Exposition Universelle (1900)
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The Exposition Universelle was where [[sound films|talking films]] and [[escalator]]s were first publicized, and where [[Campbell Soup Company|Campbell's Soup]] was awarded a gold medal (an image of which still appears on its label). At the Exposition [[Rudolf Diesel]] exhibited his [[diesel engine]], running on [[Vegetable oil used as fuel |peanut oil]]. Brief films of excerpts from opera and ballet are apparently the first films exhibited publicly with projection of both image and recorded sound. The Exposition also featured many [[panoramic painting]]s and extensions of the panorama technique, such as the [[Cinéorama]], [[Mareorama]], and [[Trans-Siberian Railway Panorama]]. | The Exposition Universelle was where [[sound films|talking films]] and [[escalator]]s were first publicized, and where [[Campbell Soup Company|Campbell's Soup]] was awarded a gold medal (an image of which still appears on its label). At the Exposition [[Rudolf Diesel]] exhibited his [[diesel engine]], running on [[Vegetable oil used as fuel |peanut oil]]. Brief films of excerpts from opera and ballet are apparently the first films exhibited publicly with projection of both image and recorded sound. The Exposition also featured many [[panoramic painting]]s and extensions of the panorama technique, such as the [[Cinéorama]], [[Mareorama]], and [[Trans-Siberian Railway Panorama]]. | ||
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The exhibition lasted from [[14 April]] until [[10 November]] [[1900]]. | The exhibition lasted from [[14 April]] until [[10 November]] [[1900]]. | ||
A special committee, led by [[Gustave Eiffel]], awarded a gold medal to [[Lavr Proskuryakov]]'s project for the [[Yenisei Bridge in Krasnoyarsk]]. | A special committee, led by [[Gustave Eiffel]], awarded a gold medal to [[Lavr Proskuryakov]]'s project for the [[Yenisei Bridge in Krasnoyarsk]]. |
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More than 50 million people attended the exhibition (a world record at the time), yet it still failed to turn a profit, costing the French government 2,000,000 Francs. The fair included more than 76,000 exhibitors and covered 1.12 square kilometres of Paris.
The Exposition Universelle was where talking films and escalators were first publicized, and where Campbell's Soup was awarded a gold medal (an image of which still appears on its label). At the Exposition Rudolf Diesel exhibited his diesel engine, running on peanut oil. Brief films of excerpts from opera and ballet are apparently the first films exhibited publicly with projection of both image and recorded sound. The Exposition also featured many panoramic paintings and extensions of the panorama technique, such as the Cinéorama, Mareorama, and Trans-Siberian Railway Panorama.
The exhibition lasted from 14 April until 10 November 1900. A special committee, led by Gustave Eiffel, awarded a gold medal to Lavr Proskuryakov's project for the Yenisei Bridge in Krasnoyarsk.
A number of Paris' most noted structures were built for the Exposition, including the Gare de Lyon, the Gare d'Orsay (now the Musée d'Orsay), the Pont Alexandre III, the Grand Palais, La Ruche, and the Petit Palais. The first line of the Paris Metro also began operation to co-incide with the Exposition. Although completed in just 18 months, it was nevertheless slightly late, taking its first paying passengers to the Ancien Palais du Trocadéro site on 19 July 1900.
Part of the Exposition was the Second Olympic Games, which were spread over five months. The games also marked the first participation by female athletes and, in such sports as tennis, football (soccer), polo, rowing and tug of war, teams were multinational.
A Human Zoo was present at the exposition.
The Finnish Pavilion at the Exposition was designed by the architectural firm of Gesellius, Lindgren, and Saarinen. It was published in Dekorative Kunst 3 (1900): 457-63 and in L'Architecture á l'Exposition Universelle de 1900, p. 65, Pl. X. Paris: Libraries-Imprimeries Réunies, 1900.