Western US to NY Fair, 1940s

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This 1940s home movie spans the Western U.S., Cuba, and the New York World’s Fair. It captures Western Americana—Close-Inn Court motor court and air-cooled cottages, the Continental Divide marker, and possibly Nebraska’s State Capitol. In Florida’s Everglades, it shifts to Cuba’s Havana, with Sloppy Joe’s Bar inside and out, and a POV drive down the Overseas Highway. At the NY Fair, long lines snake outside GM’s "Highways and Horizons" Futurama, blending road-trip nostalgia with pre-war optimism.

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