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[[Image:Unisphere.jpg|thumbnail|right|350px|View of the New York World's Fair from the observation towers of the New York State Pavilion; the [[Unisphere]] is at the left]]The '''1964/1965 New York World's Fair''' was the third major [[world's fair]] to be held in New York City.<ref>[http://archny.org/history/1960-1980.html Archdiocese History], Archdiocese of New York. Retrieved November 5, 2007.</ref> Hailing itself as a "Universal and Internat(contracted; show full)

*[[General Electric]] sponsored "[[Carousel of Progress|Progressland]]" where an audience seated in a revolving auditorium viewed an audio-animatronic presentation of the progress of electricity in the home. The [[Sherman Brothers]] song "[[There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow]]" was composed for this attraction.
  The highlight of the exhibit demonstrated a brief plasma "explosion" of controlled nuclear fusion.  The crowd pleasing loud crack that was produced could be heard even on the line outside in the neighboring Travelers Insurance pavilion.

*[[Ford Motor Company]] presented Disney's "[[Ford Magic Skyway]]," the second most popular exhibit at the fair, using Ford cars in an early prototype of what would become the [[PeopleMover]] ride system to move the audience through scenes featuring life-sized audio-animatronic dinosaurs and cavemen. The Walt Disney Company had earlier been asked by General Motors to produce their exhibit, but they declined.{{citation needed|reason=please give a reliable source for this assertion|date=Janua(contracted; show full)[[Category:1964 in the United States|New York World's Fair]]
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[[es:Feria mundial Nueva York 1964]]
[[fr:Foire internationale de New York 1964-1965]]
[[ja:ニューヨーク万国博覧会 (1964年)]]