Imagining the future of 1960

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.