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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 01177 viewsUnited States pavilion.
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 Paradeen Capital City 02145 viewsUnited States pavilion.
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 Paradeen Capital City 03148 viewsView at theme structures.
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 Paradeen Capital City 04170 viewsGreat Britain pavilion.
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 Paradeen Capital City 05158 viewsView at theme structures.
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 Paradeen Capital City 06170 viewsView at theme structures.
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 Paradeen Capital City 07163 viewsFrance pavilion.
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 Paradeen Capital City Screencap 0195 viewsScreencaps made by Red Eye.
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 Paradeen Capital City Screencap 02118 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 04112 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 0595 viewsThe theme structures still looked futuristic even after more than a decade after their debut.
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 Paradeen Capital City Screencap 0689 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 0791 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 0882 views
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 Paradeen Capital City Screencap 09104 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 10110 views
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 Paradeen Capital City Screencap 1190 views
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 Paradeen Capital City Screencap 1283 views
 
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