1900-1959AUTOMOTIVE
THE AUTOMOBILE'S HISTORY.
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SILHOUETTE HORSE ON THE HILLSIDE ALL ALONE.
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TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY AUDIENCE WATCHES SLIDE MOVIE PRESENTATION. HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION
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KIDS STAND ON THEIR HEADS TO WATCH FILM WHICH IS UPSIDE DOWN.
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MAN BEHIND KID SPREADS HIS LEGS TO SEE.
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CAT WALKS IN FRONT OF SCREEN. ITS SHADOW IS SEEN.
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BIG MAN LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY.
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THE FIRST CAR COMES TO TOWN. PEOPLE CHEER
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FAMILY GETS IN CAR, START IT, IT BLOWS OUT SMOKE, TAKES OFF WOBBLY
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DRIVE INTO TOWN. PEOPLE LINE THE STREET
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CAR CAN'T STOP. GOES OUT OF CONTROL. MOB OF PEOPLE CHASE IT.
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MOB LIKE SCENE OF PEOPLE GOING AFTER THE CAR.
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CAR DRIVES PAST HORSES, SCARES THEM SO MUCH THEY PULL THEIR STAKES OUT AND RUN AWAY
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THE HORSES RUN WITH THE STAKES AROUND THEIR NECKS.
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DRIVING OVER FENCE. OUT OF CONTROL. HOME OWNER TAKES A SHOT AT IT
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BOUNCES ALONG
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CAR OUT OF CONTROL GOES THROUGH FENCE, LITTLE KID FALLS OUT OF CAR.
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DRIVES THROUGH FLOCK OF CHICKENS.
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DRIVES THROUGH CORRAL, SCARES HORSES, THEY KNOCK DOWN FENCE TO RUN AWAY. TOTAL PANDEMONIUM
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CAR RACING HORSE. CROWD FASCINATED BY CAR.
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THE CROWD RACES PAST THE HORSE, WHO WON, TO CHECK OUT CAR.
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CARS DRIVING DOWN MAIN STREET. DUSTY.
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CAR FULL OF MEN BEING PULLED BY A HORSE.
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BARNEY OLDFIELD.
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1906 VANDERBILT CUP RACE ON LONG ISLAND.
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1914 DIRT TRACK RACING.
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WHEEL COMES OFF. FLIES DOWN THE TRACK
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VERY DUSTY ON DRY DAYS. RACING. DANGEROUS. CRASH.
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ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA RACE TRACK.
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AERIAL OF RACE TRACK
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SHOT OF SPECTATORS. LOOKING DOWN AT THEM
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PERIOD CARS RACING AROUND TRACK. THIN WHEELS
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1911 INDY 500. GOOD VINTAGE CROWD AND CARS
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OLD TIME CAMERAS CRANK
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OLD CAR ROUNDS A CORNER, HITS A WALL, SPINS AROUND, HITS OPPOSITE WALL. SHOT THROUGH BINOCULARS
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1916 PIKES PEAK CLIMB. MAN WAVES CARS ON WITH A WHITE FLAG.
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AERIAL OF HAIR PIN ROAD.
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CAR GOING UP THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
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TRACK TESTS ENDURANCE AS WELL AS SPEED.
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CAR ENTERING A TOWN. PERIOD BUILDING
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CAR COMES INTO TOWN AND CRASHES INTO A PARKED CAR.
HEAD ON. |
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CRASH-PROOF BUMPER.
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DRIVER HITS A POST GUY POPS OUT OF CAR.
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CAR COMES DOWN A WOODEN TRACK, JUMPS OVER A SHED &
CRASHES |
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LINE OF EARLY CARS PARADE THROUGH TOWN. GOOD EXAMPLE OF VARIOUS CAR MODELS.
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EARLY STREET SCENES WITH CARS & PEOPLE LEARNING TO DEAL WITH EACH OTHER.
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DENVER, COLORADO, 1919. STREET SCENE. TRAFFIC JAM.
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NEW YORK STREET SCENE. FIFTH AVENUE. 1919. NYC
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FIRST TRAFFIC LIGHTS. OPERATED BY POLICEMEN IN TOWERS.
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BY 1920, ONE IN EVERY THIRTEEN AMERICANS HAS A CAR.
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EXAMPLE OF A LOCOMOTIVE CAR WITH SMOKESTACK. KIDS PEDALING ON BIKES SHOW HOW SLOWLY THE CAR MOVES
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EXAMPLE OF A TORPEDO CAR, DESIGNED TO GO 6 MILES A MINUTE. LOOKS LIKE A ROCKET LOOKS FAST, VERY SLOW.
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EXAMPLE OF A BACKWARDS CAR. DRIVING ON WHAT LOOKS LIKE TROLLEY TRACKS WHILE OTHER CARS DRIVE OPPOSITE WAY
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BOAT CAR. FRANCE'S SUBMARINE CAR. WING LIKE FLAPS.
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CAR SUBMERGES IN WATER, ONLY SMOKESTACK IS VISIBLE
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RUNS OUT OF GAS MIDWAY. OPENS THE HATCH, POPS HIS HEAD OUT.
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MEN RIDE IN HUGE TIRES. ENGLAND'S DINOSPHERE DID AWAY WITH THE CAR, LEAVING ONLY THE TIRE
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WOBBLEY, WAFFLE LIKE, THE TIRE WARBLES DOWN THE ROAD.
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GERMANY'S ROCKET CAR. RIDES ON A TRACK.
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LOTS OF SMOKE AS IT TRAVELS DOWN THE TRACK
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YEARS LATER, ANOTHER VERSION OF THE ROCKET CAR.
STILL AS MUCH SMOKE. NARRATOR COUGHS LOUDLY. |
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CAR TRAVELS DOWN A ROAD IN THE WOODS, SMOKING IN CONTRAST TO THE PEACEFUL WOODS
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MEN WORKING ON THE CAR, WIRES. REVERSES THE AIR INTAKE.
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GETS IN CAR, TAKES OFF, JUST AS MUCH SMOKE AS EARLIER MODEL.
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THICK SMOKE AS MAN TRIES TO SEE THROUGH IT.
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CAR TRAVELS THROUGH SMOKE.
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