1940 ca - Colour, USA Promotional Film: Florida Road Test, The

1940 ca - Colour, USA Promotional Film Main title. 01:01:16 Low Angle / LA & MS traffic shots, cars towards camera scratched at start but improves. 01:02:01 SOF MS Man to camera asks questions, off camera responses as to what the public wants from gasoline. Talks of road tests being carried out on a new gasoline at Lennox research labs. 01:02:28 Twelve cars lined up w/ drivers; pull out in column & leaving Philadelphia in cold; crossing Conowingo dam in Maryland heading for Florida - cars pass Atlantic service station. Drums of road test gasoline / fuel, CUs w/ label. Savannah where cars are given lubrication in garage after doing 1000 miles. 01:03:34 Twelve cars (4 Fords, 4 Plymouths, 4 Chevrolets) past along tree lined road. Aerial / AV of Belvedere airport w/ hangar used to garage test cars after their 1580 mile journey. Cars turn into Belvedere country club & drivers out. 01:04:26 Group of test drivers who are going to test drive cars w/ new fuel pose. Eye tests given & testing blood pressure - listening to heart. Sitting outdoors listening to instructions. 01:05:23 Dawn; drivers move off in their cars - POV down tree lined road; along Florida route 25. Tracking shot past orange groves. AV test roads and surrounding area thru Wakodahatchee wetlands & road along West Palm beach canal. CU ground shot of canal draining Everglades. 01:06:47 MS alongside driver in car underway, CU car wheel; CU electric tachometer recording cars speed etc. on printout. 01:07:17 POV along road w/ windbreak of trees; view of automobile around bend & across bridge. CU speedometer; POV along road along canal & sugar plantation on edge of Everglades. Waiting for bulldozer tractor crossing road pulling sugar cane on large tracked wagon. AV sugar company village in Everglades. 01:08:32 CU of rear wheels of car underway. Aerial of village on lake. 01:08:47 Man manually operating Canal Point Bridge over West Palm Beach canal & cars cross. Lake Okeechobee dike; past southern mansion; AV over St Lucie Canal & reclaimed land for farms. Steam engine pulls freight cars across highway. Cars arrive at turn around point; driver cleans windscreen and turns. 01:10:56 Car stops in deserted Okeechobee. Cows wander across road in front of car. returns to start point. 01:11:36 Car into country club / airport hangar for lubrication service. Mechanics work on car. Engine oil checked; mechanics check under car. Oiling & lubrication on hoist rack w/ grease gun, etc. Crankcase oil drained & weighed. CU lubrication. 01:19:40 Another view of car w/ white wall tires past. 01:19:53 Auto engine checkup after six days road tests, testing compression, distributor, speedometer accuracy w/ fifth wheel which looks like bicycle wheel attached. Performance measuring equipment attached to car. Engineers test car w/ different fuels. CU Bendix Mileage Tester. CU dashboard speedometer. CU foot operating car pedals. Checking w/ stop watch. 01:24:22 Car filling at airbase gasoline pump. Checking oil & water - cleaning car windscreen / windshield. Log checked & interior cleaned. Tire wear measured. Night shots cars towards camera w/ headlights on. 01:26:09 Drivers resting. Man squeezing fresh orange juice. Group of drivers listen to driver who had accident & vote as to whether avoidable. Cars driving down road. CU Wheel - cars drive over camera. Petroleum Testing; 1940s;