences; a seismograph and a nuclear-detection satellite illustrate new techinques of arms control; and an operating model of the Mariner spaceship that made the Venus probe in 1962 is on display. In addition, an exhibit of children's art from all nations portrays the worldwide hope for peace.
- Before leaving the building, visitors are offered the folowing services in the specially created "Challenge of Information" Library:
- Reference lists on every subject covered in the pavilion are prepared for any one of five educational levels; elementary, high school, adult, college or graduate research. In additon, librarians use computers to provide listings of current periodical literature on almost any subject.
- Copies of short essays (about 700 words) are avilable on each of the 76 basic concepts of the U.S. Pavilion program.
- An adult reading area is bult around the collection of books selected for the new White House library.
- A Children's room with more than 2,000 domestic and 500 foreign books, also features movies and storytelling hours.
- The Federal Pavilion was designed specifically with the intention of not only presenting the world the magnitude of our nation's progress, but to give the Americans themselves a greater insight as to their own ability for progress through a unifed effort toward the common cause of peace for all mankind. The entire exhibit is free.
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United States Pavilion
Source: NY World's Fair Publication For Those Who Produced the New York World's Fair 1964-1965
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