1951 - Colour, USA Transportation: Automobile Promotional Film
Titles.
00:01:33 Staged costume scenes, couple in early automobile stuck at side of country road w/ man cranking motor; horse & cart past. Motor starts & couple drives off. POV along dirt / gravel road thru autumn trees. 00:02:30 1920s sedan soft-top car, POV along paved road.
00:02:50 CU sign: 1926 Pontiac; tilt down to couple looking at coupe car in showroom w/ salesman. CU 6 cylinder motor; crankshaft. Couple sit in car & admire features: dashboard, first automatic windshield wipers, CU headlights on w/ foot controlled dimmer switch. Windows rolling down.
00:04:23 Engineer beside operating engine. Manufacturing. Technological advances: carburetion system. Valves adjusted; valve spring added. Manufacturing: tin-plating pistons; helical gear added.
00:05:39 1933 & Straight Eight engine. Advertisements for 1930s Pontiac car models w/ streamlining.
00:06:04 Woman’s manicured and painted nails holding steering wheel.
Adverts 1940s models and illustrations from magazines featuring cars.
00:06:30 WWII artillery firing; ships guns firing built by Pontiac, aerial torpedoes, 5 inch rockets, etc. - narration re participation in war effort. Returning soldiers & sailors marching in parade. Board meeting.
00:07:21 Map of USA shows Pontiac postwar plants. Pontiac, Michigan factory expansion, exterior & aerials.
20:08:10 Visitors board miniature train & tour factory. Factory chimneys. Interior foundry; engine manufacturing; automobile production line.
20:09:30 Woman working on assembly line loading valves into machine. CUs various parts sorted, inspected & moving to assembly lines. Engines assembled, tested & adjusted. Transmission added.
20:11:29 Manufacturing rear axle assembly. Front end suspension assembled.
20:12:27 Different stages of building car’s body w/ variety of large hydraulic presses, parts moved on hanging conveyors to painting department for cleaning, painting, baked & polished / buffed.
20:13:57 Steel parts for plating, exterior & interior of plating plant. CUs of chrome plating, moving parts to subassembly area. CU woman worker assembling & fixing headlights to front section of automobile.
00:15:02 Men in central scheduling office taking customer orders - telegraphed to different departments for made to order vehicles. Body plant exterior & interior - parts wheeled on small trucks & conveyors to final assembly line.
00:15:47 MS & CUs. Frame onto conveyor, parts added & engine fitted - serial numbers added.
00:18:25 Car filled w/ gas, steering wheel added, radiator filled
00:19:01 Car driven off assembly line, wheels aligned; road test then away in car transporter.
00:19:42 Man in hat and overcoat out of car at curb. Young women driving convertible / open top Pontiac. 00:20:02 Designer drawing futuristic models. Engineers working.
00:20:24 Cars on test track.
00:20:38 Painting of the Native American / Indian Chief Pontiac.
1950s Automobile Industry; Car Manufacturing; Mass Production; Consumerism: History; Advertising;
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1951 - Colour, USA Transportation: Automobile Promotional Film Titles. 00:01:33 Staged costume scenes, couple in early automobile stuck at side of country road w/ man cranking motor; horse & cart past. Motor starts & couple drives off. POV along dirt / gravel road thru autumn trees. 00:02:30 1920s sedan soft-top car, POV along paved road. 00:02:50 CU sign: 1926 Pontiac; tilt down to couple looking at coupe car in showroom w/ salesman. CU 6 cylinder motor; crankshaft. Couple sit in car & admire features: dashboard, first automatic windshield wipers, CU headlights on w/ foot controlled dimmer switch. Windows rolling down. 00:04:23 Engineer beside operating engine. Manufacturing. Technological advances: carburetion system. Valves adjusted; valve spring added. Manufacturing: tin-plating pistons; helical gear added. 00:05:39 1933 & Straight Eight engine. Advertisements for 1930s Pontiac car models w/ streamlining. 00:06:04 Woman’s manicured and painted nails holding steering wheel. Adverts 1940s models and illustrations from magazines featuring cars. 00:06:30 WWII artillery firing; ships guns firing built by Pontiac, aerial torpedoes, 5 inch rockets, etc. - narration re participation in war effort. Returning soldiers & sailors marching in parade. Board meeting. 00:07:21 Map of USA shows Pontiac postwar plants. Pontiac, Michigan factory expansion, exterior & aerials. 20:08:10 Visitors board miniature train & tour factory. Factory chimneys. Interior foundry; engine manufacturing; automobile production line. 20:09:30 Woman working on assembly line loading valves into machine. CUs various parts sorted, inspected & moving to assembly lines. Engines assembled, tested & adjusted. Transmission added. 20:11:29 Manufacturing rear axle assembly. Front end suspension assembled. 20:12:27 Different stages of building car’s body w/ variety of large hydraulic presses, parts moved on hanging conveyors to painting department for cleaning, painting, baked & polished / buffed. 20:13:57 Steel parts for plating, exterior & interior of plating plant. CUs of chrome plating, moving parts to subassembly area. CU woman worker assembling & fixing headlights to front section of automobile. 00:15:02 Men in central scheduling office taking customer orders - telegraphed to different departments for made to order vehicles. Body plant exterior & interior - parts wheeled on small trucks & conveyors to final assembly line. 00:15:47 MS & CUs. Frame onto conveyor, parts added & engine fitted - serial numbers added. 00:18:25 Car filled w/ gas, steering wheel added, radiator filled 00:19:01 Car driven off assembly line, wheels aligned; road test then away in car transporter. 00:19:42 Man in hat and overcoat out of car at curb. Young women driving convertible / open top Pontiac. 00:20:02 Designer drawing futuristic models. Engineers working. 00:20:24 Cars on test track. 00:20:38 Painting of the Native American / Indian Chief Pontiac. 1950s Automobile Industry; Car Manufacturing; Mass Production; Consumerism: History; Advertising;