- Title: SC-73
- Summary: NIAGARA ON WHEELS:
- Description:01:17:47 - B&W BEAUTY SHOT OF NIAGARA FALLS. CU FALLS. WATER TURBINES THAT TURN ELECTRIC GENERATORS 01:18:10 - CAR WITH ONLY FRAME, ENGINE & TRANSMISSION. MAN GETS INTO HIS CONVERTIBLE (1940s, EARLY 1950s) CU ADJUSTING GEAR SHIFT LEVER. CU FOOT ON GAS PEDAL. CAR DRIVES OFF 01:18:35 - CAR DRIVES ALONG COUNTRY ROAD. CU FLOOR OF CAR - WITH NO CLUTCH PEDAL! CU STEERING WHEEL. 01:19:05 - CAR DRIVING UP HILL. CU INNER WORKINGS OF GEAR SHIFT, CLUTH DISAPPEARING 01:19:45 - CU NIAGARA FALLS. WATERFALL. GIANT TURBINES 01:20:00 - WATER SPRAYING. MODEL OF CENTRIFICAL DRUM, SPINNING, WITH MARBLES BEING THROWN AWAY FROM IT, IN A CUP SHAPE, WITH A TURBINE 01:21:00 - DEMONSTRATION OF DRUM & TURBINE WORKING TOGETHER. PUMP WHIRS FLUID AROUND, WHICH MOVES TURBINE. MODEL ATTACHED TO WHEELS, WHICH THEN TURN 01:21:45 - CHEVROLET ENGINEERS WORKING WITH TURBINE, MAKING NOTATIONS, CU DIALS 01:22:00 - CU OF MODEL TURBINE WITH HANDS DEMONSTRATING 01:22:40 - CU WATER SPINNING THRU TURBINE VEINS. CU HAND HOLDING GARDEN HOSE, SPRAYING WATER. CU MODEL 01:23:05 - MAN DRIVES OFF IN CONVERTIBLE, PASSING A CAR, DRIVING UP HILL 01:23:20 - ANIMATION OF DRUM & TURBINE WITH ARROWS REPRESENTING FLOW OF OIL. CU MODEL 01:24:00 - THE SAME, SPINNING, ENTIRE MODEL WITH WHEELS. CU MODEL 01:24:35 - WATER WHEEL TURNING. CU TURBINE TURNING. GREYHOUND BUS, TANK 01:24:55 - CU PUMP, CU TURBINE, OTHER PARTS. HAND POINTS TO FEATURES 01:26:00 - OTHER PARTS (GEARS, ETC.) APPEAR & DISAPPEAR 01:26:20 - CAR PULLS UP IN PARKING SPACE, CU HAND ADJUSTING GEAR SHIFT. CAR BACKING OUT 01:26:35 - CU GEAR SHIFT ADJUSTMENT. CAR WITH CANOE ON TOP DRIVING UP HILL, OFF ROAD 01:26:50 - CU GEAR SHIFT - PUTTING CAR IN PARK. CU GEARS. WOMAN GETS OUT OF CAR PARKED ON HILL 01:27:15 - CAR DRIVES UP TO CURB. CU WHEEL AS CAR DRIVES OVER CURB. CONVERTIBLE DRIVING UP STEEP INCLINE. CAR STOPS, THEN BEGINS TO ROLL DOWN HILL, THEN GOES UP AGAIN 01:28:00 - NIAGARA FALLS. WATERFALL. CU WATER FALLING/FLOWING MODEL CAR FRAME WITH ENGINE 01:28:35 - FAMILY DRIVES IN CONVERTIBLE. CU GAS GAUGE 01:29:05 - CAR SPEEDING ALONG TEST TRACK
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: SC-73