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Baltimore City: Fairs and Festivals, 1977

 File — Reel: WMAR-MISC-042
Identifier: WMAR-MISC-042

Shot List

1. Scenes from the Baltimore City Fair 1:05 2. Park Heights booth 2:30 3. Mayor Schaefer eating food 3:03 4. Fats Domino performance 3:18 5. View of fairground 4:11 6. Interview with visitors 4:28 7. Shots of fairground 4:58 8. Mayor Schaefer tasting pies 6:01 9. Exterior of fish market; sale of plants and produce 7:16 10. Shots of fairground 7:54 11. Shots near the harbor 8:57 12. Chess at War Memorial Plaza 11:23 13. Street fair 11:55 14. Promenade at night 14:57

Description

City Fair at the Inner Harbor (1977-?) • Ethnic Dancers Neighborhood Booths-NHS • Chinquapin Park • Mount Washington • Park Heights Mayor Schaefer; Fats Domino performing - "I'm Walking" Aerial shot of fair area near SS Constellation; Interview with woman and her family; Schaefer tasting pie and more pie shots; Exterior of Fish Market - man selling produce from truck; Plants for sale; Crowds along promenade; Festival in Fells' Point; Estonian Festival in Charles Center; Pride of Baltimore and activity around Inner Harbor; Chess players at War Memorial Plaza; Street Fair downtown; Little Feat performing outside Cross Street Market; Big Band playing-dancing on the promenade at night

Dates

  • Creation: 1977

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Material from the collection may be viewed in the Special Collections and Archives Research Room. Some items may have access limitations due to physical format. Some footage from the the collection has been digitized and made available online for streaming through the Internet Archive and is available through this finding aid.

Extent

1 Reels ; Film: 16mm

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Baltimore Studies Archives Repository

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