- Title: VM-1301A
- Summary: FORD COLLECTION: "GIVE HER GAS":
- Description:01:18:00 - MR. WHIFFLE DONS DRIVING CAP, GLOVES, PUTS ON SHADED GOGGLES, MIMICS DRIVING. 01:18:17 - MRS. WHIFFLE DONS GLOVES ALONG WITH HAT, DARK GLASSES, COVER-ALLS, MIMICS DRIVING, CLAPS HANDS. WHIFFLE'S LITTLE GIRL IN GOGGLES, DRIVING OUTFIT PUTS GOGGLES ON BULLDOG. CU- BULLDOG WITH GOGGLES 01:18:30 - MRS WHIFFLE CARTON FOR PICNIC, MR. WHIFFLE, DAUGHTER, DOG, ARE THERE IN LIVING ROOM 01:18:34 - MR. GUSSEL, WHIFFLE'S NEIGHBOR, RELAXES, READING MAGAZINE, YAWNS AND PUTS CIGARETTE IN MOUTH. 01:18:40 - MRS. GUSSLE TALKS TO CANARY IN HANGING CAGE IN LIVING ROOM. WALKS OVER TO RELAXING HUSBAND, SITS ON FOOTREST NEXT TO HIM. SAYS, "LETS GO FOR WALK" 01:18:53 - AS MRS. WHIFFLE PACKS FOR PICNIC, MR. WHIFFLE PICKS UP PHONE AND CALLS THE GUSSLES. ALL STILL DRESSED IN DRIVING CLOTHES. MR. GUSSLE PICKING UP PHONE. AND SHOWS PLEASED LOOK. GUSSLES STEP OUTSIDE AND WAIT FOR WHIFFLES.. 01:19:30 - MAN DELIVERS NEW CAR, (TIN LIZZY) TO THE WHIFFLES, FAMILY INSPECTS IT. GUSSLES SITTING ON FRONT STEPS OF PORCH LOSING PATIENCE WAITING. 01:20:03 - WHIFFLE FAMILY AND DOG GET IN CAR, HEAVY SMOKE BILLOWS FROM ENGINE WHEN STARTED. THE GUSSLES WALK OUT TO CURB AS THEY LOSE PATIENCE. 01:20:10 - WHIFFLE GETS OUT OF CAR AND CRANKS IT. THE CAR MOVES BACK AND FORTH SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE WHIFFLE GETS IN. THEY DRIVE TO THE GUSSLES' HOUSE. GUSSLES SEE THEM COMING, WAVE. 01:20:26 - WHIFFLE WHO CANNOT CONTROL CAR, RIDES UP GUSSLE DRIVEWAY FORCING THEM TO RETREAT UP PORCH STEPS. CAR STOPS JUST IN TIME, BELLOWS A SMOKE SCREEN. CU GUSSLES RAISE THEIR ARMS IN FRIGHT. 01:20:40 - GUSSLES RELUCTANTLY GET IN BACK SEAT, WHIFFLE THROWS THE DOG BACK WITH THEM. THEY DRIVE OFF SPEEDING DOWN DIRT ROAD. 01:21:04 - MAN AT GARAGE GIVES MESSAGE TO MOTORCYCLE DRIVER ASK HIM TO DELIVER IT TO MR WHIFFLE. CYCLIST SPEEDS OFF. 01:21:13 - WHIFFLE'S CAR BREAKS DOWN ON SIDE OF ROAD. WHIFFLE AND GUSSLE GET OUT. WHILE WHIFFLE IS CHECKING CAR GUSSLE DUSTS HIMSELF OFF, CLEANS HIS EARS AND WIPES MOUTH. WHIFFLE OPENS HOOD AND BEGINS TO PULL PARTS OUT OF THE ENGINE. 01:21:44 - WOMEN AND CHILDREN GET OUT, SETTLE UNDER TREE, AS MEN PULL OUT CARPENTER TOOLS FROM TRUNK. 01:22:10 - WHIFFLE STARTS TO WORK UNDER HOOD AS MR. GUSSEL REMOVES STRAW HAT AND SLIDES UNDER CAR. MR. WHIFFLE INADVERTENTLY STEPS ON GUSSLE'S HAT, CRUSHING IT. 01:22:33 - MR. WHIFFLE PUSHES LEVER ON OIL GUN SLOSHING IT ALL OVER GUSSLE'S WHITE SUIT. GUSSLE CRANKS CAR AND STARTS IT. THE TWO RUN TO FRONT SEAT, BUT THE CAR STALLS. THEY GET OUT AND CAR STARTS BY ITSELF. THEY DECIDE TO WALK TO NEARBY GAS STATION. 01:23:11 - CU LITTLE WHIFFLE GIRL TAKES BIG BITE OUT OF PICNIC SANDWICH. 01:23:16 - GUSSLE AND WHIFFLE APPROACH GAS STATION ASK FOR CAN OF GAS, AS CAR WITH DOG IN IT STARTS BY ITSELF & RIDE DOWN ROAD. WHIFFLE AND GUSSLE FAMILY RUN AFTER IT. 01:24:10 - SHERIFF AND DEPUTY TIE ROPE ACROSS BRIDGE TO STOP RUNAWAY CAR, ATTACH IT TO CHAIR LEG, SHERIFF SITS ON CHAIR. RUNAWAY CAR WITH DOG SPEEDS OVER BRIDGE PULLS CHAIR FROM UNDER SHERIFF. 01:24:25 - CAR CRASHES INTO POLE, SHERIFF AND DEPUTY APPROACH ON A BIKE. 01:24:41 - ABOVE SEQUENCE IS REPEATED 01:25:47 - BOTH FAMILIES GET INTO CAR, AFTER ARGUMENT WHIFFLE LETS GUSSLE PAY SHERIFF A $30 FINE, THEY DRIVE OFF. GET A FLAT. CU FLAT TIRE AND HOLE IN IT. 01:26:16 - MRS. WHIFFLE, CHEWING A WAD OF GUM, OFFERS GUM TO FIX TIRE. GUM IS PUT ON TIRE. WHIFFLE PULLS OUT PIECE OF TUBING AND CONVINCES GUSSLE TO BLOW INTO TUBE TO PUT AIR IN TIRE. TIRE IS FIXED AND THEY DRIVE OFF. 01:27:10 - MOTORCYCLE WITH MESSAGE FOR WHIFFLE IS MISTAKEN BY GROUP TO BE POLICE, THEY SPEED OFF & GO OFF CLIFF. 01:27:24 - THE FAMILIES BEGIN TO CLIMB OUT OF RUINS OF DESTROYED CAR 01:27:25 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1918
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: VM-1301A