Marjorie Lord
Babs
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Synopsis
An Indiana family visits the New York World's Fair while its younger members consider work, romance and the future. The exhibits offer answers framed through new technology. Family disagreements become a tour of the possibilities the fair's sponsors want visitors to imagine.
Cast
DirectorsRobert R. Snody
Historical context
Westinghouse produced the film for its own exhibition. It is therefore both a record of the 1939 fair and corporate promotion, making its optimistic picture of technological progress part of the evidence to examine.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
Photograph credit
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- Marjorie Lord — Westinghouse · Public domain
- Jimmy Lydon — CBS Television · Public domain
- Ruth Lee — Westinghouse · Public domain
- Harry Shannon — film screenshot (Eagle-Lion Films) · Public domain
