US 101's video: Metropolis IL: The Amazing and Forgotten World of Superman

In 1973, plans were in place to build the theme park called Amazing World of Superman in Metropolis, Illinois. Despite a lot of excitement around the building of the park, it never happened. The reason? A war in the middle east and gasoline prices. Dive into the story of the Amazing World of Superman and discover Metropolis, IL, its ups and downs, and how this small American town became the official hometown of Superman. --------------------------------------- Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 08:08 - Chapter 1: A Natural Spot... 17:22 - A Note on Context 18:34 - Chapter 1 Continued 22:21 - Chapter 2 : Who is Bob Westerfield? 39:54 - Chapter 3: A Political Weapon 54:55 - Chapter 3: What happened to Superman's Amazing World? 01:03:01 - Chapter 4: Legacy ----------------------------------------- Visit the Super Museum in Metropolis, IL: https://supermuseum.com/ ----------------------------------------- Books researched for this video: Amazing World of Superman - https://tinyurl.com/ydzrzx6c Metropolis - https://tinyurl.com/yavhvcxy The Global Cold War - https://tinyurl.com/r59n4wy History of Massac County Illinois - https://tinyurl.com/5n8y64zz Academic Paper used for this video: Oil and Geopolitics: The Oil Crises of the 1970s and the Cold War - https://www.jstor.org/stable/24145533 Yom Kippur War videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82-lmGuTl_I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmDaB81MEQ0 Sources used for this video: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1979/05/metropolis-supertown/664951/ https://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/2008/06/a-superman-theme-parkwith-plenty-of-parking.html https://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/2008/06/superman70-a-tour-of-supermanland.html https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2090 http://superman.nu/fos/superworld/ https://www.thecaucusblog.com/2019/12/truth-justice-and-american-way.html https://www.cbr.com/we-lost-out-on-the-amazing-world-of-superman/ https://gizmodo.com/metropolis-the-real-life-town-that-superman-couldnt-s-1172537331 https://allthatsinteresting.com/colossus-of-rhodes https://www.designingdisney.com/parks/disneyland-resort/grand-opening-disneyland/ https://variety.com/2015/biz/news/disneyland-60th-anniversary-1955-opening-1201539907/ https://skift.com/2015/07/17/what-happened-when-disneyland-opened-in-california-60-years-ago/ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c3323767&view=1up&seq=6 https://www.anaheim.net/156/The-1950s---1980s https://fiftiesweb.com/pop/prices-1955/ https://www.illinoispolicy.org/story/metropolis-caught-between-history-fantasy-and-reality/ https://southernillinoisrailroads.com/icdepots/metropolis-illinois-central-railroad-station.html https://www.metropolisplanet.com/news/before-it-was-honeywell/article_ecb2639c-9085-5bce-a0c7-653d7bc5ccbe.html https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/05/22/Supermans-hometown-victim-of-kryptonite/9572422424000/ https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/08/archives/superman-rescues-metropolis-again-once-again-superman-comes-to.html https://www.ilga.gov/house/transcripts/htrans77/HT042572.pdf https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2018/10/8/the-october-arab-israeli-war-of-1973-what-happened https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/truman-doctrine https://americancentury.omeka.wlu.edu/files/original/60e94905a0e02050a5b78f10b1b02b07.jpg https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/about_us/24.htm https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/salt https://www.history.com/topics/middle-east/yom-kippur-war https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/oil-embargo https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/oil-shock-of-1973-74 https://www.automobile-catalog.com/car/1973/204515/chevrolet_monte_carlo_s_350-4_v-8_turbo-fire_hydra-matic.html .tab=0 https://www2.census.gov/prod2/popscan/p60-093.pdf https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/metropoliscityillinois https://www.metropolisplanet.com/news/metropolis-marks-50-years-of-superman/article_1392f1d5-7c5f-5c81-b287-21f07d17868f.html https://dqydj.com/historical-home-prices/ https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/coh-values.html ------------------------------------ Follow US 101 on social media: Twitter: http://twitter.com/usahistory101 Instagram: http://instagram.com/usahistory101 ------------------------------------ Cinematic (Sting) by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/