Middleton Family At The New York World’s Fair, The R2 of 6

The Middleton Family At The New York World’s Fair R2 of 6 Fairgrounds w/ flags, pylon & people walking; around fountain; George Washington statue & others; large wall of falling water. 09:09:52 Int. Jim is talking w/ visitors to Westinghouse exhibit, Bud runs in & plays practical joke w/ exploding handshaking device. Mrs Harrison & Mr. & Mrs. Middleton follow & talk. Jim tells what he does; takes them to the time capsule & chart. People look in time capsule container that will contain it for 5000 years as a complete record of the civilization. 09:12:35 Storage case shows capsule’s contents. Microfile / microfilm (?) shown & describes the contents. Most permanent exhibit of the fair. Jim tells about letter writing contest for letters home. 09:14:12 Television camera shown, Bud is on camera, speaks & pull back to show people watching. 09:15:07 Sign: The Playground of Science; and they are all looking around spectators. Exhibits show Westinghouse normal research project. Phantocycle, a bicycle balanced by light beams & photoelectric cells. 09:16:31 Triode; & microphone operates. Jim makes speech about American private enterprise and its advantages: things must move ahead or back. Things improve or products must have lowered prices to maintain their place in marketplace. Standard of Living. Oscilloscope shows projection of Bud’s voice. “So many jobs people won’t be able to fill them.” Argue about depression. 09:18:45 Escalator, people in the exhibit Yesterday: World Without Electricity. Babs & Nick (art teacher) looking around, he doesn’t want to drool over this Temple of Capitalism. They argue about getting married. Whimsical Architecture; Exposition; Gardens; Corporation; Advertising Image; Oddities; Economics; Values; Future; Capitalism; Propaganda; Exhibits; Socialist; 1939; NOTE: From very good 35mm Technicolor print.