- Title: V-5546
- Summary: WHAT HAPPENED TOMORROW: CHRYSLER PROVING GROUNDS. LAUNCHING 1956 CARS.
- Description:01:32:16 - CAR DRIVES UP TO WAREHOUSE - GARAGE. CHRYSLER ENGINEERING. 01:32:55 - HANGAR FILLED WITH SHINY 1950s CARS. 01:33:03 - GARAGE, MECHANICS INSPECTING UNDERBODY, CAR ON HYDRAULIC LIFT. BOSS PATS MECHANIC ON THE SHOULDER 01:33:16 - MAN ENTERS OFFICE, PUTS HAT ON COAT RACK, ARRIVES AT WORK. WINDOWLESS OFFICE WITH PANELS PAINTED LIKE CLOUDS. 01:33:55 - POV DRIVING ON ROAD. 01:34:27 - AERIAL OF CIRCULAR ROAD IN MICHIGAN. 01:34:32 - POV DRIVING FAST ON DIRT ROAD. DIFFERENT TERRAINS USED TO TEST CARS. 01:34:55 - POV OVER SHOULDER OF PERSON DOING PAPERWORK. MAN AT DESK SITS BACK, THINKING. PENSIVE THOUGHT GOES BACK TO PAPER WORK. WHITE COLLAR WORK 01:35:37 - SECRETARY ON SWITCHBOARD. 01:35:49 - NEW CAR ARRIVES ON TRANSPORT TRUCK. COVERED IN CANVAS. NEW BATCH OF CARS ARRIVE. EVERYONE STOPS WORKING TO SEE NEW ARRIVALS. 1950s CAREER GIRLS LEAVE BUILDING 01:36:45 - MAKING LIFE SIZE CARS OUT OF CLAY. CLAY MODELS. CARVE CLAY. CLAY CAR HALF SEDAN HALF STATION WAGON. 01:37:29 - MEN UNCOVER 1955 CAR WITH TAIL FINS, PLACING TAIL LIGHTS. UNCOVERING BEAUTIFUL CAR. 01:38:13 - PLASTIC CAR ASSEMBLED 01:38:36 - TESTING CAR PROTOTYPES. CAR FLIPS OVER ON RAMP. 01:39:07 - LINE OF CARS CIRCA 1955 ENTER WAREHOUSE 01:39:19 - WORKERS WATCHING, MECHANICS, SECRETARIES, FOREMEN, "SUITS". GROUP BREAKS UP, GOES BACK TO WORK 01:39:55 - FINAL TESTS ON COMPLETE CARS. PLYMOUTH CARS SPEED ALONG DIRT ROAD, TOWARD AND AWAY FROM CAMERA. 01:41:12 - TESTING DODGE TRUCK, ANOTHER TRUCK ATTACHED TO THE BACK. "DYNAMOMETER ON WHEELS" GOING UP AND DOWN STEEP HILLS. DRIVES BACKWARDS UP INCLINE 01:41:58 - TEST DRIVING CAR, DRIVES THROUGH SOFT SAND. 01:42:19 - POV IN BACK SEAT OF CONVERTIBLE, BRAKE EXPERT TESTING BRAKES. CU GAUGES AND DIALS. 01:42:52 - TESTING STEERING AROUND CONES, OBSTACLE COURSE. POWER STEERING. 01:43:35 - SINGLE WHEEL OFF BACK OF CAR. 01:43:50 - BUSINESSMAN CALLS HIS SECRETARY ON SWITCHBOARD INTER-OFFICE COMMUNICATION 01:44:07 - ADJUSTS TIE BEFORE GOING INTO MEETING. 01:44:37 - BUSINESSMAN MAKES ADVERTISING PRESENTATION 01:45:09 - MEN TAKE PICTURES OF NEW MODELS OF CARS. MODELS WALK AROUND, MEN WHISTLE AND LOOK. LUST. WOLF-WHISTLE. FORKLIFT. 01:45:41 - PHOTOGRAPHER SETS CAMERA UP ON TRIPOD. FRENCHMAN WITH BERET. PULLS OFF HIS TOUPEE. CAMERAMAN UNDER BLACK SHEET. MODELS POSE WITH CARS. STEREOTYPES. CAMPY. 01:48:37 - PACKED STATION WAGON ARRIVES AT GATE. DIRECTOR ARRIVES TO FILM. HIGH SPEED TRACK. USES MEGAPHONE. CAMERA CAR DRIVES NEXT TO OTHER CAR AT HIGH SPEED. 01:51:15 - CAMERA MOUNTED OVER ENGINE AS CAR DRIVES THROUGH PUDDLE. MAN SPLASHED BY PUDDLE. CAMERAMEN AND EQUIPMENT UNDER PLASTIC PROTECTION. 01:52:09 - CAMERA CREW SETS UP ON ROCKY INCLINE, MAN RUNS INTO BUSHES FOR COVER. CAR FLIES OVER HILL IN SLOW MOTION. 01:53:25 - GREYHOUND BUSES ARRIVE. BUSINESS MEN GET OFF BUS. MEDIA EVENT. PHOTOGRAPHERS CONCENTRATE ON PRETTY WOMAN. 01:54:16 - LINE OF 1950s CARS DRIVE AWAY. ON RURAL HIGHWAY, ON DIRT ROAD. DEMONSTRATE DRIVING WITHOUT HANDS ON WHEELS. PASSENGER GETS NERVOUS, POINTS TO STEERING WHEEL. 01:56:01 - CAR DRIVES AT NIGHT ON TEST TRACK. 01:56:19 - FRONT END OF DESOTO. 01:56:44 - POV CHASING 1955 CAR DOWN DIRT ROAD. CAR DRIVES AWAY ON DIRT ROAD 01:57:24 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-5546