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A World on Display: The St. Louis World's Fair of 1904

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1994 | 53 min | Documentary

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Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Right up the alley of anyone who likes learning something new. Expect to bring it up in conversation afterwards.
The mood
Eye-opening.
The pace
Moves through the story clearly, at 53 min. Done before bedtime.
What might put you off
Skip it if you want made-up drama tonight.

Uses first-person accounts from Missourians who went to the Fair in 1904, interviews with historians, archival motion pictures, and photographs to situate the St. Louis Fair in the social, political, and cultural context of American society in 1904. Covers American civilization at the turn of the century; the representation of history; authenticity; modernity; dress and body language; oral history and childhood memories; world fairs as experiences; and receiving information through visual symbols, words, and exhibits.

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Cast & crew

Directed by Eric Breitbart

  • Leona LubaNarrator