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Expo 67 back to the future

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  • "Expo 67"
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  • ""The bright shining sixties' version of the future came to Canada in 1967, the country's one-hundredth birthday, a time when everything seemed possible. "The Canadian Experience" explores the exhilarating experience of Expo 67, which had a lasting personal impact on a generation of Canadians, and launched Canada as an enthusiastic participant in the global village. From today's perspective, it's hard to imagine how little Canadians of the sixties knew of their own country. But with Expo, as the highlight of the Centennial Year, Canadians took to the highways and sped onward to Montreal. For many, the journey there was a first chance to see Canada, and their first exposure to the racy, exotic world of big-city Montreal. In turn, visitors from Europe, with their heads full of images of snowy wastelands and Eskimos, were won over by the sophistication of the sparkling futuristic pavilions of Expo. Expo was Canada's coming out party. "EXPO 67: Back to the Future" tells the story of how failure was predicted for Expo by negative English Canadian press who anticipated disaster. It tells of the massive challenge to mount the worldʹs fair in just four years. We meet the Expoʹs Director of Publicity, Yves Jasmin, who tells the story of exploiting Cold War culture to win the all-important US market with ads like ℓLook what the Russians are building some 40 miles from the USA. Along with the full roster of sixtiesʹ celebrities such as Jackie Kennedy, Ed Sullivan, and Princess Grace, 50 million visitors came to the magic world of Expo. The tickets were sold as passports, and those passports came to symbolize an opening to a larger world. Behind it all, the beat of the sixties is the bass line to "EXPO 67: Back to the Future"."
  • "Explores the exhilarating experience of Expo 67, which had a lasting personal impact on a generation of Canadians and launched Canada as an enthusiastic participant in the global village."
  • "Some parties change people's lives. Expo '67 changed this country. It was our 100th birthday and everything seemed possible. This documentary explores the exhilarating experience of Expo '67 which had a lasting personal impact on a generation of Canadians, and launched Canada as an enthusiastic participant in the global village. For many Canadians, it was their first trip to Montreal; Europeans, their heads full of images of Eskimos and snowy wastelands, were won over by the sophistication of the futuristic pavilions of Expo. The someteimes rocky 4-year evoloution of the Expo dream is detailed, and participants share their experiences and the impact Expo had on their lives. It is a stirring reminder of an exciting and optimistic time."
  • ""The bright shining sixties' version of the future came to Canada in 1967, the country's one-hundredth birthday, a time when everything seemed possible. "The Canadian Experience" explores the exhilarating experience of Expo 67, which had a lasting personal impact on a generation of Canadians, and launched Canada as an enthusiastic participant in the global village. From today's perspective, it's hard to imagine how little Canadians of the sixties knew of their own country. But with Expo, as the highlight of the Centennial Year, Canadians took to the highways and sped onward to Montreal. For many, the journey there was a first chance to see Canada, and their first exposure to the racy, exotic world of big-city Montreal. In turn, visitors from Europe, with their heads full of images of snowy wastelands and Eskimos, were won over by the sophistication of the sparkling futuristic pavilions of Expo. Expo was Canada's coming out party. "EXPO 67: Back to the Future" tells the story of how failure was predicted for Expo by negative English Canadian press who anticipated disaster. It tells of the massive challenge to mount the worldʹs fair in just four years. We meet the Expoʹs Director of Publicity, Yves Jasmin, who tells the story of exploiting Cold War culture to win the all-important US market with ads like ℓLook what the Russians are building some 40 miles from the USA. Along with the full roster of sixtiesʹ celebrities such as Jackie Kennedy, Ed Sullivan, and Princess Grace, 50 million visitors came to the magic world of Expo. The tickets were sold as passports, and those passports came to symbolize an opening to a larger world. Behind it all, the beat of the sixties is the bass line to "EXPO 67: Back to the Future.""

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  • "Expo 67 back to the future"

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