THE MIDDLETON FAMILY AT THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR

[Music] e I [Music] joh hip ready 1 two and over 600,000 Young Americans are stepping hopefully out into the world this year looking for their first job the same number faced a similar problem last year an equal number will face it next year what chance have these boys and girls in a world already staked out now that the land good morning have a good sleep will they find or closed signs on the gateways of opportunity BL BL how can you stand it before wait a minute what hope is there for youth in the World of Tomorrow the answers to these questions are vital to every man woman and child in the nation they present grave problems to labor Commerce Agriculture and Industry their solution should be of primary concern to education and government for the quality of citizenship you're telling the facts involved however are both difficult and comp I got to do it he's breaking my [Music] heart I should think you'd be interested in hearing about opportunities for young people what opportunities say do you know the Mel of the last graduating class something lofty no doubt yeah WPA here we come that's super ly well I guess times change I remember when I was your age I sure I know you were working for a hardware job and you kept right on until you saved enough to open your own store yes and I don't see because times changed like you said we got all the hardware stores we need and all the grocery stores all the doctors all the lawyers all the gas stations all the everything but it don't stand a reason that a country with our record could all at once lack opening for young fellas no you just try and get a job maybe it is difficult but it's worse to be a quitter now you've got years of school ahead of you yet you let your friends talk into believing you're licked already well they know what they're talking about now listen son I wasn't going to tell you this but you're the reason we came here all the way from Indiana you've heard all the talkers now I'm going to show you the doers that's why I brought you and your mother to the fair holy smart theair I forgot where we were hey Grandma a couple of guys are starving out here how's the CH coming hold your horses Bud we'll be ready in a minute you sure do think a lot about his stomach you probably had a good appetite yourself at his age alra Lord Miss H if appeti with house I'd almost all a h right now how's the table Jane is it set all set mother come on everybody breakfast is ready that's the best news I heard since I got here hi Mom bo am I hungry I don't know which I've been looking forward to the most the fair or your cooking mother don't pay any attention to him Grandma he says that's all a cook well you can't make a cook mad by liking a cooking that's a good thing for a young man to remember I'll say it is that's how dad got his Corporation hey that's not a corporation that's private ownership a man's entitled to a stomach at his age anyway it's nice to have my family with me again even if it took a World's fair to get you here well we thought you had your hands full with just one member of the family nonsense Barbara's been a lifesaver really she has I'd have been pretty lonely here without her uh how is she getting along with that art business she's studying I don't know Tom it's over my head I gave up when she told me pictures calendars weren't art I what in the world's keeping her bad the breakfast is ready we're waiting for you well we may be waiting but I don't think it's noticeable good morning Dad good morning Dad morning mother good morning morning Grandma morning dear and that for a fresh little brother that's a fine way to treat a God that's come all the way from Indiana to see you the fair of course had nothing nothing to do with it my I never realized what a good-looking daughter I have oh pardon me we have Grandma do you have to run an all night lunchroom for our boyfriends like Mom did no there's only one and I don't see him very often why of course Jim treway from back home he's working at the fair you couldn't do better bad Jim's a fine boy chip off the old block he's going places not with me he isn't what are you trying to do get rid of me oh Jim's a nice fellow of course only I'm not in love with him but bad I thought you had you know some sort of understanding that was in high school I was young then I'm grown up now and I have better judgment when do we get a PE at your better judgment kid I didn't know you were going with anybody else bad is it somebody we know no Jane there's plenty of time we just got here last night and you want to know everything before she even gets a chance to say hello there's nothing to get excited about I'm not in love at least I don't think I am oh I was afraid something like this would happen always stop flying off the handle I know all about who is he bad he's Nicholas maerov my art teacher oh so you turned out to be a teacher's pet I suppose you take him an apple that will do from you young man Nick's been in America since he was a little little boy but he knows the world like like we know Main Street he's a genius you like him oh sure we will anybody you like is okay with us oh I've got to be running along I'm late uh where will I meet you for lunch well I thought it'd be kind of nice if we looked up Jim Treadway first his folks said he's working at the westing house building supposing we all meet there b why don't