A Fun Book of World's Fairs
- ISBN-10
- 0935326065
- ISBN-13
- 9780935326062
- Category
- Exhibitions
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1981
- Publisher
- Carole Marsh Books
- Author
- Carole Marsh
Description
Movie Screen -- The United States pavilion at the 1974 World's Fair had a movie screen nine stories wide and six stories high. ... The words the actor said were printed on the screen. ... The city was hosted at the 1986 World's Fair.
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