The future is near......
 

An excerpt from the 1958 "Disneyland" TV Show episode entitled "Magic Highway USA". In this last part of the show, an exploration into possible future Transportation technologies is made. It's hard to believe how little we've accomplished on this front since 1958, and how limited the scope for imagining such future technologies has become. Witness an artifact from a time where the future was greeted with optimism. Note the striking animation style here, achieved with fairly limited animation and spectacular layouts.

Thanks for sharing.

oh the naivetivity. funny how they use thse sophisticated technologies and still use punchhole-cards to set the course :lol:

"Magically, although their lives are fully automated, the Jetson family isn't obese"

They forgot to mention that fusion power plants were widespread in that the future world, the energy requirements to move "huge cylinder" parking sections would be interesting :)

I can't imagine how little exercise the average American would get in this world (and how fat they'd be as a result) . . . perhaps they'd all have more free time and money and then be able to frequent the gym or something.

Woah, guys. We're going to be able to melt through rocks...