The World of Tomorrow

5.5

1984

1h 23m

HD

Documentary

Documentary featuring original materials from the 1939 New York World's Fair. Includes film images of Jason Robards Jr. as a child at the World's Fair and clips from the promotional film "The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair" (1939).

Top Cast

Jason Robards

Jason Robards

Self / Narrator

A

Adora Andrews

Grandma Middleton (archive footage)

Ruth Lee

Ruth Lee

Mom Middleton (archive footage)

Marjorie Lord

Marjorie Lord

Babs Middleton (archive footage)

Jimmy Lydon

Jimmy Lydon

Bud Middleton (archive footage)

Ray Middleton

Ray Middleton

Self - Vocalist (archive footage)

Harry Shannon

Harry Shannon

Pop Middleton (archive footage)

D

Douglas Stark

Jim Treadway (archive footage)

More Like This

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

EXPO 67 Mission Impossible

Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition

To the Fair!

Eiffel's Race to the Top

Brussels Loops

Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City

Propaganda: Engineering Consent

A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition

Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT

Italia '61

Man Belongs to the Earth

When Seattle Invented the Future: The 1962 World's Fair

The World's Greatest Fair

EXPO: Magic of the White City

Meet Me in St. Louis

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Young as You Feel