Always interesting to see how the various decades of the 20th Century viewed progress. We tend to focus on the turn of the century and the post-war era. This film from GM promoting their 1940 World's Fair pavilion is a good reminder that the Depression hadn't managed to dampen the faith in a technology-driven future.
Note also the connection drawn between the closing of the American frontier and the opening of the technological one.
If you're impatient, the cool model work starts around 9:00.
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