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Paradeen Capital City - Episode "Greetings from Earth, Parts 1 & 2" (Expo 1967 Buildings, Montreal, Canada)
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 Paradeen Capital City 01201 viewsUnited States pavilion.
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 Paradeen Capital City 02166 viewsUnited States pavilion.
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 Paradeen Capital City 03174 viewsView at theme structures.
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 Paradeen Capital City 04192 viewsGreat Britain pavilion.
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 Paradeen Capital City 05182 viewsView at theme structures.
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 Paradeen Capital City 06193 viewsView at theme structures.
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 Paradeen Capital City 07187 viewsFrance pavilion.
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 Paradeen Capital City Screencap 01110 viewsScreencaps made by Red Eye.
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 Paradeen Capital City Screencap 02137 viewsSome footage filmed for this episode (like this and the following shot) was later reused to become the exterior of New Chicago in "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century".
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 Paradeen Capital City Screencap 03134 views
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 Paradeen Capital City Screencap 04132 viewsActors Dirk Benedict (Lt. Starbuck) and Bobby Van (Hector) traveled to Montreal for these scenes. Benedict has been quoted as saying it was an uncomfortable experience - not all that surprising in that the scenes were shot in winter in buildings that had not been heated in years.
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 Paradeen Capital City Screencap 05117 viewsThe theme structures still looked futuristic even after more than a decade after their debut.
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 Paradeen Capital City Screencap 06108 viewsThe large size of the structures and the total lack of any inhabitation proved to be an effective setting for the episode.
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 Paradeen Capital City Screencap 07108 viewsThis view of a walkway on one of the theme structures gives a hint of how the buildings were falling apart.
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 Paradeen Capital City Screencap 08100 views
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 Paradeen Capital City Screencap 09119 viewsThe once beautiful United States pavilion had been gutted by a fire on May 21, 1976. Here what was once billed as the world's longest escalator rises to the ruins of one of the exhibit platforms.
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 Paradeen Capital City Screencap 10128 views
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 Paradeen Capital City Screencap 11107 views
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 Paradeen Capital City Screencap 1299 views
 
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