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Introduction / Guidebook Groundbreaking A Colossal Floating Wing Gallery Brochure: Fun at the Fair The Ride Ride of Communications 1964 & 1965 Scripts The Exhibit Hall Revised 2.24.07

No other structure at the Fair exemplified The Space Age better than the Bell System's Floating Wing Pavilion. Board your moving chair, hook your seat straps and join us on The Ride of Communication. Then see what Space Age marvels Ma Bell has in store for your future!  The history of communications, from smoke signal to satellites, is shown in a 15-minute ride. View the Industrial Area Map Locate It: B2 The upper story of the pavilion, which houses the ride, is a gigantic "floating wing" that rests on four pylons. Below is an exhibit hall devoted to the technology of communications. Nearby rises a 140-foot microwave tower which transmits TV shows originating at the Fair. FROM TOM-TOM TO TELSTAR. The visitor, sitting in a moving armchair fitted with stereo earphones, sees filmed and three-dimensional scenes that include primitive signaling by drums, the development of the alphabet, the advent of the telephone and a communications satellite orbiting in space PHONES AND FUN. In the exhibit hall, visitors can test their musical pitch or play tic-tac-toe. New "see-as-you-talk" picture-phones are demonstrated and children can listen to cartoon characters on special phones. In another exhibit, voices are transformed into visual symbols on a TV screen. The products of more than 80 years of research by the Bell System are also on display. PUBLIC TELEPHONES. Telephone directories from most major cities may be consulted, and attendants help place calls anywhere in the world. The description of this exhibit from the 1965 Official Guide Book

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