Transcript

Hi, I'm Barbara Kopple.

In my films I try to let the stories be told

by the people who lived them,

but you would have to be 80 years old

to remember being at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

The first challenge was finding people to talk to.

So, of course, I went to Facebook

and asked friends who they knew who went to the Fair.

I got a terrific response. So many we couldn't use them all.

What really surprised me were those whose

lives were inspired by the Fair,

who went onto careers actually building

the world of tomorrow.

Lucy Jarvis, who I've known for a long time,

was introduced to television at the Fair.

She later become the first woman producer

of network documentaries.

The first to film inside the Kremlin.

40 million people can hear me or my program

talk about the value of knowing how do the Russians live,

what is the Kremlin all about.

That was what I wanted to do with television.

Lois Immershine was inspired

by the Fair's message of hope.

Lois became a teacher, planting that optimism

into generations of children, including her own.

I realized that the future had a lot in store for us,

that there was a future, we weren't just living in today,

that plans were being made for the future.

And that the future was going to be better.

Being able to do this film on the '30s

has been very profound for me.

I've learned so much about all the different people

that we filmed and seen what rich full lives they have.

Nobody makes a film on their own, and this is our team,

and I'd like to introduce them to you.

Maureen Daugherty, line producer.

Mark Peterson, camera.

William Davis, editor.

Lucian Pozinski, post-production.

Dave Cassidy, producer and sound.

Maddy Acres, AP.

Lindsay Bane, AP.

Thank you Vanity Fair.

We've had a lot of fun making this film,

and I hope everyone enjoys our film on the '30s.

(cheers)