Top 10 Exhibits of the 1939 New York World's Fair (Part II)

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Our exploration of futuristic world of the 1939 World's Fair concludes with the top 5 tech exhibits of the Fair:
#5: A Cosmic Opening (Albert Einstein's opening-day address)
#4: Borden's Dairy World of Tomorrow
#3: Westinghouse Time Capsule
#2: Television
#1: General Motors Futurama

[@Kodachrome40]

Norman Bel Geddes was the father of actress Barbara Bel Geddes. She played the mother on the television series 'Dallas'.

[@IBITZEE]

I was so immersed... I forgot this was a documementary until you appear again ;-)

[@oldtvnut]

A wonderful compilation of the GM exhibit including details I never saw before. Also, some surprises in the number of pavilions that had television exhibits - I mainly knew of RCA and GE.

[@user-kf6vj7we9v]

I think there is a lot of esoteric symbology in the "Cosmic Opening" with Einstein. The power failure could also be foreshadowing what might happen.

[@DK-jt6be]

I really love this!

[@JCWren]

It would be cool if you could go back in time to the 1939 World Fair, but knowing what we know today.

[@jacov127]

really fascinating Stuff

[@ronaldwilliamson7963]

It's not surprising that most of it's predictions were fulfilled. After all, all the industries represented were fulfilling them at the time. It was an extrapolation of the progress of the time.

[@nilo9456]

Hum, Seems to me just how optimistic past imagings of the future were.

[@nobtardyt4731]

Remember me when you got a tons of subscriber

[@CookinginRussia]

At 16:40 the complaint about the lack of churches in the future. LOL. "Oh, right. Sorry. We forgot this was hillbilly America."