PREHISTORIC MONSTERS.

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 220, 13 June 1933, Page 14

PREHISTORIC MONSTERS.

Work has begun at the Chicago World’s Fair on the construction of a domeshaped structure to house an exhibit known as “The World a Million Years Ago.” The proposed exhibit will show life-sized prehistoric monsters, such as dinosaurs, platybelodons, ground sloths, giant gorillas, hairy mammoths, sabretoothed tigers, etc. By mechanical means these animal terrors of ages gone by will both move and make prehistoric roars. “The interior of the dome-shaped building, which will be 25ft. high, 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 in which extreme changes have been made and which will be shown in the building are the Gobi Desert, and the plains of some western States of America, which in ages past were dense juuglese and the home of savage animals and flying reptiles.” The various prehistoric monsters will be operated and synchronised with sound effects from a control room ip which there will be four operatives.