Future Nostalgia: Space Age Futurism | Sleepcore 

"The most glamorous plastic of all" is a phrase I didn't ever expect to hear.

Plexiglass came into its own during the pandemic.

It's really adorable how the narrator speaks with such pride about "modern" technology! We should remember, that people will be looking back on us as primitive and backwards. (If we survive.)

They used to show us films like this in elementary and junior high school back in the 60s, GE, Dupont, IBM, HP, Etc...

Wow the future looks great! I can't wait!

The 1959 Impala (cat eye) design video was fascinating. One of the most lovely vintage cars in my opinion.

Plexiglass warning label for the poison shelf is an impressive touch

By 1980, much of this futuristic "Populuxe" design... seemed hopelessly out-of-date. But at least it was bold, confident and optimistic... not generic or boring.

Love these old films like this.

This is amazing for the usual reasons, but also for the showcase of the Sage computer, one of the first to have a display screen. That is incalculably important to computer history, and IMMENSELY interesting.

I was always impressed with the people who can form and make a full size car out of clay. I guess that's a lost art in today's auto styling.

The “poison” shelf, gotta love it!

If your entire house was plexiglass, you could just turn the hose on it to clean it.

I own a beautiful 16mm IB Tech print of “American Look”. This, along side “Magic Highway USA”, and my John Sutherland films, are my favorite films I own.

I love how it's just casually expected that you are going to keep poisons in your cosmetics cabinet.

1959 Impala was a strangely beautiful automobile

I never realized I was missing so much Plexiglass in my life.

Just watched a bad old 70s movie set in and about a fictional supersonic passenger service. Similar to the Airport disaster movies. SST: Death Flight. "On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu on-board."

*Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!* (But it's more of a Shelbyville idea.)

somebody was really trying to sell plexiglass lol

Take a drink every time you hear the word _plexiglass_

Plexiglass, plexiglass, the modern home will be filled with it, well that didn't age too well. LOL 😂

Thinking is the best way to travel.

So much optimism! I miss that.

This videos hype up everything.

'The American Look' is without doubt - at least in my opinion - the greatest industrial film of the Populuxe/Googie/Ray Gun gothic period [Iike using 'Populuxe' but I should point out that in respect to Thomas Hine, who coined the term, it has never been intended to stand for a particular design aestheitic but for a particular sensibility ABOUT design aesthetics in consumer objects in the post-war Pre-Johnson period.]; it is a film one greets with awe because it is so formally beautiful, it nearly single handedly invents the industrial film as as 'artwork'. To dismiss it with patronizing hindsight is to miss the point: there is nothing in it to dismiss since it so seduces the viewer with its power; ironic detachment collapses into cynical cant. One stays with it because it so reaches into one's sense of longing for 'the beautiful dreamworld' that it it is a magus, a mesmerist, convincing us to see and feel what can only be in the intangible realm of the ideal.

Ah, the slumber wing, I look forward to it!

You Guys rock. You're right too! I have to go to sleep earlier tonight, and as if RIGHT ON CUE, there you were! Thanks, keep up the good work.

Seriously loving this channel. You deserve way more subs than you currently have. Just discovered you recently and can't get enough of this. Keep up the good work and take care!

More of the future we didn’t get. Somewhere there is a timeline where all this and more happened the way it was supposed to unfold.

The future is not what it used to be

Top notch as always!

Can’t help but think of Simpson’s monorail episode -

Excellent episode. Thanks!

Exciting new experience - computer control is comforting… plastic plexiglas wears so well too… More stylists and data processing protecting the future of America !

We now know that monorails that GE was considering at the time of this film are some of the most costly forms of public transportation. It is cheaper to redevelop areas to be serviced by light rail or even a subway system.

Wow the future looked great

At 7:25 WHY!? WHY!? OH, WHY!? Why would ANYONE need a "Poison shelf " in their medicine cabinet??? If I were her husband, I would be more than a little concerned that there is a shelf, labeled with big red letters, "POISON". "Ah . . . honey . . . I think there is something that we need to talk about."

Plot twist that plexiglass future is 1,000 ft underground post apocalypse

back in the 60's when we were told by the 20th century we will have flying cars that run on nuclear power and to fuel it you only need a single chunk of fuel once every 20 years god were they wrong. I remember the films vividly back in the 60's we all wanted our flying cars and I still do damn it I was robbed.

Somebody really wailed on that set of pastels!

I was amazed how Americans used their weapons of retaliation against Vietnam after it callously attacked America.

7:23 oh thank god I really do need a separate shelf for my poison

Looooove these show May the almighty bless you Keep them coming Thanks

Fantastic!

