- Title: F-5081
- Summary: PROGRESS ON PARADE: LOWELL THOMAS NARRATES GENERAL MOTORS NEWSREEL TYPE INDUSTRIAL CIRCA 1930s. PRODUCED FOR GENERAL MOTORS RESEARCH LAB. A NEWS REVIEW OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY.
- Description:02:53:39 - INDUSTRIAL LABORATORY, CONDUCTING RESEARCH CIRCA 1930s. ELECTRICITY CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS. FLASH CONVERTS MINERALS INTO LIGHT WAVES. RECORDING QUANTITY OF MINERALS IN THE LIQUID. CU PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE. 02:54:06 - POV WALKING THROUGH A LIBRARY. ROWS OF BOOK SHELVES. SUPERIMPOSED, MAN FLIPPING THROUGH PAGES OF A BOOK. 02:54:26 - SCIENTISTS, RESEARCHERS IN LABORATORY CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS CIRCA 1930s. SMOKING BEAKERS. THROWING SWITCHES. WRITING NOTES ON NOTE PAD. 02:55:00 - CU METAL ELEMENT TABLE 02:55:00 - POLISHING METAL ON POLISHING WHEEL. PUT IN AN ACID BATH & INTO CAMERA. PHOTOGRAPHING METALS. 02:55:13 - CU GEAR CHART. RESEARCHER EXPERIMENTING WITH GEARS AND BREAKAGE. TROUBLE SHOOTING. CU STRAIN 02:55:30 - MUFFLER EFFICIENCY TEST. WITH 1930s CARS SUPERIMPOSED OVER. URBAN TRAFFIC CIRCA 1930s. 02:55:57 - CU SCIENTIST LOOKING INTO MICROSCOPE. 02:56:00 - 1930s NERD WITH A SLIDE RULE. 02:56:10 - DRIVER HAND CRANKS EARLY CAR. CRANKY WIFE WAITS IMPATIENTLY 02:56:34 - 1930s WOMAN BEHIND THE WHEEL. CU FOOT ON PEDAL 02:56:45 - 1920s FACTORY, AUTOMOBILE PLANT. WORKERS HAND PAINTING CARS. 02:56:55 - DUCO LACQUER REPLACED PAINT ON CARS. CU FRONT SPRINGS OF A CAR 02:57:06 - 1930s URBAN CAR TRAFFIC 02:57:14 - FACTORY WORKERS PICK UP LARGE SHEET OF METAL INTO HUGE PRESS. WORKER PULLS SWITCH, PRESS IN OPERATION. PULL OUT STAMPED TOP OF AN AUTOMOBILE. TURRET TOP 02:57:46 - 1930s CAR DRIVES OFF SCREEN 02:57:52 - MONTAGE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES. CALCULATING, SLIDE RULE. CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS. 02:58:03 - PAN DOWN URBAN BUILDINGS CIRCA 1930s 02:58:16 - 1930s CAR PULLS AWAY FROM VIEWER. POV IN SPEEDING CAR. CU MAN LOOKS OUT BACK SEAT OF CAR 02:58:20 - LS CAR DRIVES OFF THE EARTH. MAN IN BACK SEAT OF CAR WATCHES EARTH GET FURTHER AWAY. YEAR DATES GO BACKWARDS. PASSAGE OF TIME. FROM 1928 TO 1922 02:58:38 - 1922 MACHINE TABULATES KNOCKING. LEAD ADDED TO GASOLINE TO PREVENT KNOCKING. ANTI-KNOCK COMPOUND RESEARCH IN FUELS. 02:59:54 - CU DROP OF LIQUID DRIPPING FROM DROPPER, THEN MAGNIFIED 03:00:19 - MAN MATERIAL METHOD DEMAND HISTORICAL SEQUENCE PROGRESS OF METALLURGY. SHIRTLESS MAN POUNDING MALLET USING ONE HAND. MODERN FACTORY (1930s) WELDERS, STEEL INGOTS. 03:02:24 - 1930s URBAN TRAFFIC. HS SHOTS CARS IN CITY TRAFFIC. 03:02:35 - EARTH FROM SPACE. SKYSCRAPER GROWS OUT OF EARTH 03:02:50 - SPINNING BOOK TITLED "YOUR CAR AS YOU BUILD IT " KALEIDOSCOPIC IMAGE OF MANY BOOKS AND HANDS 03:03:02 - MONTAGE MOTORISTS FILLING OUT QUESTIONNAIRES 03:03:09 - MONTAGE PEOPLE MAILING LETTERS IN POST OFFICE MAIL BOXES ON PUBLIC STREETS. 03:03:18 - CU MAIL MAN COLLECTING MAIL FROM LETTER BOXES. CU MAIL MAN'S MAIL POUCH. 1930s MAILMAN DELIVERING MAIL. US MAIL TRUCKS. 03:03:31 - KALEIDOSCOPIC IMAGE OF STEAM TRAIN 03:03:43 - DOOR OPENS INWARD. ON DOOR "GENERAL MOTORS CORP. CUSTOMER RESEARCH STAFF". 03:03:47 - LETTERS THROWN ON TOP OF LARGE PILE OF MAIL. WITH HEADS OF PEOPLE SAYING ONE WORD DESCRIPTIONS OF WHAT THEY LOOK FOR IN A CAR. APPEARANCE. DEPENDABILITY. ECONOMY. QUICK STARTERS. MOODNESS. COMFORT. LOW PRICE. SAFETY. CUSTOMER SURVEY 03:04:18 - CUSTOMER RESEARCH STAFF PROCESSING LETTERS, OPINIONS OF CONSUMERS. CUSTOMER SURVEYS. FUTURISTIC TABULATING PUNCH CARDS. CUSTOMER RESEARCH 03:04:56 - URBAN 1930s TRAFFIC WITH HAPPY DRIVERS SUPERIMPOSED. 03:05:21 - CAR DESIGN FROM PENCIL TO PRODUCT. DESIGNER DRAWING CAR DESIGN. DESIGNERS CARVING OUT A CLAY CAR. 03:05:57 - MONTAGE GM PRODUCTS. CU FRONT GRILLS OF 1930s CARS. FRIGIDAIRE REFRIGERATOR. DELCO PRODUCTS. MOTORS, ENGINES. 03:06:20 - CU WOMAN DRIVING ADJUSTS CAR RADIO 03:06:21 - MONTAGE PRODUCTS. RADIO, FANS 03:06:24 - POV ON CABOOSE LOOKING AT TRAIN TRACKS. INTERIOR OF TRAIN, PEOPLE TRY TO EAT IN BUMPY TRAIN CAR. CU ENGINEER. 1930s TRAIN 03:06:57 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1930
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: F-5081