A World on Display: The St. Louis World's Fair of 1904 (1994)
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 53M
Director : Eric Breitbart
Sinopsis
Uses first-person accounts from 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.
El anciano Eugene entrega a dos bomberos de Arkansas el mapa de un tesoro robado en una iglesia y escondido en un viejo edificio de Illinois. Allí se dirigen con la esperanza de hacerse ricos.
Año 1903. El matrimonio Smith, afincado en San Luis, tiene cuatro preciosas hijas. Una de ellas, Esther, de diecisiete años, se enamora de un vecino que acaba de instalarse en la ciudad. Sin embargo; la familia, y especialmente Esther, tienen un enorme disgusto cuando su padre les anuncia que deben trasladarse a vivir a Nueva York por motivos de trabajo.
Las memorias de Hotchner sobre la época de la Gran Depresión sirven de base a este intenso estudio sobre la entereza de un niño ante las adversidades. El joven Aaron observa cómo su familia se dispersa. cuando su padre acepta un trabajo lejos de casa, se convierte en el solitario ocupante de unas sórdidas habitaciones de motel. A pesar de su escaso éxito comercial, tuvo excelentes críticas.
Durante una exposición se descubre bajo tierra una estatua sagrada. Su remoción causa la aparición de Giger, una salamandra gigante. Ahora la tortuga gigante Gamera deberá defender al mundo de esta terrible amenaza.
In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. Despite numerous setbacks, she always picks herself back up and moves forward again.
Dos hermanos ingleses (David Tomlison y Jean Simmons) visitan París con motivo de la Exposición Universal de 1889. Después de instalarse en un lujoso hotel, por la noche van al Moulin Rouge, donde ella pasa una agradable velada, pero él siente un enorme malestar. A la mañana siguiente, ella comprueba estupefacta que tanto su hermano como la habitación que ocupaba han desaparecido. Sin embargo, en el hotel todos le aseguran que ella llegó sola. Nadie cree en sus palabras, excepto un joven (Bogarde) a quien el desaparecido había prestado cincuenta francos la noche anterior.
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