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1939
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Footage of Billy Rose’s Aquacade from 1939 World Fair. Dancers walking in costume with signs bearing the names of states in front of an open pool. The audience is in front of the pool. Swimmers jump in the pool in lines and seem to do synchronized swimming formations. Cut to women wearing bizarre pink and green sea-themed costume walking along the pool. Shot of them dancing with a man each. Shot of more synchronized diving. Shot of women in colorful dresses standing on a ledge with star shaped props. Shots of choreographed routines with beach balls and a procession of people with angel wings.