Editing 1964 New York World's Fair (section)

=== Music and film ===
{{external media||width=230px|video1=[https://archive.org/details/43294castlefilmsthenyworldfairfromtheairvwr "1964 New York World's Fair From the Air" – promotional film of the architectural styles utilized in the fairgrounds (1964) on Internet Archive]}}

The fairground did not emphasize music, although a "World's Fair Festival" took place at [[Lincoln Center]] in Manhattan.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rich |first=Alan |date=August 2, 1964 |title=World's Fair Unfair to Music |work=The Washington Post, Times Herald |page=G1 |issn=0190-8286 |id={{ProQuest|142182543}}}}</ref> Popular and classical music was broadcast from 800 lampposts on the fairground.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 4, 1964 |title=800 Lampposts Sources for World's Fair Background Music |magazine=The Billboard |pages=55 |volume=76 |issue=27 |id={{ProQuest|1286252120}}}}</ref> The fair also had an official band; [[Cities Service]]'s World's Band of America, a 50-piece ensemble, was headed by the conductor [[Paul Lavalle]].<ref name="nyt-1964-04-23">{{Cite news |date=April 23, 1964 |title=Music: A Listener's Fill; Fair Has an Official Band, Many Other Ensembles and a Brand-New Suite |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/23/archives/music-a-listeners-fill-fair-has-an-official-band-many-other.html |access-date=June 3, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Other ensembles, including [[Guy Lombardo]], the [[United States Marine Band]],<ref name="nyt-1964-04-23" /> and the [[United States Navy Steel Band]], performed throughout the fair.<ref name="Martin 2017 f838">{{cite book |last=Martin |first=Andrew R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G2olDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA82 |title=Steelpan Ambassadors: The US Navy Steel Band, 1957–1999 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-4968-1243-8 |series=Caribbean Studies Series |page=82}}</ref> During 1964, the amusement area hosted rock-and-roll concerts that were popular among local youth; Moses, who abhorred the genre, canceled these concerts when he learned about them.<ref name="Tirella pp. 240–241">{{harvnb|Tirella|2013|ps=.|pages=240–241}}</ref>

The fairground contained about 40 movie theaters, most of which were housed within pavilions, for which fifty films were produced.<ref name="nyt-1964-04-22_Shepard">{{Cite news |last=Shepard |first=Richard F. |date=April 22, 1964 |title=Show Biz and Big Biz Are Offering Entertainment |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/22/archives/show-biz-and-big-biz-are-offering-entertainment.html |access-date=May 31, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> These included several religious films: ''[[Parable (film)|Parable]]'' at the Protestant and Orthodox pavilion;<ref name="Tirella p. 2112"/><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 15, 1964 |title='Parable Movie' Splits Fairgoers; Film at Protestant Pavilion Proves Puzzling to Some |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/15/archives/parable-movie-splits-fairgoers-film-at-protestant-pavilion-proves.html |access-date=June 1, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[Man in the 5th Dimension]]'' at the Billy Graham pavilion;<ref>{{cite book |last1=Finstuen |first1=Andrew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wDskDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA200 |title=Billy Graham: American Pilgrim |last2=Wacker |first2=Grant |last3=Wills |first3=Anne Blue |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2017 |isbn=978-0-19-068353-5 |page=200 |access-date=June 1, 2024}}</ref> and ''[[Man's Search for Happiness]]'' at the [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] pavilion.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hunter |first=J. Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wEPPEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA21 |title=Mormons and Popular Culture: The Global Influence of an American Phenomenon [2 Volumes] |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-313-39168-2 |page=21 |access-date=June 1, 2024}}</ref> The [[S. C. Johnson & Son|Johnson's Wax]] pavilion screened a film titled ''[[To Be Alive!]]'', which later won [[Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)|an Academy Award]].<ref name="CY p. 61" /> The WFC produced a film promoting the fair in seven languages in 1964.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 13, 1964 |title=World's Fair Film Produced |work=Los Angeles Times |pages=H10 |issn=0458-3035 |id={{ProQuest|154993218}}}}</ref>