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The Future Ain't What it Used to Be
This collection contains 8
movies and is almost 2 hours of video.
| Title |
Description |
Duration |
| American Look 1958 |
The finest film on American design, focusing on the 1950's Architectural,
Automotive, Industrial and Interior design, filmed in Populuxe.
Color Sound
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28:08
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Century 21 Calling 1964
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Follow on a trip through the Bell System pavilion and delight in the
"futuristic" landscape.
Color Sound
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13:56
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| Design for Dreaming 1956 |
Futuristic concept cars and the "Kitchen of the Future" from
Frigidaire, dominate this 1956 General Motors Motorama film. Filmed in
Populuxe
Color Sound
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9:16 |
Leave It to Roll-Oh 1940 |
Chevy's hidden advertising strikes again in the film seen here. It explains
how the numerous servos, gears, and motors in the Chevy make life easier,
using a housewife and her new robot programmed for domestic chores. Originally
shown at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
B&W Sound
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8:42 |
| To New Horizons 1940 |
Pre WW II futuristic utopian ideals litter the "Highways and Horizons"
pavillion focused in the "Futurama" exhibit at the 1939 New
York World's Fair in the General Motors section.
B&W Sound
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22:59 |
| Touch of Magic, A 1961 |
Another futuristic look at appliances, cars and Ideas, from the minds
of General Motors
Color Sound
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10:35 |
Wonderful New World of Fords, A (1960 Ford Spot) 1960 |
Advertisement for Ford Motors linking space frontiers, and futurism to
the new 1960 model cars.
Color Sound
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3:00 |
| March of Progress, The 1945 |
Film depicting the glorious future ahead for the modern interurban trolley
system of San Francisco. Covering the East Bay, and crossing the San Francisco
- Oakland Bay Bridge.With visionary designs for future railcars. (This
system was abandoned 16 years later)
Color Sound
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19:42 |
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