GENERAL MOTORS EXHIBITS 1939 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR & GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION XD12704

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This is a 1930’s era black and white movie about General Motors exhibits at the San Francisco and New York World’s Fairs of 1939-1940. It opens with an image of the San Francisco World’s Fair, better known as the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939-1940. Science exhibits of General Motors in the Vacationland building :36. Various auto exhibits, :42. Pontiac’s shock absorber display, :48. GM Research display featuring AC Sparkplugs 1:04. Lucite demonstration, 1:12. An egg is cooked on a high frequency stove, 1:21. Exhibit on how GM technology has contributed to the economic well-being of the nation, 1:45. 13,800,000 jobs created, 1:56. New York, 2:06. New York World’s Fair General Motors showcase venue, 2:16. Highways and Horizons exhibit, 2:19. Locomotive powered by GM’s diesel engines, 2:31. Tilting turntable shows underside of a 1939 Oldsmobile, 2:40. GM engine on display, 2:48. Allison aviation engine, 3:02. Murals show how diesel engines are being used, 3:20. Frigidaire. Gigantic microscope shows tiny organisms on a huge screen, 3:50. A clear plastic car shows how the body is constructed, 3:57. Exhibit shows what happens in the combustion chambers of a running motor, 4:16. 2 Chevrolets standing side by side, 4:34. 1913 car versus 1939 model, 4:40. Crowds line up to see the exhibit, 4:57. People walk through a dim chamber on their way to the Futurama exhibition 5:15. Futurama was an exhibit and ride at the 1939 New York World's Fair designed by Norman Bel Geddes, which presented a possible model of the world 20 years into the future (1959–1960). The installation was sponsored by the General Motors Corporation and was characterized by automated highways and vast suburbs. Panorama of the countryside, 5:37. Highways of the future are depicted, 6:24. Bridges between mountains, 6:55. Large dam, 7:13. Four tier suspension bridge, 7:30. Snow clad peaks house a highway and observatory, 8:00. Large city is laid out, 8:17. Aerial view of the city, 8:45. People leave the exhibit, 9:05. General Motors Highways and Horizons is the hit of the NY World’s Fair, 9:32. A Sound Masters Production.

The Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) (1939 and 1940), held at San Francisco's Treasure Island, was a World's Fair celebrating, among other things, the city's two newly built bridges. The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opened in 1936 and the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937. The exposition opened from February 18, 1939, through October 29, 1939, and from May 25, 1940, through September 29, 1940.

The 1939–40 New York World's Fair was a world's fair held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York, United States. It was the second most expensive American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St. Louis's Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. Many countries around the world participated in it, and over 44 million people attended its exhibits in two seasons. It was the first exposition to be based on the future, with an opening slogan of "Dawn of a New Day", and it allowed all visitors to take a look at "the world of tomorrow".

When World War II began six months into the 1939 World's Fair, many exhibits were affected, especially those on display in the pavilions of countries under Axis occupation. After the close of the fair in 1940, many exhibits were demolished or removed, though some buildings were retained for the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair, held at the same site.

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