- Title: VM-155
- Summary: THE AUTOMOBILE IN AMERICA: A TIME OF CHALLENGE: TRACES THE GROWTH OF THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY & ITS IMPACT ON THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE. HISTORY OF THE CAR,
- Description:00:28:52 - OVERHEAD VIEW OF 1970s CARS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 00:28:57 - CU MECHANIC WORKING ON CAR, CIRCA 1896. 00:29:16 - DRIVES CAR ON BRICK STREET 00:29:35 - RECREATION OF EARLY FORD AUTO PLANT: AUTO ASSEMBLY 00:29:50 - FORD PLANT SMOKE STACKS & FACTORY WORKERS OUTSIDE PLANT (CIRCA 1920) 00:29:58 - AUTO ASSEMBLY LINE. MASS PRODUCTION 00:30:10 - ENGINES ON CONVEYOR BELT 00:30:20 - MODEL-T FORDS CONSTRUCTED & ROLLING OFF OF ASSEMBLY LINE 00:30:49 - EARLY AUTOS DRIVE THRU STREETS: CROWDED CITY AVENUES (1915-1925), EARLY CITY STREET MONTAGE 00:30:54 - COP DIRECTS TRAFFIC 00:30:59 - HORSE PARKED IN FRONT OF EARLY MOVIE THEATER 00:31:11 - PEOPLE INSIDE WATCHING FILM. 00:31:18 - CU SIGN "PLEASE DON'T EAT PEANUTS & THROW SHUCKS ON FLOOR, IT'S BOTH ANNOYING & UNCLEAN" 00:31:23 - EARLY CAR TRIES TO CLIMB HILL BUT FALLS BACKWARDS AS COP TRIES TO GIVE DRIVER TICKET. HARLOD LLOYD SLAPSTICK GAG 00:32:03 - CU COLLAGE OF CAR COMPANY LOGOS 00:32:15 - HIGH ANGLE EARLY FACTORIES: SMOKE STACKS, MOLTEN STEEL POURED. STEEL WORKERS 00:32:30 - OIL WORKERS, OIL WELL SHOTS, DERRICKS. 00:32:43 - TIRE MANUFACTURING: TIRES ON ASSEMBLY BELT. 1939 FORD, 25 MILLION MADE 00:33:07 - HENRY FORD & SON EDSEL COMPARING NEW & OLD FORD CARS. 00:33:21 - HENRY FORD SITS ON FIRST AUTO AND SHAKES HANDS WITH MEN IN THE 25 MILLIONTH CAR IN 1939 00:33:31 - CU LOCAL DRAFT BOARD SIGN. "I WANT YOU" UNCLE SAM RECRUITMENT POSTER 00:33:36 - MEN ON LINE TO ENLIST IN ARMY 00:33:44 - BEING CHECKED BY DOCTOR. 00:33:55 - CU ENLISTEES FILE BEING STAMPED "ACCEPTED". 00:33:58 - EARLY BOOT CAMP TRAINING 00:33:59 - JEEPS ROLL OFF ASSEMBLY LINE 00:34:09 - "NO GAS TODAY" SIGN 00:34:19 - MEN IN CAR POOL 00:34:24 - CU GASOLINE CONSERVATION PAMPHLET, RATION STAMPS 00:34:41 - MONTAGE 1954 AUTO ASSEMBLY LINE 00:34:55 - POV DRIVER AS ROAD PASSES BY. FREEWAY SHOTS. MODERN HIGHWAYS 00:35:25 - AUTO JUNK YARDS. CARS JUNKED POST-WAR AMERICA. GRINDING CARS DOWN. MOUNTAINS OF ABANDONED AUTOS. 00:36:06 - PAN METROPOLIS, CITYSCAPE SMOGGY 00:36:10 - CU WOMAN READING SMOG PAMPHLET 00:36:16 - MEN IN SMOG GAS MASKS. MAN WIPING GRIME FROM HIS FACE, PUTS ON GAS MASK. POLLUTION 00:36:20 - MEN ON MOTORCYCLES WEARING GAS MASKS. 00:36:24 - CARS ON HIGHWAY, THICK SMOG OBLITERATES LOCATION 00:36:29 - HAZY CITY AERIALS SHOWING SMOG. 00:36:31 - FOGGY NYC SKYLINE 00:36:41 - WOMAN DRIVES CLEAN CAR. BATTERY DRIVEN AUTOS CIRCA 1960. VERY BOXY. ELECTRIC CAR 00:37:14 - AUTO ASSEMBLY LINE CIRCA 1970 00:37:48 - FORD MUSTANG CARS ON ASSEMBLY LINE 00:37:55 - MONTAGE VOLKSWAGEN ASSEMBLY LINE. 00:38:12 - VW BUGS DRIVING OFF ASSEMBLY LINE, DRIVING OVER VIEWER 00:38:21 - COMPACT CAR ASSEMBLY LINE IN U.S. 00:39:11 - CU ZOOM CAR KEY INSERTED IN IGNITION 00:39:14 - DRIVING CAR OFF ASSEMBLY LINE FACTORY 00:39:22 - POV DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. CARS STUCK IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. CONGESTED HIGHWAYS 00:39:59 - MONTAGE TRAFFIC SIGNS: NO TURN, ONE WAY, NO PARKING 00:40:11 - SPORTS CARS IN SHOWROOM LATE 1960s: ROLLS ROYCE, SPORTS CARS. CADILLAC 00:40:46 - MONTAGE IMPORTED CARS LOGOS: TOYOTA, VOLKSWAGEN, SAAB, RENAULT, FIAT, 00:40:55 - CU OLDS SIGN 00:40:57 - CU PAN 1970s TEENS & YOUNG MEN, PEOPLE 00:41:08 - NIGHT SHOTS TRAFFIC, CAR LIGHTS ON
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1920
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: VM-155