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• Producers: www.yumheart.com
• Format: NTSC, Color, Black & White
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: www.yumheart.com
• Run Time: 300 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000KJOZKC
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #36,793 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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This is a 2 DVD set with more than five hours of footage from the 1939 World's fair in New York. Many of these are amateur films thus no sound but the color images are stunning! * Titles Included: * To New Horizons 1940 22:59 * Leave It to Roll-Oh 1940 8:42 * An RCA Presentation: Television 1939 * Amateur film: The World's Fair: August 1940 7:31 * Amateur film: Wathen collection: New York World's Fair (Parts 1&2) 1939-40 14:08 & 13:49 * Amateur film (Silent): Medicus collection: New York World's Fair Detailed documentation of the 'World of Tomorrow' in beautiful Color Kodachrome. (Part 1) 1939-40 22:59 * (Part 2) 1939-40 20:57 * (Part 3) 1939-40 19:34 * (Part 4) 1939-40 18:28 * (Part 5) 1939-40 18:39 * (Part 6) 1939-40 17:14 * (Part 7) 1939-40 17:37 * Disc 2: * * Medicus Collection Continued * (Part 8) 1939-40 17:34 * (Part 9) 1939-40 17:10 * (Part 10) 1939-40 20:26 * (Part 11) 1939-40 20:40 * (Part 12) 1939-40 17:34 * (Part 13) 1939-40 17:04 * (Part 14) 1939-40 15:40 * (Part 15) 1939-40 20:54 * Please see below on this page for full descriptions of the titles included.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full list of films on this DVD, November 24, 2006

By	Yumheart "Yumheart" (the warm wet womb of the world: Pacific Northwest, WA) - See all my reviews

To New Horizons 1940 22:59
Definitive document of pre-World War II futuristic utopian thinking, as envisioned by General Motors. Documents the 'Futurama' exhibit in GM's 'Highways and Horizons' pavilion at the World's Fair, which looks ahead to the 'wonder world of 1960.'

Leave It to Roll-Oh 1940 8:42
Tongue-in-cheek film showing a domestic robot freeing housewives of their chores (and intimating that their work is hardly necessary); actually a promo showing how relays and switches function in the modern automobile. Shown at the New York World's Fair in 1940.

An RCA Presentation: Television 1939
Early promotional film introducing TV to the American public, probably coordinated with the rollout of scheduled broadcasting at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Shows scenes of television production at the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) studios at Rockefeller Center, New York City, using equipment manufactured by NBC's corporate parent RCA.

Amateur film: The World's Fair: August 1940 7:31
Views of the 'World of Tomorrow.'

Amateur film: Wathen collection: New York World's Fair (Part I) 1939-40 14:08
Amateur film: Wathen collection: New York World's Fair (Part II) 1939-40 13:49
Scenes shot at the 'World of Tomorrow.'

Amateur film (No Sound): Medicus collection: New York World's Fair
Detailed documentation of the 'World of Tomorrow' in beautiful Kodachrome.
(Part 1) 1939-40 22:59
(Part 2) 1939-40 20:57
(Part 3) 1939-40 19:34
(Part 4) 1939-40 18:28
(Part 5) 1939-40 18:39
(Part 6) 1939-40 17:14
(Part 7) 1939-40 17:37


Disc 2:
(Part 8) 1939-40 17:34
(Part 9) 1939-40 17:10
(Part 10) 1939-40 20:26
(Part 11) 1939-40 20:40
(Part 12) 1939-40 17:34
(Part 13) 1939-40 17:04
(Part 14) 1939-40 15:40
(Part 15) 1939-40 20:54

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Content... Packaging Leaves Much to Be Desired..., May 21, 2009

By	A. Mogollon (NYC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Be aware... these are DVD-Rs you're buying. The cover is a black and white photocopy... not the color Amazon image. Still, the content makes up for that as I can't imagine where else you'd fine such fantastic footage.