My family went to the 1964 NY World's Fair several times. I was about 8 years old at the time, yet I vividly remember several of the exhibits. The Ford exhibit was cool as you rode in a convertible car to see the displays. But my favorite was the GM exhibit. I recently found this promotional video describing the GM exhibit at the 1964 NY Worlds Fair.
The visitors rode in seats on a conveyor belt that travelled through a series of large-scale miniature dioramas. The scene I remember being most impressed by was the laser logging operation. It was so cool to see it again in this video, much like I remembered it. I think this exhibit, and the dioramas at the NY Museum of Natural History, were largely responsible for my interest in miniature dioramas. My interest in trains came much later.
Well Bernie, that would have been one of my favorite rides as well.
ReplyDeleteA few of the exhibits from the worlds fair made it to Disneyland by the late 60's. One of my favorites was the GE carousal of progress because of the large layout at the end with moving cars and trains. I believe that the Monsanto adventure through inner-space and the people mover came from the NY worlds fair.