The medicine cabinet had a "poison" shelf all the way at the top..😲☠☠☠

Honey, the echo from all this hard surfaced plexiglass is giving me a headache. Do we have something I can take for it? Yes dear, in the plexiglass medicine cabinet on the plexiglass shelf with the plexiglass sign marked poison.

“Thanks to the American men and women who design” ❤

I love this clay car. Should be a big seller , gentleman

More please and thank you.

I had a 1959 Impala Sport Coupe decades ago in Roman red. Only those equipped with the 348 engine (mine was) had the crossed flags emblem shown at 15:55 .

My first monorail ride was the one of the 1964 New York World's Fair. 😊

It's 70 years later and still nothing has been done.

Looking at material this hopeful about the future from the viewpoint of 2022 does indeed induce sleep in the sense that it is extremely depressing.

plexiglass with plexiglass and plexiglass with lined plexiglass and glas made of plexi with plexiglass that is curved with plexiglass so you can see the plexiglass.

Love it.

20:18 That's the NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo ship. It was built as part of the US Government's Atoms for Peace program. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_Savannah (Edit: technically that shot is of a model of the Savannah)

Great …the aerial tram when combined with drones should make a wonderful urban environment…

Step with us as we go into the THIRD Dimension!

Did people really keep so much poison in the bathroom medicine cabinet in the 1950s that they needed an entire “poison shelf”?

So, ... I need a safe space to store all my poisons ( um, guess I've been doing it wrong )

Plastic Jive: It's the future of everything! :o)

General Electric and General Motors promised us a lot of stuff for the future and then never delivered.

…. But seriously… what would we do without stylists and designers??? Everything would be square and grey😮

The future sure ain't what it used to be!

Weve been robbed of the atom & we have been robbed of space

"The future ain't what it used to be" -- Yogi Berra

"What can be done about this problem?" (Ground travel delays to airports) Speaking from 2022, nothing apparently. "Dammit, where's my flying car?" The design of the 1959 Chevy Impala. Great attention to styling details, but seatbelts; and only lap belts at that, were optional.

A glass house you actually can throw stones in.

That IBM bldg at 22:16 was actually in Toronto on Don Mills at Eglinton. Now site of future condo...

I must remember to utilise more plexiglass.

Ahh, the “American Look” starting on 10:48 , in particular, the architecture and art depicted, borrows heavily from the European modern movement of art, architecture and style from decades before this was filmed. The automobile futurism is heavily influenced by the advancements in aviation and aerospace creating form and line that depicts movement while being static. This influence in design was incorporated in modern design decades earlier as well, both in the United States and abroad.

Who could have know that we could F*k things up so easily? And so quickly? Thanks, picsandportraits for the reminder.

Didn't the Town of Springfield explore the monorail concept a while back and found it unsatisfactory? Mainly due to inept operation as I recall. One guy who worked on the monorail went on to design a car with his rich brother. Unfortunately it was a bit of a disaster.

I sure wouldn't want to get stuck in traffic behind that rocket car. lol

Love the monorail, but they forgot to envision the miscreant jumping the turnstile.

Amazing how America got travel SO wrong! If you fly into Japan, you can quickly get to any city from the trains near the major airports. If only America invested in railways, traffic would not be so bad. Also, how is it that america is still using old fashion toilets and video door bells are still not common?

at 32:30 a young Herve Villechaize peacefully dreams of B-52's and a strong national defense.

I want to make the plexiglass video a drinking game, he says plexiglass 22 times in four and a half minutes.

The plexiglass part was really funny to me

They may not have the internet, but they have a thesaurus.

9:45 It would be great to build a capsule hotel like this. Or small cabins for rent for low-income earners.

In Memphis, we had a mayor back in the 1990's who wanted to transport airline passengers to Downtown on overhead-wired trolley cars. He proposed that the trolley line would revitalize a poverty-stricken area of the city. It was never implemented.

23:28 This IPad has more power than a whole multi level building full of those computers from back in the day 😏🇺🇸❤️🖖🏼

LOL! "..would you pull the AR5 and replace it with a spare."

I foresee the time when every airplane with have a computer aboard.

