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Elektro was on exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair and was joined at that fair in 1940, with "Sparko", a robot dog that could bark, sit, and beg to humans.. Several minutes of color sound footage of Elektro in action can be seen at 33:55 in the movie, The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair, a fully-produced hour-long movie made by Westinghouse, which showcased the Westinghouse ...
The 1939 New York World's Fair (also known as the 1939–1940 New York World's Fair) was an international exposition at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. The fair included exhibitions, activities, performances, films, art, and food presented by 62 nations, 35 U.S. states and territories, and 1,400 ...
Futurama was an exhibit and ride at the 1939 New York World's Fair designed by Norman Bel Geddes, which presented a possible model of the world 20 years into the future (1959–1960). The installation was sponsored by the General Motors Corporation and was characterized by automated highways and vast suburbs.
The New York World's Fair Corporation (WFC) was formed to oversee the exposition in October 1935, [2] and the WFC took over the site in 1936. [3] The WFC announced details of the fair's master plan in October 1936, which called for an exposition themed to "the world of tomorrow". [4] The World's Fair officially opened on April 30, 1939, [5] and ...
The 1939 New York World's Fair was held in April—October 1939 and April—October of 1940, featuring exhibits from countries and companies worldwide. A major exhibitor was the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and during the break in the fair it was looking for new exhibits to add for the second season.
1939 New York World's Fair; 1939 New York World's Fair pavilions and attractions; B. Belgian Building; Billy Rose's Aquacade; C. The City (1939 film) E. Elektro; F.
An early depiction of automated guided cars was Norman Bel Geddes's Futurama exhibit sponsored by General Motors at the 1939 World's Fair, which showed radio-controlled electric cars propelled via electromagnetic fields provided by circuits embedded in the roadway.
World's Fair Robots in All's Fair at the Fair (1938) Iron Man, an 8 foot tall robot created by Dr. Alex Zorka in The Phantom Creeps (1939) Robot Sweeper and other robots in an "all electric model home" in the Looney Tunes short Dog Gone Modern (1939) Man of Tin (1940), a robotic wrestler invented by Scrappy and a mad scientist