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

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

United States of America

Gender: Documentar

Director: Eric Breitbart

Date of release: 10 Feb 1994

Description

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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Runtime 53 minute
Producer Missouri Humanities Council New Deal Films
Language English
Themes world's fair st. louis
Actors Leona Luba

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