How we imagined the highway - fifty years ago – Off Topic

How we imagined the highway - fifty years ago

Socrates II — 9/27/2008 1:52:08 AM (archived)

In 1958, Disney produced a program called The Magic Highway, with a vision of
how future roadways would be.

At first when you view this, you might think these guys went crazy with ideas.

Then you realize just how much of the future we were promised was derailed.

The clip of the future highway and vehicles can be seen here - on Youtube, of course:

I so want my own atomic reactor for melting through solid mountains! Once we were men!

I so miss the real future.

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How we imagined the highway - fifty years ago - Socrates II - 9/27/2008 1:52:08 AM
- That was before the words "reality" and "check" were put together - McFly - 9/27/2008 4:55:14 AM
  - And in the heyday of pure brute-force engineering - Robert - 9/28/2008 6:24:28 PM
    - Just remebered where I saw that. - RobVG - 10/1/2008 5:06:24 AM
      - Meant for Socrates post. (n/t) - RobVG - 10/1/2008 5:07:40 AM
  - I promise I would use an atomic furnace only for good - Socrates II - 9/27/2008 5:58:24 AM
- That was before "industry" and "progress" became dirty words. - TB - 9/27/2008 2:34:27 AM
  - Another Web site, with some nice still shots - Socrates II - 9/29/2008 1:27:35 PM
    - The Ford Nucleon! - Socrates II - 9/30/2008 2:48:36 PM
      - Put me on the list - I'd like to order one! (n/t) - Laurie Street - 9/30/2008 5:45:57 PM
        
        You might also like... - Socrates II - 9/30/2008 5:58:03 PM

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