A Touch of Magic (1961)- General Motors 1961 Motorama film presenting new cars, appliances and futuristic ideas at their most banalProducer: MPO Television Films, Inc.
Audio/Visual: Sound, Color
Run time: 10:35
To New Horizons (1940)- Definitive document of pre-World War II futuristic utopian thinking, as envisioned by General Motors. Documents the "Futurama" exhibit in GM's "Highways and Horizons" pavilion at the World's Fair, which looks ahead to the "wonder world of 1960."
Producer: Jam Handy Organization
Audio/Visual: Sound, Color
Run time: 22:59
Leave It to Roll-Oh (1940) Tongue-in-cheek film showing a domestic robot freeing housewives of their chores (and intimating that their work is hardly necessary); actually a promo showing how relays and switches function in the modern automobile. Shown at the New York World's Fair in 1940.
Producer: Jam Handy Organization
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 8:42..NOTE: The historical films are old in nature, so you may see small imperfections that you would not see in a modern production.
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