AEROTRAIN, at right center, was invented in 1955 by the ELECTRO-MOTIVE DIVISION OF GENERAL MOTORS, (E.M.D.: G.M.) in LA Grange, Illinois, west of Chicago, and famous for the diesel locomotives from 1937 to the later 1940s models like the F7A (B-B), and E7A (A1A-A1A) for new Streamliner passenger express trains that ran up to 117 M.P.H.!!!!! And GP7(B-B) and SD7(C-C) for freight trains. And the SW-7 (B-B) Switchers for switching freight yards and factories. But the AEROTRAIN was technically the unique "L.W.T.-12" for "Light Weight Train 1200 Horse power" with the "B-1" with only the front 4 wheels powered. Thus it was unbalanced because the weight of the heavy diesel engine in back was carried on only the 2 back wheels. But they should have had another 4 wheel BLOMBERG frame or a Flexcoil like the front set. Thus the diesel was Underpowered and frequently was helped by other diesels. Then the New coaches were actually based upon the G.M. city bus, and with suspension by air bags instead of metal springs. But frequently the airbags lost pressure which lead to an extremely rough ride with the wheels banging against the rail joints. But there were some innovative features like the angular windows, and H.E.P. power for lights, heating, and air conditioning that were featured 30 years later on AMFLEET and subways. Plus under floor baggage storage. Plus a rearward facing Obversation car with 2 tail fins that emulated the 1950s auto styling. The 2 AEROTRAINS had 10 coaches carrying 40 people each for a total of 400. The AEROTRAINS toured around the u.s.a. on the N.Y.C. P.R.R. around Horseshoe Curve. And U.P. from L.A. to Las Vegas. through Cajon Pass. But due to the combinations of many problems during the 2 year tour. In 1958 they were sold to the ROCK ISLAND RR. And used in Chicago Commuter service Westward to Joliet. But in 1966 they were retired and donated to 2 rail museums in the Midwest. Diesel 2 and 2 coaches were donated to THE NATIONAL RAILROAD MUSEUM in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and the coaches still have decals from when it was used on the PENNSY. PLUS...the 2 coaches were used on the NRRM tourist train that runs around a small circular track. And the NRRM used the small 20 tonner PLYMOUTH industrial switcher Number 702 from W.P.S., but after 702 broke down in 1987 it just sat alone until 1997 when a different manager who was Not a railroader nor modelers had it scrapped and destroyed. And ever since 2001 the AEROTRAIN 2 and 2 coaches is parked inside the McCormick Pavillion on Track 1 but trapped inside when the switch was ripped out and changed over to the Outside North side display track. But then again Diesel 3 and 2 bus coaches were also donated to Saint Louis, Missouri and the National Museum of Transportation. Maybe, Hopefully, Someday, 1 of the LWT12 Diesels can be rebuilt, and the 4 coaches, and go to the different rail museums around the U.S.A. to run short excursions. THUS: This rebuilding could be accomplished in the next 3 Years. The AEROTRAIN 70TH ANNIVERSARY WILL HAPPEN VERY SOON IN 3 YEARS IN 2025 A.D. PLEASE, Contact me on my Facebook page with the heading "AEROTRAIN 70 IN 2025" , OK!! THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP!! ALL ABOARD!! HIGHBALL, AEROTRAIN!!-! GOD BLESS THE U.S.A 🇺🇸!!!!! ALLELUIA!!!!! AMEN 🙏. BY: Steven Solway, Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.A.!!!!! U.S. Mail Address: 811 Bader Street. Apartment B. Zip: 54302. ADVISORY: THIS CURRENTLY A CONCEPT ONLY!!!!! THUSLY: IT IS NOT RECOGNIZED, NOR AUTHORIZED BY NEITHER THE N.R.R.M., NOR THE N.M.O.T. DO NOT!!! CONTACT THEM FOR ANYTHING WHAT-SO-EVER!!!!! HEED MY WARNING!!!!! Thank you from Steven Solway, alone and solo, for all your support. God Bless the U.S.A.!!!!! ALLELUIA!!!!! AMEN 🙏.

And GM was responsible for getting rid of trolly service all over the country. It was a proven system that avoided any congestion.

People are abandoing cities! Not a word about climate change, population control and the fact cities would become so expensive no one could afford them. As for this video somethings I may have seen at Disney!

7:20 "the poison shelf"

Today here in Germany most new Buildings are still build in the 1930s "Bauhaus" Style

I've seen these in Ogdenville, Brockway, and North Havorbrook.

I'm so enthusiastic about creative imagination and I'm so frustrated I was born and raised in a third world country and never had the chance to be part of the future

LOL perferct. I discover the genre sleepcore less than half way through an overnight shift.

I love jet punk styling

Los Angeles is still waiting for an airport shuttle. 😂

the poison shelf, no medicine cabinet complete without one

I knew i went to far with the plexi glass look when i got home and couldn't find my house.

1:32 Wow, it goes 50+, doesn't need to be dug out and especially doesn't explosive-decompress, hyperloop, get your stuff together, this thing puts your whole project to shame!

At 21:29 the rocket blasting off makes the hi pitch sound of a turbine fuel pump.