Details
- Running time
- 29 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- Expo_67
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Expo Expo! · jasonvanderhill · 2016-07-18
The film begins with a title shot of Expo 67, displaying the dates April 28 - October 27. Then there's a shot of a courtyard of flags, and Buckminster Fuller's big dome, the Montreal Biosphere. It looks like we might be at the ticket entrance to the fair. In short order, we're aboard the 'monorail' (actually called the minirail; it's more like an open air train of golf carts frankly) which provides a nice view of all the pavilions. The architecture is pretty wild and futuristic for 1967; it still holds up today! I didn't realize the train also goes directly through the Biosphere. Once the…
★★★ · Exp-Oh! · Spuzz · 2012-07-16
I dunno, watching this, it looks like this fair was dull dull dull, (but what do I know, the Wikipedia article shows that this fair was one of the most successful ever). It appears to me that this doesnt have a WHOLE lot of originality, seemed to be in the middle of nowhere, and looked bland. But the film is actually quite nice to look at, and, because there's not a lot of world fair footage past oh, 1950, is nice to see.