Picked by Aeon
1999 AD: The future as envisaged from 1967
A 1967 corporate film imagines family life in 1999, with computerised homes, push-button shopping and harvested oceans, all seen through the assumptions of its era.
A fascinating time capsule that predicts the future with eerie accuracy and dated blind spots.
Smart homes, bountiful oceans and casual sexism: the future as envisaged from 1967
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