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Magic Highway USA, Disney’s vision of the future, circa 1958.
Well, they nailed the decentralization of cities, enormous shopping malls with little walking, and the highway/railroad/shipping/air cargo container system, but they may have missed in a few other spots (all the really interesting ones).
So it’s Disney we have to blame for obesity, global warming, suburbs, and Teamsters? Fuck you, Walt. Again.
what happened…
i love, love, love vintage disney
Magic Highway USA, Disney’s vision of...future, circa 1958.
They got the bad parts right and the good parts wrong, heh. Still, a completely captivating 8 minutes.
The Jetson’s seem to have been inspired by this video.
GPS, Travelling bridge installs, and sadly decentralization have come to pass from this crazy retro futurism video.
Soooo many things I want to say.
Why so harsh? After all Walt has done for the progress of feminism and equal representation of races on the big screen....
Again, for later.
Well, they nailed the decentralization...cities, enormous shopping malls with little...
Marvin Miller is not Paul Frees but that doesn’t dissuade me from imagining this being The Haunted Highway. Beware
Highway elevators. That’s pretty much all I have to say about it.
Ah retro-futurism. Your spirit...optimism was really quite something. I love things like...
1958 … This is THE COOLEST THING I’ve ever seen.
Either this, or highways will remain exactly...same… only time will tell!