General Information

Author/Creator

Breitbart, Eric, director.

Language

English.

Published

United States : Bednarski, Eric ; Lance, Mary, 2005.

Physical Description

DVD-ROM (53 min.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00003108

Contents/Summary

Summary

In the spring and summer of 1904, the world was focused on St. Louis, Missouri, site of a world’s fair commemorating the Louisiana Purchase Centennial. The St. Louis World’s Fair, largest and grandest of all international expositions, displayed America’s economic and artistic resources, the latest technological developments, and models for urban planning. The Fair’s organizers also brought more than 2000 indigenous peoples to St. Louis to live in “authentic” villages, reflecting both the social Darwinism of the age and America’s new role as an overseas power. The film uses reminiscences of elderly Missourians who went to the Fair, interviews with historians, archival motion pictures, and many never-before-published photographs to locate the St. Louis Fair in the social, political and cultural context of American society at the beginning of the 20th century.

Subjects

Genre

Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Note

Duration: 00:53:00

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
DVD-ROM	OSA Film Library	FL Record 1467	Available	-	-
Digital film	OSA Film Library	FL Record 1467 (HU_OSA_00003108.mp4)	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format