The Middleton Family At The New York World’s Fair R4 of 6
After lunch, grandmother invites Bab’s boyfriend for lunch tomorrow. Babs says he did well at avoiding arguments.
09:30:35 Jim invited to lunch. Women go off to Home Exhibits. Grandma Harrison talks about time being being basis of women’s slavery; electrical engineers freeing them up. Hall & people.
09:32:10 Woman demonstrating electrical kitchen. They look at electric lamp & living room. Babs & grandmother discuss Nick.
09:34:01 Electro the Westinghouse Moto-man being demonstrated w/ voice control over microphone. Crowd watching. Asked to tell his story; Moto-man explains (SOF) that he works like a telephone switchboard... Electro smokes a cigarette that’s lighted for him. “All he lacks is a heart.”
Exhibits; Exposition; Corporation; Advertising Image; Oddities; Economics; Marriage; Robot; Future; 1939;
NOTE: From very good 35mm Technicolor print.
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The Middleton Family At The New York World’s Fair R4 of 6 After lunch, grandmother invites Bab’s boyfriend for lunch tomorrow. Babs says he did well at avoiding arguments. 09:30:35 Jim invited to lunch. Women go off to Home Exhibits. Grandma Harrison talks about time being being basis of women’s slavery; electrical engineers freeing them up. Hall & people. 09:32:10 Woman demonstrating electrical kitchen. They look at electric lamp & living room. Babs & grandmother discuss Nick. 09:34:01 Electro the Westinghouse Moto-man being demonstrated w/ voice control over microphone. Crowd watching. Asked to tell his story; Moto-man explains (SOF) that he works like a telephone switchboard... Electro smokes a cigarette that’s lighted for him. “All he lacks is a heart.” Exhibits; Exposition; Corporation; Advertising Image; Oddities; Economics; Marriage; Robot; Future; 1939; NOTE: From very good 35mm Technicolor print.