- Title: PA-41
- Summary: THE CORVAIR IN ACTION: CHEVROLET PROMOTIONAL FILM
- Description:01:00:10 - VARIOUS VIEWS 1960 CHEVROLET "CORVAIR" IN VARIETY OF COLORS. TOWARDS CAMERA AND BACK TO CAMERA. 01:00:28 - MLS BLUE AND WHITE CORVAIR BACKING INTO PARKING SPOT AT CURB BETWEEN TWO CARS. SUPERMARKET IN B/G. 01:00:32 - MS WOMAN PLACES BAGS OF GROCERY HANDED TO HER BY HUSBAND IN FRONT TRUNK (WHERE ENGINE SHOULD BE) OF REAR ENGINE CAR (FIRST OF ITS KIND BY CHEVROLET). SUPERMARKET IN B/G. 01:00:43 - LS CHEVROLET "CORVAIR" SPEEDS AROUND CURVE ON SLANTED TEST TRACK, TOWARDS CAMERA. CORVAIR RIDING ON BUMPY ROAD AT TESTING FACILITY. REAR VIEW CORVAIR ON DIRT ROAD. MS CORVAIR ON COUNTRY ROAD, TOWARDS CAMERA. REAR VIEW SAME. 01:01:22 - MCU "CORVAIR" RIDES UNDER BANNER STRETCHED ACROSS ROAD, "LIME ROCK RACEWAY, LIME ROCK, CONNECTICUT", TOWARDS CAMERA, AS IT GOES THROUGH ITS PACES. CU VARIOUS VIEWS FROM CAR WINDSHIELD AS IT RIDES AROUND TREACHEROUS CURVES ON SPEEDWAY. POV DRIVER. 01:01:51 - LS CORVAIR SPEEDS ON DIRT TEST TRACK TOWARDS CAMERA, APPLIES BRAKES, DOES U-TURN IN TEST OF STABILITY. LS CORVAIR DOING FIGURE "8" ON TEST SITE, TO SHOW EASE OF HANDLING. CORVAIR ZIG-ZAGS AROUND LONG LINE OF POLES (LIKE SKI SLALOM) IN "EASE OF HANDLING" TEST. POV THROUGH WINDSHIELD 01:02:17 - VARIOUS SHOTS "CORVAIR" SUSPENSION BEING TESTED ON ON ROUGH ROADS, SHOWS WHEELS BOUNCING VIGOROUSLY BUT BODY OF CAR STAYING STABLE. CU SAME. CAR TRAVELLING THROUGH ROADLESS WOODS, ON MUDDY ROADS THROUGH BRUSH, OVER HILLS. 01:03:09 - MLS ABOVE VIEW CORVAIR ENTERING MUDDY PUDDLE, SPLASHING MUDDY WATER AS IT SPEEDS THROUGH IT. OUT OF MUD, ONTO DIRT ROAD. KICKING UP CLOUDS OF DUST. 01:03:36 - MS DRIVER'S VIEW CAR GOING THROUGH THICK, HIGH BRUSH. POV FRONT WINDSHIELD. 01:03:48 - VARIOUS VIEWS CORVAIR ENTERS STREAM FROM WOODS, DRIVING THROUGH WATERS OF STREAM, SPLASHING ALONG IN STREAM FOR OVER 20 MILES, WITHOUT STALLING OUT. CU SAME, POV THROUGH WINDSHIELD. 01:04:21 - CU DRIVER'S FOOT ON ACCELERATOR,,SWITCHING TO BRAKE TO SHOW HOW "CORVAIR" CAN STOP. MS ABOVE VIEW REAR OF CORVAIR, WITH GADGET ATTACHED TO BUMPER IN SHAPE OF ARROW, SHOWS HOW QUICKLY THE CAR STOPS WHEN BRAKED. 01:04:34 - THREE FIREMEN HOSE DOWN TEST TRACK WITH FOAM, SAME USED ON RUNWAYS TO ALLOW DISABLED PLANES TO SLIDE IN FOR SAFE BELLY-LANDINGS. CU FOAMED COVERED ROADWAY. 01:04:46 - MLS CORVAIR SPEEDS THROUGH FOAMED ROAD, APPLIES BRAKES, STOPS QUICKLY. 01:04:53 - VARIOUS SHOTS "CORVAIR" DRIVING INTO REAR END OF STOPPED CAR ON ROAD AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, AS WELL AS CORVAIR BEING CRASHED INTO BY MOVING CAR. (TESTS TO SHOW RUGGEDNESS OF CORVAIR). 01:05:14 - MONTAGE VARIOUS TESTS TRY TO MAKE CORVAIR ROLL OVER, FAIL TO SUCCEED. 01:05:20 - CORVAIR WITH LOCKED WHEELS, BEING DRAGGED BY ANOTHER CAR SO IT HAS TO ROLL OVER. MLS CAR RELEASES SPEEDING CORVAIR. CORVAIR VIOLENTLY ROLLS OVER AND OVER AGAIN DOWN HILL, COMES TO STOP ON ITS SIDE. MS 3 ENGINEERS EXAMINE THE CORVAIR, FIND IT WITHSTOOD VIOLENT PUNISHMENT. auto accident, 01:05:45 - VARIOUS VIEWS CORVAIR ENTERING STREAM FROM ROADLESS WOODED AREA, RIDING THROUGH WOODS, ON DIRT ROADS. AND ON SMOOTH COUNTRY HIGHWAY. 01:06:23 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: PA-41