1964 New York World's Fair

==American industry==
Many of the large U.S. corporations built pavilions to demonstrate their wares, vision, and corporate cultures.

===General Motors===
[[File:GM Concept Car 1964 NY World's Fair.jpg|thumbnail|Concept car inside the General Motors Pavilion]]
Industries played a major role at the [[1939 New York World's Fair|New York World's Fair of 1939–1940]] by hosting huge, elaborate exhibits. Many of them returned to the New York World's Fair of 1964–1965 with even more elaborate versions of the shows that they had presented 25 years earlier. The most notable of these was [[General Motors Corporation]] whose [[Futurama (New York World's Fair)#Legacy|Futurama II]] proved to be the fair's most popular exhibit, in which visitors seated in moving chairs glided past elaborately detailed miniature 3D model scenery showing what life might be like in the "near-future". Nearly 26&nbsp;million people took the journey into the future during the fair's two-year run.

===IBM===
The [[IBM]] Corporation had a popular pavilion, where a giant 500-seat grandstand called the "People Wall" was pushed by [[hydraulic ram]]s high up into an [[ellipsoidal]] theater designed by [[Eero Saarinen]]. There, a film by [[Charles and Ray Eames]] titled ''Think'' was shown on fourteen projectors on nine screens, illuminating the workings of [[Boolean logic|computer logic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.barbican.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/eamesibm_gall2.jpg|title = Read, Watch & Listen &#124; Barbican}}</ref> At ground level beneath the theater, visitors could explore ''[[Mathematica: A World of Numbers... and Beyond]]'' (an exhibit of mathematical models and curiosities) and view the ''Mathematics Peep Show'' (a series of short films illustrating basic mathematical concepts).<ref>{{cite web |last=IBM Labs |title=Free iPad App from IBM Reinvents Iconic '60s Era Exhibit on History of Mathematics |url=http://ibmresearchnews.blogspot.com/2012/04/free-ipad-app-from-ibm-reinvents-iconic.html |work=IBM Research |publisher=IBM Corporation |access-date=July 19, 2013 |date=April 5, 2012}}</ref>

===Bell System===
The [[Bell System]] (prior to [[Bell system divestiture|its break up into regional companies]]) hosted a 15-minute ride in moving armchairs depicting the history of communications in dioramas and film named ''Ride of Communications''. Other Bell exhibits included the [[Picturephone]] as well as a demonstration of the [[computer modem]].

===Westinghouse===
[[File:Westinghouse 1964 exhibit.gif|thumb|upright|Westinghouse Pavilion]]
The [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1886)|Westinghouse Corporation]] planted a second [[time capsule]] next to an earlier 1939 version; today both [[Westinghouse Time Capsules]] are marked by a monument southwest of the Unisphere which is to be opened in the year 6939.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/flushing-meadows-corona-park/monuments/1552 |title=Flushing Meadows Corona Park Monuments - Time Capsule II Marker : NYC Parks |website=www.nycgovparks.org|access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref> Some of its contents were a [[1965 Official Guide New York World's Fair|World's Fair Guidebook]], an [[electric toothbrush]], [[credit card]]s (relatively new at the time), and a 50-star [[United States flag]].

