- Title: MI-6
- Summary: SURE THING: VOLKSWAGEN CAR DEALERSHIPS AROUND AMERICA. ARCHIVAL B&W FOOTAGE 1949, YEAR VOLKSWAGEN WAS INTRODUCED IN AMERICA. MECHANICS AT MANDATORY DISTRIBUTORS SCHOOL, CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION & HANDS ON TRAINING. MOBILE RECONDITIONING.
- Description:01:00:23 - B&W FOOTAGE 1949. CU CIGAR SMOKING MAN READING NEWSPAPER, DAILY NEWS HEADLINE: "TRUMAN URGES BOLD COLD WAR" CU CIGAR ASH. CU VOLKSWAGEN MISSPELLED IN NEWSPAPER 01:00:34 - MAN WALKING DOWN RESIDENTIAL SIDEWALK, HANDS IN OVERCOAT POCKETS, SMOKING CIGAR, SEES A VOLKSWAGEN CIRCA 1949, SHAKES HIS HEAD IN DISTASTE 01:00:46 - MS CHUCK THIEL'S VOLKSWAGEN SALES & SERVICE SHOP, TWO VW'S SOLD IN 1949 01:00:52 - LS VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIP CIRCA 1964 01:00:58 - HEAVY CITY TRAFFIC, VW BEETLE IN MIDDLE 01:01:02 - LS CARS NEARING TOLL BOOTH 01:01:06 - MS LINE OF VOLKSWAGEN PARKED 01:01:08 - MS TWO 1960s HOUSEWIVES NEIGHBORS CHATTING OUTSIDE IN FRONT OF VW BEETLE BUG 01:01:14 - VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CARRYING SKIS DRIVING DOWN SNOW COVERED ROAD IN WOODS 01:01:19 - VOLKSWAGENS PARKED IN SAND AT THE BEACH 01:01:24 - VOLKSWAGEN KARMANGHIA PULLING INTO DEALERSHIP WOMAN TAKING CAR FOR TEST DRIVE. CU SERVICE BOOKLET KARMENGHIA 01:02:15 - CU WOMAN INSERTING KEY INTO IGNITION 01:02:28 - TWO VOLKSWAGEN DISTRIBUTORS GOING OVER MAP CU ZOOM IN ON GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA 01:02:50 - MONTAGE DISTRIBUTER MEETING WITH VARIOUS COMMUNITY LEADERS, CONSIDERING NEW VW SITE CU ZONING MAP TRAFFIC FLOW CHART 01:03:14 - DRIVER PULLING VOLKSWAGEN OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, MEN CONSIDERING LOCATION, POINTING 01:03:38 - MONTAGE VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIPS ACROSS THE U. S. 01:04:01 - CU VW ENGINEER ARCHITECT LOOKING OVER BLUE PRINTS 01:04:17 - HS SCALE MODEL OF STANDARD LAYOUT FOR VW DEALERSHIP 01:04:25 - CU VW DEALERSHIP DESIGNER LOOKING THRU COLOR CHARTS 01:04:37 - MONTAGE VW DEALERSHIP INTERIOR & EXTERIOR CUSTOMERS IN WAITING ROOM. 01:05:10 - VW PARTS, SERVICE, CASHIER AREA, CU CUSTOMER IDENTIFICATION CARD, LEROY CANNON MOTORS, INC. GREENVILLE, S. C. CASHIER RUNNING CARD THRU MACHINE IMPRINTING CUSTOMER INFORMATION ON INVOICE 01:05:41 - MECHANIC IN WHITE LAB COAT WITH VW LOGO, GOES TO VW RECORDS ROOM, LOOKING OVER HISTORY OF ONE CUSTOMER. GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE 01:06:08 - VW SERVICE ADVISOR LIFTING BEETLE, SHOWING CUSTOMER CAR'S PROBLEM, LOOKING AT UNDERNEATH OF VW 01:06:26 - CU LITTLE BOY IN BACK SEAT OF VW LIFTED UP IN SHOP, JUMPS IN FRONT SEAT WITH GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG 01:06:42 - MECHANICS WORKING ON VOLKSWAGENS IN SHOP, BUG VW VAN, KARMANGHIA. CU TESTING PARTS OF CAR, MS ENGINE SLIDING RIGHT OUT OF THE BACK OF CAR, 01:07:18 - INTERIOR OF UNIT REPAIR SHOP, MECHANICS WORKING ON VW'S 01:07:38 - VW MECHANICS WASHING HANDS IN WASHROOM 01:07:48 - VW EMPLOYEES IN LUNCHROOM. MODERN 1960s FURNITURE 01:07:55 - VW'S OWN CAR PARTS DEPARTMENT, MECHANICS GETTING CAR PARTS THEY NEED TO FIX CARS. CU PART STOCKS BEING RECORDED ON CARDS 01:08:24 - OFFICE WORKER PUTTING PACK OF CARDS THRU IBM CARD PUNCH MACHINE ORDERING PARTS ON AUTOMATIC SYSTEM 01:08:50 - INTERIOR VW DEALERSHIP PARTS STORAGE AREA 01:09:04 - USED VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIP, CUSTOMERS LOOKING OVER USED BEETLES 01:09:23 - MECHANIC IN USED CARS MOBILE RECONDITIONING UNIT VAN, GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO MECHANICS ON NEWEST METHODS OF RECONDITIONING. 01:09:43 - MONTAGE VW MECHANICS AT MANDATORY DISTRIBUTORS SCHOOL. CLASSROOM TRAINING & HANDS ON TRAINING 01:11:12 - CAR SALESMAN SHOWING COUPLE CARS 01:11:38 - LS VOLKSWAGEN HEADQUARTERS, WOLFSBURG ? 01:11:45 - INTERIOR PLANT, AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING PLANT 01:12:25 - VW CARS, VANS BEING MOVED ON VW HAUL AWAY CAR CARRIER TRAIN, BEING HOISTED ONTO SHIP. 01:13:12 - POV ON SHIP AT SUNSET, SUNRISE 01:13:16 - MS ROLLING BACK SEALED METAL CARGO COVER, HOISTING CARS TO LAND UNLOADING CARS FROM SHIP 01:13:39 - VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA. AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NEW JERSEY, EVERY CAR & VAN IN PARKING LOT A VOLKSWAGEN 01:13:53 - INTERIOR: CU MONTAGE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS: FINANCE, DATA PROCESSING, SERVICE, PERSONNEL, P. R., SALES, MERCHANDISING, ADVERTISING 01:14:22 - INTERIOR AUDIO VISUAL ROOM, TURNING ON MACHINE CANS OF FILM. MAGNETIC TAPE. 01:14:59 - VW DEALER MANAGEMENT MEETING, GOOD COMMUNICATION CLIMATE 01:16:18 - MONTAGE VW'S ON THE ROAD, VW CARS COMING OFF HIGHWAY RAMP, MERGING WITH OTHER CITY TRAFFIC, VW'S OM ROAD NEXT TO MARINA, VW'S DRIVING SIDE BY SIDE ON PALM TREE LINED RESIDENTIAL STREET 01:16:42 - NEW VW DEALERSHIP DURING CONSTRUCTION. DURHAM MOTORS 01:16:52 - MONTAGE VW DEALERSHIPS, VW DRIVING UP TO BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SMOKE OR FIRE ON LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1949
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: MI-6