Film : To New Horizons - future images from America 1940-1964

A futuristic continualy running program with seven short films that present an image of America's view of the future between 1940 and 1964. It starts with the World Exhibition of 1939-1940 and ends with the World Exhibition of Seattle (1964). In dazzling Technicolour the houshold robots take over the chores of the housewife and a Futurama of 1940 shows a vivid future image of a typical American town in 1960. Furthermore images of futuristic 'killer car's', full automatic kitchens, fashion and the furniture of Eames, Saarinen and Bertoia, that without a problem made the transition towards the 21th century in videoclips and commercials, but also in the living room, where it still radiates the futuristic air of that time. Get ready for the wonderful new world of the future! (90 minutes, English-language)