Sinclair at the World's Fair

The first time I visited the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing was before it opened. My father took my brother and me to look at the site as it grew. We parked on a shoulder above the grounds. The Sinclair Brontosaurus was already up. It was thrilling for an eight-year-old boy. Later we visited the fair, and I recall the GE Pavillion, and taking my brother's Superball and letting it drop from the third floor to see if it bounced all the way back up as advertised. It did not.

This Jam Handy industrial film spends the first half singing the praises of the Sinclair Oil Company, showing the Googie-style gas station and its public-spirited commitment to the people who had their tires punctured in the parking lots. Because the company was at the heart of the Teapot Dome Scandal, it needed it.