1964 World's Fair: Visions of the future

General Motors Pavilion at the World's Fair, New York in 1964.

The 1964 New York World's fair was held in Queen's Flushing Meadows Corona Park. It aimed to unify the world and look ahead to the technological advances to come.

1964 World's Fair

"Futurama, Life Under the Ice,"

The New York World’s Fair that opened in April 1964 introduced the 51 million visitors to a range of technological innovations and predictions for how the future would look.

1964 World's Fair

A Picturephone is demonstrated at the AT&T Pavilion. The Picturephone itself may have never caught on, but the concept endures in technology such as Skype.

1964 World's Fair

General views and interior of General Motors Pavilion.

1964 World's Fair

The General Motors exhibit "Futurama" predicted the world twenty years ahead.

1964 World's Fair

"Futurama: Trip to the moon"

1964 World's Fair

Unlike most other exhibits set up for the World's Fair The Hall of Science still exists to this day.

1964 World's Fair

The "Tower of Light"

"The 12-billion-candlepower beam rising from the Tower of Light is brighter than 50 fully illuminated Yankee Stadiums. It lights your way to the Fair -- and to the Bright show inside the pavilion," read the official Pamphlet to the World Fair.

1964 World's Fair

Hall of Science at 1964 World's Fair

1964 World's Fair

The IBM pavillion exposed many Americans for the first time to computers.

1964 World's Fair

The "Japan" exhibit showcased the industrial progress of Japan.

1964 World's Fair

"IBM, in progress"

1964 World's Fair

The Johnson Wax Theatre screened a documentary film called "To Be Alive."

The message of the film was that "men everywhere share at the deepest level the same drives, dreams, foibles." It also went on to win an Academy Award.

1964 World's Fair

The New York State Pavillion

1964 World's Fair

This photo shows the 1964 World's Fair site in Flushing, Queens in New York on April 19, 1964. The unisphere in the center of the water fountain is the symbol of the fair. In the background is the Manhattan skyline.

1964 World's Fair

A city of the future offers a dazzling finale to the chairborne ride featured at the General Motors Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, June 15, 1965.

1964 World's Fair

World's Fair New York 1964. Shows general views and interior of General Motors Pavilion.

1964 World's Fair

World's Fair New York 1964. Shows general views and interior of General Motors Pavilion.