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Power

Reel Number: 221114-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1936

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 03:10:43

TC Ends: 03:18:04

Duration: 00:07:21

Power Jam Handy Org. for General Motors / Chevrolet Agricultural scenes - oxen pulling plough. Industrial shots - coal lifted - piledriver - truck carrying quarried stone. Cars along scenic road - good PoV from back of camera car/truck. Traffic on city streets - VO re horsepower & its source in controlled explosions - man pushing detonator & exploding dynamite - CU gasoline engine w/ cross-section to show pistons. Animation to show burning gasoline in engine & pistons - laboratory experiment shows piston being shot from casing when gasoline lit w/ match. - animation to show how that power is harnessed. Example of cycling w/ CU feet pedalling in piston-like action. Animation shows four strokes of each piston cycle. Animation explaining role of carburettor, exhaust & flywheel. Working cross-section of cylinder engine. Animation of car axle showing engine linked to wheels. Car along very muddy road, up steep ramp, along winding mountain road. 1930s Automobile Industry / Promotion. Mechanics. Physics.

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