- Title: MI-10
- Summary: EACH DAY AT DAWN: EXPERIMENTAL AUTOMOBILE. TESTING CARS ABILITY TO WITHSTAND VARIOUS TYPES OF STRESS TESTS, ROAD CONDITIONS, CLIMATES. PANTOGRAPH. DYNAMOMETER. DIAGNOSIS MACHINE. ELECTRIC ENGINE. SPECTROMETER. CRASHING AUTOMOBILES WITH CRASH TEST DUMMIES. MAKING CRASH TEST DUMMIES
- Description:00:01:51 - CARS LEAVING PARKING LOT AT SUN RISE, DAWN WINTER IN GERMANY. LS VOLKSWAGEN "FACTORY OF THE FUTURE" LIT UP WITH LIGHTS, DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AT WORK ON DESIGNS. HUGE STANDS EASELS WITH NEW DESIGNS BEING WORKED ON 00:02:27 - MONTAGE NEW VOLKSWAGENS ON HAULAWAY TRAIN CAR CARRIER 00:02:51 - CU MONTAGE AUTOMOBILE SAFETY TESTS BEING CONDUCTED CU CRASH TEST DUMMY BEING THROWN AROUND, BREAKING WINDOWS, CRUSHING TOP OF CAR, TESTING SEAT BELTS, 00:03:12 - CU TESTING BREAKS, RED HOT BRAKES, 00:03:23 - VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE ON TWO WHEELS SLIDING ON RAIL, CRASHES OFF LANDS ON ROOF, TESTING ROOF'S ABILITY TO WITHSTAND CAVING IN. CAR CRASH CAR SLIDING ON ROOF 00:03:32 - CU VW BEETLE DRAWING 00:03:34 - CU VARIOUS TYPES OF VOLKSWAGENS PASSING CAMERA. TESTING CARS ON COURSE BUMPY WET ROUGH LONG VARIOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. DRIVING CARS ON SNOW SLIDING AROUND 00:05:06 - CU WINDSHIELD WINDSCREEN COVERED IN ICE. TESTING VARIOUS CLIMATES, COLD, WARM. MS TESTER WEARING METAL CLOTH SUIT TO TEST EXTREME HEAT CONDITIONS 00:05:44 - SIMULATING CAR CLIMBING UP MOUNTAIN, CU PUSHING BUTTONS, NEEDLE GAUGES MOVING SIMULATING VARIOUS HEIGHTS 00:06:11 - HS CARS ON ROADWAYS IN WINTER, SPLITTING OUT, EACH GOING ON DIFFERENT OFF RAMP. TEST TRACK 00:07:06 - TEST CREW UNLOADING VW FROM TRUCK, CARS ON TEST TRACK. ZOOM IN ON CHROME HUBCAP, CAR SEEN IN HUBCAP. HILLS PUT IN TEST TRACK TO DUPLICATE EVERY GRADE & ROAD PROFILE CAR WOULD FACE 00:08:02 - INTERIOR LAB, STRESS TESTS CONDUCTED, CU SECTION OF DRIVE SHAFT BEING TESTED MADE VISIBLE BY POLARIZATION PROCESS. CU TINY TWEEZERS USED TO EXTRACT TINY PART, MASS SPECTROMETER USED IN TESTS 00:08:45 - CU DIAGRAM OF HUMAN BODY. MS MAKING CRASH TEST DUMMY, SCREWING HEAD & REAR END ON. ROOM OF CRASH TEST DUMMIES, WORKER PUTTING ONE TOGETHER 00:09:08 - SERIES OF TEST BEING DONE ON CRASH TEST DUMMIES SLOW MOTION CRASHES AIR BAGS INFLATING, TESTING VARIOUS RESTRAINING DEVICES 00:09:55 - CU PAN CRASHED CARS. CARS TOTALED BY CAR