PREHISTORIC AGE

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 17 June 1933, Page 14

PREHISTORIC AGE

Monsters at Chicago Fair 'V\7’ORK began recently at the Chicago World’s 1 Fair on the construction of a dome-shaped structure to house an exhibit known> as “The World a Million Years ago.” The exhibit was to show life-sized prehistoric monsters, such as dinosaurs, platyoelodons, ground sloths, giant gorillas, hairy mammoths, sabre-toothed tigers, etc. By mechanical means these animal terrors of ages gone by would both move and make prehistoric roars. “The interior of the dome-shaped building, which will be Soft hight, will depict graphically how the world appeared ages ago, with the’ dome acting as a natural sky, with cloud and star effects,” Mr A. L. Vollmann said recently. “The exhibits also will portray the life of man before the dawn of history. They will record in a fascinating manner the history of the world through the ages, showing the various changes. “Among the sections ins which extreme changes have been made and which be shown in the building are the Gobi Desert and the plains of some western States of America, which'in ages past were dense jungles and the home of savage animals and flying reptiles.” The various prehistoric monsters were to be operated and synchronised with sound effects from a control room in which there would bo « four operatives.