you bring Mr ma uh your friend along we'd love to meet him sure fetch him along bad well all right if he can get away he he's awfully busy right now but I'll ask him goodbye goodbye goodbye yes sir it's just what this family needs an artist now maybe we can get the house painted for nothing [Music] you go through the micro valarium to the playground of science he you of the wi hell old Bud the same old bud that's a new one isn't it yeah M hello Jim hello Mrs harison how are you Mrs oh Jim it's so good to see you you're looking fine it's good to see you again hello Mr Middleton how are you what there Jim you're certainly a sight for S eyes it's sure Grand to see somebody in the old Hometown when'd you get in just last night your father and mother saw us all they said if we didn't look you up the first thing they'd never speak to us again say Jim just what do you do around here are you a boss or something not exactly but I'm well I'm sort of backed up for the guys when they can't answer a question I take a at it if I don't know it I look it up which is off see I didn't know you were that smart I'm not smart but you see before the fair opened we took a special course of instruction to prepare us for the questions the company third might be asked well do they stick you very often and how by just this morning a lady asked me how long it it take to read the microfile in the Time Capsule yeah uh we've been reading a lot about the Time Capsule could we take a look at it well sure we can get to it this way oh time cap deposited on the S of the New York World Fair on September 23rd 1938 by the Westing HW electric and Manufacturing Company if anyone should come upon this Caple before the year ad 6939 let him not wly disturb it for to do so would be to deprive the people of that era of the Legacy here left them cherish it there in a sa way 5,000 years from now the peoples of the future will look back on us as we look back on the early Egyptians and Babylonians the time capsu down there is actually a message from our time to their those who open and study it will know more about us than any man living today G how in the world you know it's the last long because the copper tools of the Ancients have come down to us from even farther back the capsule is made of a still better copper alloy called cupo it's hot as steel and equal to Pure copper and resistance to what I'm wondering is how anybody will know how to find it in years 69 39 how to find it what's in it in fact everything about it was printed in a book of record of the time CLE it's on permanent paper has been distributed throughout the world librar museums L monasteries temples every safe place imaginable well who think the stuff that want to go in again a committee aided by authorities in every field of science and the art it's a complete record of our civilization exactly like the captain yes C away so you can see how it's P show you the variety of things ladies had to reveal a lot about us for future scientist sure will I think we're much are these little reels of microfile yes it's hard to believe but are these Smalls of SC reprodu all these books papers magazine it's a record of 10 million words and a thousand pictures read a small microphone ined but there are also instructions how to make a large meing machine also how to make a motion picture projective in a three special news I suppose and things like that are in everything from samples of fabrics to a dozen different kinds of col Tre better ni I know something Mi your lb Micky Mouse Nick Tracy Barney Google they're all there even cars and Money El contents alone pick up 17 pages of fine CR boy they Wen fooling when they made that Captain the world done up in a small package it's most exhibited the it still be here when the rest of this place is nothing but d That's remark have you got time to show some of the other s him or they can hear you men go along Jane wants to write some post home we'll look around and meet you later that's the writing room over there the BL room not you right to enter our letter writing contest letter writing contest what's that you well both the folks who write and rece the person each week are awarded cash priv wied to announce every Sunday evening during our letter home radio program you didn't get me the do on that cont over there I might just as well have some of that the next [Music] [Music] your you better take another look you never had a camera like that television C you go down there Mr you can see and here FR of a whole row of Television good bud Frank well thank you old are you bud you now got back and talk natur hi folks this is M speaking as you can see if you've got your television turned on what state you B Bud Indiana the greatest state in the world and so willing in New York's okay too well what do you think of the fair well as a guy I once studied about said I came I saw and I'm almost conquered how am I doing Dad the really covers a lot of oural [Music] whater by shut off the only the feel B about passing up that kids play football once in a while I get the to outside of that more kick to this oh you don't have no off the family I guess it must be pretty interesting you scar about thech the attitude of the men in the world they work on the principle of D imp that F sure but I don't believe it open your eyes for the fs all around you by the whole fair is a product of a SE one up and all the new things are inventing every day company C