A world on display : the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904 / written & directed by Eric Breitbart ; produced by Eric Breitbart and Mary Lance.

Corrales, N.M. : New Deal Films, Inc., [1994]
©1994

1 videocassette (53 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 1/2 in.

Uses first-person accounts from elderly 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.

1878917072
9781878917072

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Louisiana Purchase.
Indigenous peoples Exhibitions 20th century.
Indigenous peoples
United States History 20th century.
États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
United States

Documentaries and Factual Films
Videocassettes.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
VHS (TM)
Videotapes.
documentary film.
Documentary films
History
Documentaires.

Breitbart, Eric, writer, director, producer.
Lance, Mary, producer.
Rydell, Robert W., interviewee.
Harris, Neil, interviewee.
Çelik, Zeynep, interviewee.
Jojola, Theodore S. (Theodore Sylvester), interviewee.
New Deal Films, Inc., publisher.

St. Louis World's Fair of 1904
Saint Louis World's Fair of 1904
World on display : World's Fair, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1904

Localisation: Bibliothèque main av 94595
Cote: ID EXP T860 AV; ID:95-F40
Statut: Disponible