New York Times National Book Fair at Rockefeller Center, 1936

Title card, "Crowds flock to Book Fair" / Title: "New York" superimposed on people on up escalator / VS Art Deco sign, "New York Times 1936 National Book Fair" at top of escalator / repeat shots / A crowd of people with bookshelves and numerous photographs of notable authors / VS a young girl with sausage curls looks at book / women squatting on the floor looking at books / hands put two books on shelf: "Philosophy of Santayana" and "The Metropolitan Opera"; hands replace those books with books "Be Glad You're Neurotic" by Louis E. Bisch & "The Pulitzer Prize Plays"; hands replace those books with books "Leisure and Recreation" and "White Banners, Green Light" / A view of flipping pages of a replica Gutenberg Bible / author William McFee / people watching an operating printing press / SOT William Seabrook: "All my favorite authors are dead" / SOT British author Sylvia Thompson (name captioned) praises American authors and literature / SOT author Carl Carmer (name captioned) holding his book, "Listen for a Lonesome Drum: A York State Chronicle", notes that "books aren't just for the rich, but for everybody" / Note: exact day not known