under the American system of private Enterprise have two ways to go back and forward if you can make better product the other fellow move the head the other fell get Nei case the you mean in better good yes that's fells like me in our resarch Labs we have four main jobs we must constantly improve our existing P for more people will be enable to buy them we must try to lower that cost by cutting waste of eff then we must anticipate the demand for new before people realize they need us that's only three jobs Jim I kep count last is industrial T all prospecting for our sometimes we hit mechanical Refrigeration air conditioning then aund new Industries bring up and thousands of new jobs and another boot is given to our standard of living yes remember that bud something else might bud here's yourope blow whatever you tell me you honestly believe that industry can make enough job in the future to take care of the young people that they're coming along I think the problem's going to be the other way around industry will make so many jobs and W be enough people to fill so you don't believe me not like you and come you're liable to do anything you're willing to sit back and let a lot of self-appointed leaders do your thinking for you yeah they believe yes The Men Who buil fa believe the what's more they us $200 million they they Le the prosperity and pism don't travel together but they're like you they don't like oh I don't mind anything good then I'll introduce you to a come beautiful I guess we're a little early what do you want to do anything but inspect this Temple of capitalism their eyes popping out of their heads drooling over the very things that are taking away their jobs don't get all my family think America Prett and I don't want dis I know I'm here to be exhibited M but beautiful please I want to know you did you tell him with in love that I want to marry you that I've asked you 100 times of course I hav't it it isn't like telling them that I've got a new hat I have to do it gradually the right time last night but why all the strategy we don't have to maneuver like a battery of Tanks we're not at war with your parents this is between you and me it isn't as simple as all B listen to me bad there's one thing in our life that doesn't concern other people if I man you can slip away after lunch by dinner time you can be Mr me do F me give me a chance to find out whether I really love you or not and if I do all right I want my family's blessings beforehand than they can't have afraid of being cut off of the peral Shilling G doesn't count together well I think I'll go find I'll see you i' like to a few more things pretty hard yeah I think all over Mr my getting all over that's a little danger [Music] now I know late exctly minutes all over as I said before ladies and gentlemen time to do add second but friendly they are clean they are dry and Spark hon woman table Mrs number two her dishes are certainly clean now Point number three of I have to leave that to you and so ladies and gentlemen I give you the winner this [Applause] B sh you're and this is our to what do you think all right don't expect me to be ofus there's nothing funny about school of capitalism look at that hone you'd be never right if you call it a Franken moner like think of the number of people didn't have I guess every woman in America would be weaving every home be a sweat some like they were before we had I don't think I that's I don't think you like know that only The Peasants waited while I looked it up there were four workers ELC over here what is it look manip blooming God it's going off you're going to tell us Mach like this that a Pap not many that's right again I know right there Elric controling aeham all day and work s that's just one of those soal economic law do working yes [Applause] make equipment yes they do some so big to sh piece by piece for example electric F made for large I thought those are the kind of machines that place men M Market to increase production that's how employ cre the only General St don't mean much to me right I know one year these people SP minut what you call same 4,000 I suppose you think that's funny I can't take it h you're right I am i w enjoy myself thank you very much glad sorry I have to break now but I get back I enjoyed meeting you all sorry but I all doing your up the I thought you were talking about rela witho and I don't believe I know them I'll see you on class now I w't take no for you're coming to dinner too how about you a the all for that be glad to how about you Mr you Jo I want to tell Jane and Barbara some of the things in the of el elect will be doing well that's what I call don't me only against me other that's why I like they find our it's a Parise no one has CED over a the [Music] go for get my last ever the right time what do you mean Grandma even have this so there's no harm in showing them how you like to do it there are more important things today I don't know what they are I always figured raising Myck he wouldn't to he ladies and gentlemen a great deal of Pride and pleasure I present to you elro the wesing come here and here he comes ladies and gentlemen walking up to greet you under his own power you see all I need to do is speak this what I but I don't see why I'm telling Electro story when he's perfectly able to tell his own so let's listen and see what Electro has to say to us today all right Electro will you tell your story please me yes you