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Word: telekinema (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1951-1951
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...Londoners by the thousands mingled with visitors from overseas to throng the huge, futuristic main exhibition site at South Bank, northwest of dingy Waterloo Station. There, where bombed-out slums once sprawled, they could goggle at the vast "Dome of Discovery," with its 74-inch-lens telescope, at the "Telekinema" with its three-dimensional sound pictures, and the "Eccentrics' Corner" featuring, among other achievements, a hammer guaranteed not to hit the user's thumb. Still in store for visitors this summer: a series of industrial exhibitions, midways, art exhibits, concerts, carnivals and conventions in more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Joyful for a Season | 5/14/1951 | See Source »

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