- Title: F-5506
- Summary: DE SOTO : IT'S MAGIC: HOSTED BY ART LINKLETTER; INTERVIEWING KIDS; KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS; AUTO MANUFACTURING, DE SOTO.
- Description:00:00:15 - 1955 DE SOTO AUTOMOBILE CRUISING DOWN ANY STREET AMERICA. 00:00:30 - DE SOTO PULLING UP TO CURB, PARKING 00:00:50 - AUDIENCE MEMBERS ENTERING TELEVISION STUDIO B. 00:00:54 - CU SIGN FOR ART LINKLETTER TELEVISION SHOW 00:00:57 - ART LINKLETTER RINGING BELL OPENING SHOW 00:01:17 - ART INTRODUCES & TALKS TO CHILDREN ON SHOW, PATRICK MCCANN, LINDA SUE SCOTT, GAIL BASSETT, WALDEN WILLIAMS, PAUL STONE. 00:03:23 - ART TALKS ABOUT THE "MAGIC" OF TELEVISION. PLUGS DE SOTO. 00:04:08 - CHILDREN ON ART LINKLETTER'S SHOW WATCH THEMSELVES ON TELEVISION 00:04:28 - ON TELEVISION AERIAL IN DETROIT. ZOOMS IN ON DE SOTO FACTORY BUILDING 00:04:45 - INTERIOR FACTORY WORKERS BUILDING DE SOTO FIRE DOME ENGINES 00:05:00 - GAIL ASKS INTO MICROPHONE, "SAY WHAT ARE THOSE SQUARE THINGS MOVING?" 00:05:07 - INTERIOR AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING PLANT. CU ENGINE BLOCKS ON ASSEMBLY LINE / CONVEYOR BELT BLOCKS ASSEMBLED BY MACHINE 00:05:36 - OPERATOR WATCHING CONTROL PANEL SHOWING HIM MACHINE DOING OPERATION PROPERLY 00:05:43 - ENGINE BLOCKS MOVING DOWN CONVEYOR BELT 00:06:06 - MACHINE TURNING OVER ENGINE BLOCK & SHAKING OUT LOOSE SHAVINGS & CHIPS 00:06:15 - SHAVINGS & CHIPS GOING DOWN CONVEYOR INTO GRATES IN FLOOR 00:06:22 - MAN LIFTING GRATE REVEALING UNDERGROUND CONVEYOR SYSTEM. MOVING BELT 00:06:32 - EMPTYING SHAVINGS & CHIPS INTO FREIGHT CARS BELOW 00:07:04 - STEAM CLEANING ENGINE BLOCKS IN HUGE AUTOMATIC TANKS. 00:07:31 - CU OPERATOR PUSHING BUTTONS WITH THUMBS 00:07:42 - ART ASKS KIDS, "DOESN'T THAT SEEN LIKE MAGIC TO YOU KIDS? THEY REPLY, "YEAH" 00:07:45 - AUTOMATIC MACHINES TURNING OUT ENGINES, CAR PARTS WITH WORKER SUPERVISING. CU ENGINE PARTS. 00:08:40 - INTAKE MANIFOLDS BEING DRILLED AUTOMATICALLY BY MACHINES 00:08:54 - BEARING CAPS BEING CUT INTO INDIVIDUAL PIECES & SORTED AUTOMATICALLY 00:09:12 - MACHINE DRILLING OIL HOLES & CRANK SHAFTS 00:09:51 - CU MACHINE BALANCING CRANK SHAFT. SPINNING PARTS 00:10:02 - CU PRECISION GAUGE WITH HAND MOVING 00:10:08 - DRILLS DRILLING HOLES IN CRANK SHAFTS 00:10:15 - CU GAUGE SHOWING AMOUNT OF UNBALANCE 00:10:21 - CU AUTOMOBILE WORKER CIRCA 1955 00:10:35 - MACHINES CHECKING QUALITY OF PARTS, LINES GOING UP & DOWN. WORKER PUTTING CAR PARTS ON MACHINE, QUALITY CHECK. 00:11:00 - CU GAUGE MEASURING CYLINDER BORES 00:11:10 - CU MACHINE STAMPING INFORMATION ON BORE 00:11:15 - WORKER READING INFORMATION COMING OUT OF TELETYPE MACHINE 00:11:20 - FEMALE WORKER TAKING DOWN CYLINDER BORES FROM SHELVES TO CLASSIFYING BIN 00:11:24 - PROCESS OF MATCHING CYLINDER BORES TO PISTONS & CONNECTING RODS. SUB ASSEMBLY BEING CARRIED ON CONVEYOR BELT 00:12:10 - ASSEMBLY LINE IN CAR FACTORY WORKERS ASSEMBLING AUTOMOBILES 00:13:16 - WORKER WEARING MASK SPRAYS ENGINES WITH PAINT 00:13:32 - WORKER INSTALLING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO CAR 00:13:41 - ENGINES BEING LIFTED DOWN LINE 00:14:01 - CU GAUGES TESTING ENGINES 00:14:06 - LITTLE GIRL WHISPERING INTO ART'S EAR 00:14:27 - CU ENGINE RUNNING 00:14:46 - 1955 DE SOTO FIRE DOME EIGHT CAR ON ROAD
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-5506