- Title: P-212-46
- Summary: GADGETS GALORE: THE AUTOMOBILE'S HISTORY.
- Description:01:17:25 - SILHOUETTE HORSE ON THE HILLSIDE ALL ALONE. 01:17:36 - TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY AUDIENCE WATCHES SLIDE MOVIE PRESENTATION. HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION 01:17:56 - KIDS STAND ON THEIR HEADS TO WATCH FILM WHICH IS UPSIDE DOWN. 01:18:02 - MAN BEHIND KID SPREADS HIS LEGS TO SEE. 01:18:17 - CAT WALKS IN FRONT OF SCREEN. ITS SHADOW IS SEEN. 01:18:20 - BIG MAN LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY. 01:18:26 - THE FIRST CAR COMES TO TOWN. PEOPLE CHEER 01:18:36 - FAMILY GETS IN CAR, START IT, IT BLOWS OUT SMOKE, TAKES OFF WOBBLY 01:18:54 - DRIVE INTO TOWN. PEOPLE LINE THE STREET 01:18:59 - CAR CAN'T STOP. GOES OUT OF CONTROL. MOB OF PEOPLE CHASE IT. 01:19:05 - MOB LIKE SCENE OF PEOPLE GOING AFTER THE CAR. 01:19:15 - CAR DRIVES PAST HORSES, SCARES THEM SO MUCH THEY PULL THEIR STAKES OUT AND RUN AWAY 01:19:23 - THE HORSES RUN WITH THE STAKES AROUND THEIR NECKS. 01:19:26 - DRIVING OVER FENCE. OUT OF CONTROL. HOME OWNER TAKES A SHOT AT IT 01:19:34 - BOUNCES ALONG 01:19:37 - CAR OUT OF CONTROL GOES THROUGH FENCE, LITTLE KID FALLS OUT OF CAR. 01:19:50 - DRIVES THROUGH FLOCK OF CHICKENS. 01:19:53 - DRIVES THROUGH CORRAL, SCARES HORSES, THEY KNOCK DOWN FENCE TO RUN AWAY. TOTAL PANDEMONIUM 01:20:10 - CAR RACING HORSE. CROWD FASCINATED BY CAR. 01:20:43 - THE CROWD RACES PAST THE HORSE, WHO WON, TO CHECK OUT CAR. 01:21:00 - CARS DRIVING DOWN MAIN STREET. DUSTY. 01:21:06 - CAR FULL OF MEN BEING PULLED BY A HORSE. 01:21:16 - BARNEY OLDFIELD. 01:21:35 - 1906 VANDERBILT CUP RACE ON LONG ISLAND. 01:21:57 - 1914 DIRT TRACK RACING. 01:22:02 - WHEEL COMES OFF. FLIES DOWN THE TRACK 01:22:08 - VERY DUSTY ON DRY DAYS. RACING. DANGEROUS. CRASH. 01:22:31 - ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA RACE TRACK. 01:22:33 - AERIAL OF RACE TRACK 01:22:35 - SHOT OF SPECTATORS. LOOKING DOWN AT THEM 01:22:40 - PERIOD CARS RACING AROUND TRACK. THIN WHEELS 01:23:00 - 1911 INDY 500. GOOD VINTAGE CROWD AND CARS 01:23:04 - OLD TIME CAMERAS CRANK 01:23:13 - OLD CAR ROUNDS A CORNER, HITS A WALL, SPINS AROUND, HITS OPPOSITE WALL. SHOT THROUGH BINOCULARS 01:23:21 - 1916 PIKES PEAK CLIMB. MAN WAVES CARS ON WITH A WHITE FLAG. 01:23:24 - AERIAL OF HAIR PIN ROAD. 01:23:31 - CAR GOING UP THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN 01:23:37 - TRACK TESTS ENDURANCE AS WELL AS SPEED. 01:23:38 - CAR ENTERING A TOWN. PERIOD BUILDING 01:23:43 - CAR COMES INTO TOWN AND CRASHES INTO A PARKED CAR. HEAD ON. 01:23:48 - CRASH-PROOF BUMPER. 01:23:53 - DRIVER HITS A POST GUY POPS OUT OF CAR. 01:24:00 - CAR COMES DOWN A WOODEN TRACK, JUMPS OVER A SHED & CRASHES 01:24:11 - LINE OF EARLY CARS PARADE THROUGH TOWN. GOOD EXAMPLE OF VARIOUS CAR MODELS. 01:24:15 - EARLY STREET SCENES WITH CARS & PEOPLE LEARNING TO DEAL WITH EACH OTHER. 01:24:23 - DENVER, COLORADO, 1919. STREET SCENE. TRAFFIC JAM. 01:24:29 - NEW YORK STREET SCENE. FIFTH AVENUE. 1919. NYC 01:24:35 - FIRST TRAFFIC LIGHTS. OPERATED BY POLICEMEN IN TOWERS. 01:24:41 - BY 1920, ONE IN EVERY THIRTEEN AMERICANS HAS A CAR. 01:24:45 - EXAMPLE OF A LOCOMOTIVE CAR WITH SMOKESTACK. KIDS PEDALING ON BIKES SHOW HOW SLOWLY THE CAR MOVES 01:24:57 - EXAMPLE OF A TORPEDO CAR, DESIGNED TO GO 6 MILES A MINUTE. LOOKS LIKE A ROCKET LOOKS FAST, VERY SLOW. 01:25:09 - EXAMPLE OF A BACKWARDS CAR. DRIVING ON WHAT LOOKS LIKE TROLLEY TRACKS WHILE OTHER CARS DRIVE OPPOSITE WAY 01:25:23 - BOAT CAR. FRANCE'S SUBMARINE CAR. WING LIKE FLAPS. 01:25:32 - CAR SUBMERGES IN WATER, ONLY SMOKESTACK IS VISIBLE 01:25:41 - RUNS OUT OF GAS MIDWAY. OPENS THE HATCH, POPS HIS HEAD OUT. 01:25:44 - MEN RIDE IN HUGE TIRES. ENGLAND'S DINOSPHERE DID AWAY WITH THE CAR, LEAVING ONLY THE TIRE 01:25:56 - WOBBLEY, WAFFLE LIKE, THE TIRE WARBLES DOWN THE ROAD. 01:26:05 - GERMANY'S ROCKET CAR. RIDES ON A TRACK. 01:26:12 - LOTS OF SMOKE AS IT TRAVELS DOWN THE TRACK 01:26:23 - YEARS LATER, ANOTHER VERSION OF THE ROCKET CAR. STILL AS MUCH SMOKE. NARRATOR COUGHS LOUDLY. 01:26:38 - CAR TRAVELS DOWN A ROAD IN THE WOODS, SMOKING IN CONTRAST TO THE PEACEFUL WOODS 01:26:41 - MEN WORKING ON THE CAR, WIRES. REVERSES THE AIR INTAKE. 01:26:51 - GETS IN CAR, TAKES OFF, JUST AS MUCH SMOKE AS EARLIER MODEL. 01:26:54 - THICK SMOKE AS MAN TRIES TO SEE THROUGH IT. 01:27:00 - CAR TRAVELS THROUGH SMOKE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1900
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1900s
- File Name: P-212-46