To New Horizons: Retro-Futuristic Car Propaganda Video

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A 23 minute 1940 film described as:

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."

Download it free (it's public domain) from http://www.archive.org/details/ToNewHor1940

The film's pretty awesome, not for what it proposes but for how well it represents the propaganda that made built America the car-centric "place" it is today. A personal favorite quote, from 17:52 in:

Residential, commercial, and industrial areas all have been separated for greater efficiency and greater convenience.

These jokers could've sold ice cubes to eskimos. If only we realized we were being sold...