Secrets of Carnival Games (1950s)

This live clip from the 1950s TV show You Asked for It provides a demonstration of various carnival games and how they are rigged. It featured Robert "Bob" Haskell, who was the Vice President of the Society of American Magicians. You Asked for It was a popular TV show created and hosted by Art Baker. Initially titled The Art Baker Show, the program originally aired on American television between 1950 and 1959.

1939 New York World's Fair Video

Great video featuring the fun sights and sounds of the 1939 World's Fair in New York. For more information about the fair, check out this site. From the description:

In April of 1939 the New York World's Fair, "Building The World of Tomorrow," opened on what was once a marshy wasteland in Flushing Meadows, just east of the great metropolis. From its inception to its closing ceremonies, the Fair promoted one of the last great meta narratives of the Machine Age: the unqualified belief in science and technology as a means to economic prosperity and personal freedom. Wedged between the greatest economic disaster in America and the growing international tension that would result in World War II, The World of Tomorrow was a much-needed antidote to the depression and confusion of the times. It provided the one saving grace which all of America needed: it provided hope. Part ideological construct, part trade show, part League of Nations, part amusement park, and part Utopian community, the Fair promoted its message of hope and prosperity with icons, symbols, exhibitions, and demonstrations.