The World's Greatest Fair
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Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City (2010)
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Uses first-person accounts from Missourians who went to the Fair in 1904, interviews with historians, archival motion pictures, and photographs to...
The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America (2006)
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Eiffel's Race to the Top (2023)
Behind the iconic Eiffel Tower lies the story of an incredible challenge to erect a thousand-foot tower that went far beyond a design competition,...
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (2009)
In 1909, looking to shed its rough frontier past, the young city of Seattle decided to host a World’s Fair in the same grand spirit as those...
Propaganda: Engineering Consent (2018)
How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), a pioneer in the field of propaganda and public...
When Seattle Invented the Future: The 1962 World's Fair (2012)
Historical photographs and film of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair bring this documentary to life. Seattle's business, civic and cultural leaders and...
EXPO: Magic of the White City (2005)
Explore the world of 1893 through a cinematic visit to Chicago's Columbian Exposition. Many of the world's greatest achievements in art,...
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Long Gone Summer (2020)
An examination of the 1998 MLB season and the home run race between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. The two sluggers' race to hit the most home runs,...