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Dec 31, 2014 · Walk south on 111th Street four blocks. The site marker is on the opposite side of the New York State Pavilion from the Unisphere. This film presents an optimistic look at industry and private/corporate enterprise, as well as easily discredited stock Socialist arguments against the same, all framed by a visit to the 1939/40 World's Fair in New ...
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This dramatized film in vivid technicolor follows a...
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English. The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair is a 1939 American film directed by Robert R. Snody produced by Westinghouse for their exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair . In 2012, the film was added to the National Film Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." [2] [3] [4]
The story of a family from Indiana who comes to New York to see the Fair, and in particular, the Westinghouse exhibit. Here a boy from back home, Jim, who works at the Fair takes the family around and explains the many wonders of science to them, meanwhile trying to convince Bud, the young son, that machinery instead of taking jobs away from people makes more for them.
Dec 31, 2014 · The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair pits an anti-capitalist bohemian artist boyfriend against an all-American electrical engineer who believes in improving society by working through corporations. The Middletons experience Westinghouse's technological marvels at the Fair and win back their daughter from her leftist boyfriend.
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Nov 25, 2022 · This dramatized film in vivid technicolor follows a mid-Western family as they visit the Westinghouse exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair. Made by Westinghouse...
Mar 13, 2013 · We see the wonders of 1939′s future, including an automatic dishwasher, television, and various heavy industrial pieces. At the same time, Jim Treadway and father Middleton engage in debate about what the machines mean to the American worker, and the love triangle plays out in-between the Fair scenes. The Middleton family was a part of a ...
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The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair pits an anti-capitalist bohemian artist boyfriend against an all-American electrical engineer who believes in improving society by working through corporations. The Middletons experience Westinghouse's technological marvels at the Fair and win back their daughter from her leftist boyfriend ...