ACCIDENTS 00:10:13 - TESTING NEW MODEL OF AUTOMOBILE BEFORE PRODUCTION FRAME CONSTRUCTED IN STEEL, MS TESTER BEATING DUMMY WITH HAMMER. SETTING UP TEST CONDITIONS & CAMERAS, SENSORS ATTACHED TO DUMMIES 00:10:50 - CAR SLIDING RAPIDLY TOWARD BEAM, CAMERA ANGLE CHANGES SLO MO IMPACT, CAR CRASHING, WINDOWS BREAKING, DUMMIES THROWN. CAR CRASH CAR ACCIDENT 00:11:16 - SLO MO BUMPER CRASHING INTO BEAM, HYDRAULIC BUMPERS SLO MO CAR BACKING UP HITTING CAR BEHIND. VARIOUS SLO MO CAR ACCIDENTS USING CRASH TEST DUMMIES 00:11:39 - ECU CAR TIRE ON ROAD 00:11:44 - TESTING CAR AXELS IN LAB. CU MAGNETIC TAPE REELS SPINNING, RECORDED PROFILE OF REAL ROAD OF COBBLESTONES BUMPY & ROUGH 00:12:08 - TESTING TRANSMISSIONS, ENGINES IN LAB SETTING CU TELETYPEWRITER, PERFORMANCE PATTERN BEING GRAPHICALLY PLOTTED, PRINTED OUT 00:12:52 - CU CAR PARTS BEING TESTED, CATALYTIC EXHAUST SYSTEM, STRATIFIED CHARGE ENGINE, ROTARY PISTON ENGINE, TURBINE ENGINE 00:13:55 - CU MONTAGE CLOSING TRUNKS OF CARS, CARS ON TEST TRACK WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF ENGINES. 00:14:13 - REVOLUTIONARY QUICK CHANGE BATTERY SYSTEM ON VW PICK UP TRUCK WITH ELECTRIC ENGINE, OLD BATTERY SLIDES OUT LIKE AN INJECTOR RAZOR BLADE EMPTY BATTERY LEFT FOR CHARGING 00:14:52 - MONTAGE DESIGNERS DRAWING OUT DESIGNS 00:15:08 - METALSMITHS AT WORK CREATING NEW DESIGNS 00:15:53 - CU SOCKET IN VW'S ENGINE, PLUGGED INTO DIAGNOSIS MACHINE FOR ACCURACY 00:17:12 - FEMALE ENGINEER CHECKING TEST SOCKET 00:17:27 - CU VW BEETLE ON DYNAMOMETER, CHECKING BREAKS, LIGHTS & GEARS 00:18:45 - TESTING CARS WITH ANTI SKID BREAKING SYSTEMS 00:19:53 - TESTING CAR IN LAB, RECREATING ROAD CONDITIONS SCALE MODEL TOWN, ROADS 00:20:31 - TESTING AUTOMOBILES ON ROADS 00:21:29 - SIMULATING SLUSH AT HIGH SPEED IN LAB, POWDER SPRAYED ONTO REAR OF CAR, HS TESTERS AROUND MODEL OF CAR, MINI CAR TESTED 00:22:49 - EXPERIMENTAL SAFETY VEHICLE WITH PIECES OF FABRIC TIED ALL OVER IT, BLOWING WITH SIMULATED WIND 00:23:23 - VARIOUS ANGLES OF PANTOGRAPH FOLLOWING SHAPE OF CAR, CU COMPUTER GRAPHING OUT SEQUENCE OF SHAPES 00:24:00 - MONTAGE BUILDING PROTOTYPE OF ESVW AUTOMOBILE 00:25:30 - ESVW PROTOTYPE IN SHOWROOM, HEADS OF VW LOOKING OVER CAR. PROTOTYPE ON ROAD DAY & NIGHT 00:27:28 - VARIOUS MODELS OF VW ON TEST TRACK 00:27:48 - LS TILT UP "FACTORY OF THE FUTURE" 00:28:10 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: MI-10