okay ladies and gentlemen I'll be very glad to tell my story I am a smart fellow as I have a very F of 48 electrical it works just like a telone switchboard if I get a number I can always blame the operator and by the way I see a lot of good numbers out in our audience today quiet please I'm doing the talking on your right hand one two three four that's absolutely [Music] correct hold on you may now smoke [Music] and folks he's only two years old just how can he do all those he's full of Motors you can fill a book with all elran all the heart and the Brain me I had nothing but brain well the heart sorry I won't do anything that's all right how give you I iy put the world back 50 years what they I about have any comp something there but go to hey wait a minute need right just consider three of we be [Music] without eom Elric electric thir radio broad wesing station KD the first broadcast programs in a regular you make over 8,000 I don't like that just like wasn't very smart broke his leg your mother found out you think that would help I don't [Music] they can make mistakes too and they can [Music] also that's the problem verbal language but to me abstract form is the essential subract in short the fundamental with our conal Li perfectly very clear hey this weather's almost as good as indana up a good piece of lot about that what does it representes an independent wom something else if you wantes I think the time I like to show you this before it's really a collector's item a rare specimen of barbaric jewelry been in our family for about 300 years by stud in polychromatic harmony I want you to I couldn't for a while there I think the other [Music] to in aong or so dress yourself up in your B Wy man has a welcome thank you thank you and now [Music] [Music] [Applause] wining all are unus let's see you had all your family River but I will how much it back may you made aing well that's fair enough but tell me what are you going to do with your y FKS the boy of tomorrow but really a how the will work without the elri [Music] contri that's fair enough very much to the point thank you very much for but I believe [Music] our May electricity here come [Music] hey Grandma the more you see of New York the bigger it gets it's the same as Main Street back home only large [Music] roomier maybe we can get what I need here [Music] I wonder if they've got any new [Music] gags SP IM you had we might be wrong may I seeing in the middle of the window you can search the city but you won't find a nicer piece of costume world was all right Grandma actually a perfect copy of a ring in a Moscow mum is it very expensive well I'll be very honest with you it's worth more but you can have that for $2 and at that price I'm practically giving it away I have a half a dozen [Music] that's they I to knock your eye out that's why I'm doing them I have for my eyes to is all you if that F gentleman com he show a powerful t ma to be the of dog you look lovely anything I can do to help oh I need to go you left your ring on my Des my ring that means bad luck of some sort Grand I've got my ring why there absolutely the same ring come for my I don't know hello everybody can I help matter with you there are you no no I'm all right oh I declare I think youd lose your head if it wasn't you D here it's your ring I found it on my dress wrong don't you want it very why they're all alive why' you get them all there you know what this is all about mother how should I know J come on take your hand stop looking at me as if I'd stolen your purse my face is this shav twice a day why I should look prettiest Beyond me you won't even know I'm around where's my DEA oh gra you left your ring in the bathroom you know that's no way to treat a valuable ring like this you might lose it hey how many of them have you got anyway too many hi everybody meting to my sh I haven't had eat about hours is good Serv isw kid just how many rings did that guy might give you jewelry business I found of in my room [Music] good afternoon Miss Barbra in yes Mr ma there's all here come right in just lay your head on the table follow me good afternoon Mr midleton hello Bud har how are you Mr Middleton haven't you lost something young lady shouldn't leave their valuables lying around I found this on the hall table I did study in POA don't you think but the dirty cook told me there was only one of them let go of my AR you got to beat it nck the world I want to get SCH I can't hold them much longer D than CU I who all done bu what I think you scared him dad he didn't even wait for CH you want to be ashamed of yourself tomon what do you mean by carrying a gun A gun why I don't even own a gun it is that practical joking son of yours I'll have you know Tom Middleton he's just as much your son as mine well now that the guest of honor has departed what are we going to do what are we going to do a whole people put a CW in front of us you ask what are we going to do oh I mean after I know mother around the just 46 years ago this month I was doing the same thing watching the lights of a world fair Columbian Exposition at Chicago that was the first American Fair lighted by electricity yeah and Jim's company burish most of the lighting for it we've come a long way did you hear about the asking when to keep feo [Music] I can't help it that I've got to talk not now let me hold on [Music] we haven't seen anything yet by all this is merely a sample of The Real World of Tomorrow [Music]