To New Horizons
A look at a past envisioning what the future might be in the year 1960. In the 21st century we are still working to create solutions to problems we were supposed to have solved 60 years ago.
MORE ...Leave it to ROLL-OH
Leave It to Roll-OH – 1940
MORE ...El Cortez Hotel Glass Elevator
In this newsreel from 1956, the great newsreader Ed Herlihy describes the futuristic glass elevator recently installed in the El Cortez Hotel in San Diego, California. Believe it or not, this will be the future … of soon-to-be developed tract buildings everywhere.
MORE ...Century 21 Calling
In this film, Century 21 Calling, made more than 55 years ago to promote Bell Labs at the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, we see the beginnings of call-waiting, call-forwarding, pagers, auto-dialing, news & weather info retrieval, and central computer databases that log all of your private information.
MORE ...The Veldt
The Hadley family lives in an automated house called “The Happylife Home,” filled with machines that do every task. The two children, Peter and Wendy, become fascinated with the “nursery,” a virtual reality room able to reproduce any place they imagine.
MORE ...Trailer: The Amazing Transparent Man
Sprung from prison! The nation’s most daring criminal! “Why’d you setup the break?” “Because I can use you.” Held captive. Today’s most advanced scientist! “This machine utilizes x-ray, ultraviolet, and alpha-beat and omega rays.” Together they create “The Amazing Transparent Man.” This man is a killer! “Owww!” Mad with dreams of fantastic power! “We’re conducting […]
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