===Sinclair Oil===
The [[Sinclair Oil Corporation]] sponsored "Dinoland", featuring life-size replicas of nine different [[dinosaur]]s, including the corporation's signature [[Brontosaurus]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sinclair ... at nywf64.com |url=http://nywf64.com/sinclair06.shtml |publisher=nywf64.com |access-date=August 5, 2014}}</ref>  The statues were created by [[Louis Paul Jonas]] Studios in [[Hudson, New York]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sinclair's New York World's Fair (1964-65) "Dinoland" Pavilion |url=https://www.sinclairoil.com/history/worlds_fair_01.html |publisher=Sinclair Oil Corporation |access-date=August 5, 2014|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808062326/https://www.sinclairoil.com/history/worlds_fair_01.html |archive-date=August 8, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Dinoland1">(1) {{cite web |title=Sinclair at the New York World's Fair |work=1960s |url=https://www.sinclairoil.com/history/1960.html |publisher=[[Sinclair Oil Corporation]] |access-date=July 5, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505133148/https://www.sinclairoil.com/history/1960.html |archive-date=May 5, 2016}}<br />(2) {{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410041139/http://aoghs.org/oil-almanac/sinclair-dinosaur/ |archive-date=April 10, 2016 |url=http://aoghs.org/oil-almanac/sinclair-dinosaur/ |title=Dinosaur Fever – Sinclair's Icon |work=Petroleum History Almanac |publisher=American Oil & Gas Historical Society |location=Washington, D.C. |year=2016 |access-date=July 2, 2016}}<br />(3) {{cite web |publisher=Frank J. Leskovitz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305024647/http://gombessa.tripod.com/scienceleadstheway/id32.html |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url=http://gombessa.tripod.com/scienceleadstheway/id32.html |title=Sinclair Dinoland: New York World's Fair 1964-65 |work=Science Leads the Way |year=2016 |access-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref> They also contained a "space age" gas station with orbiting gas pumps shaped like rockets,<ref>[https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2016/06/15/midweek-matinee-sinclair-at-the-worlds-fair-1965/ "Midweek Matinee: Sinclair at the World's Fair, 1965", by Ed Heys (Hemmings Motor News; June 15th, 2016)]</ref> and a marine fuel station in the vicinity of the World's Fair Marina.<ref>[https://dissolve.com/video/Sinclair-created-floating-service-station-marina-royalty-free-stock-video-footage/001-D378-37-006 Sinclair created a floating service station at the marina at the New York World's Fair (RetroFootage; Dissolve)]</ref>

===Ford===
The [[Ford Motor Company]] introduced the Ford Mustang automobile to the public at its pavilion on April 17, 1964. The Ford pavilion featured the "Magic Skyway" ride, in which guests rode in Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln convertibles past scenes featuring [[dinosaur]]s and [[Caveman|cavemen]], concluding with a futuristic cityscape.<ref name="thehenryford.org">{{cite web |url=http://blog.thehenryford.org/2014/05/ford-meets-disney-at-the-magic-skyway/ |title=Ford Meets Disney at the Magic Skyway - Blog - The Henry Ford |website=blog.thehenryford.org}}</ref> The vehicles used were the [[Ford Mustang (first generation)|Mustang]], [[Ford Galaxie#1964|Galaxie]], [[Ford Thunderbird (fourth generation)|Thunderbird]], [[Ford Falcon (North America)#Second generation (1964–1965)|Falcon]], [[Mercury Park Lane#Second generation (1964–1968)|Mercury Park Lane]], [[Mercury Comet#Second generation (1964–1965)|Mercury Comet]] and [[Lincoln Continental]]. After the Fair, the Audio-Animatronic dinosaurs would move to [[Disneyland]], becoming part of the [[Disneyland Railroad#Changes since 1960|Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad]]'s "Primeval World" diorama in 1966,<ref name="thehenryford.org"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yesterland.com/notgone.html |title=They Haven't Gone to Yesterland |website=www.yesterland.com}}</ref> while the vehicles were collected by Ford and sent to the Dearborn Headquarters where employees purchased the cars as used and at a discount. When the fair opened again for 1965, all-new vehicles were again used as convertibles only.

===DuPont===
[[DuPont]] presented a musical review by composer [[Michael Brown (writer)|Michael Brown]] called ''[[The Wonderful World of Chemistry]]''.

===Parker Pen===
At the [[Parker Pen Company]]'s exhibit, a computer would make a match to an international [[penpal]].

===Chunky Candy===
The [[Chunky (candy bar)|Chunky Candy Corporation]] put on what was a state-of-the-art, transparent display of candy manufacturing where visitors were able to view "all the steps in a highly automated process".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nywf64.com/chucan01.shtml |title=1964 New York World's Fair 1965 - Attractions - Chunky Candy - Page One |website=www.nywf64.com}}</ref> The Pavilion also included an interactive sculpture playground called "Sculpture Continuum", designed by [[Oliver O'Connor Barrett]].