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"150 Jahre Wiener Weltausstellung / 150 Years Expo Vienna" is a cinematic journey back in time to the year 1873, when Vienna hosted the fifth and then largest World's Fair at the Prater grounds, transforming from an imperial residential city into a cosmopolitan metropolis. Never before or since has the metropolis on the Danube changed so much in such a short time. The whole world once met here: from the Japanese Tenno to the Shah of Persia to the King of Hawaii. Around 35 nations and 53,000 exhibitors showed their achievements on an area of around 2.3 million square meters. With this gigantic show, Vienna succeeded in asserting itself as the site of many international institutions as well as a meeting place.