Bruce Anderson

In 1967, VIA editor Bruce Anderson spent a week at the world's fair in Montreal. He remembers long lines (up to five hours, a grueling test for a restless 10-year-old); LeRonde, the amusement area that served as the nightly reward for the long lines; and, most vividly, passing out at the "Man and His Health" exhibit. "They showed a film that captured, rather graphically, sundry medical procedures such as an open-heart surgery," says Bruce. "I didn't last long, but I did last longer than the woman standing next to me, who went down in the first 30 seconds." Bruce brings these formative experiences to bear in Back to the Future, an essay about the American view of world's fairs.

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