1927AUTOMOTIVE
GREAT SHOTS OF WORLD WIDE CITIES IN THE 1920S WHERE GENERAL MOTORS DEALERS, ASSEMBLY LINES, DISTRIBUTORS ARE LOCATED. AUTO TRAFFIC IN THOSE CITIES ARE NOT UNLIKE U. S. CITIES. EUROPE, AFRICA, ASIA AND SOUTH AMERICA CITIES SHOWN. GOOD VIEWS OF STREET SCENES, TRAFFIC IN CITIES AROUND THE WORLD CIRCA 1927
This reel is part of one of our Specialty Collections. Online viewing or downloads of low-res versions for offline viewing will be available for only more day, though. Online viewing or downloads of low-res versions for offline viewing has now expired, though, and cannot be viewed online. "Pro" account holders can download a low-res version for offline viewing.
Sign up for a "Pro" account to download this footage.
This reel is currently not available for online viewing.
Sorry, this video is temporarily unavailable for online viewing or download. Please try again later.
Restricted Material
Access to this reel with audio is restricted. It will be available for only more day.
Access to this reel with audio has expired.
| 01:00:07 7 |
FORWARD ABOUT GENERAL MOTORS
|
| 01:00:27 27 |
MLS FOUR HUGE MULTI-STORY, LOOK ALIKE GENERAL MOTORS OFFICE BUILDINGS IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
|
| 01:00:40 40 |
SUB-TITLE - "FACTORIES ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES"
|
| 01:00:44 44 |
MLS PAN CHEVROLET LOGO SUPER-IMPOSED OVER HUGE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OF CHEVROLET FACTORY BUILDINGS.
LS PAN OLDSMOBILE LOGO SUPER-IMPOSED ON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX ALONG RIVER, FREIGHT TRAINS IN FRONT OF LONG, LOW FACTORY BUILDINGS. SAME WITH "OAKLAND", "BUICK" AND"CADILLAC" |
| 01:01:13 73 |
MLS VINTAGE GENERAL MOTORS TRUCK CIRCA 1920S RIDING TOWARDS CAMERA, SWERVING R TO L WITH MAN STANDING ON RUNNING BOARD, IN FOREIGN MOUNTAIN VILLAGE, CROWDS IN STREETS, SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAINS IN B/G.
|
| 01:01:15 75 |
MLS NATIVE RIDES OX-DRIVEN CART L TO R, 1920S AUTO PASSES IN F/G OTHERS PARKED ON SIDE OF ROAD.
|
| 01:01:22 82 |
MLS PAN AUTO, TROLLEY, TRAFFIC IN UNIDENTIFIED LARGE FOREIGN CITY IN 1920S. GENERAL MOTORS 4 DOOR TOURING CAR RIDES L TO R ON SCENIC ROAD, FOLLOWED BY OPEN BUS CRAMMED WITH LUGGAGE AND PEOPLE..
|
| 01:01:37 97 |
LS THIN AUTO TRAFFIC CIRCA 1920S ON TREE LINED, WIDE AVENUE OF CHAMPS ELYSEES IN PARIS. ARCH DE TRIOMPHE IN B/G
|
| 01:01:40 100 |
1920S GENERAL MOTORS AUTO SPEEDING ON COUNTRY DIRT ROAD, PASSING TILED ROOF HOUSE AS WELL AS THATCHED ROOF HOUSE. MLS EXPENSIVE GENERAL MOTORS CONVERTIBLE AUTO, CIRCA LATE 1920S, EXITS ESTATE PEOPLE IN FRONT, BACK SEATS TOWARDS CAMERA.
|
| 01:01:54 114 |
NATIVE WALKS HIS DONKEYS ON CITY STREET (SOUTH AMERICA ?), AUTOS PASSING IN B/G VINTAGE TRUCK RIDING ON MIDDLE EAST ROAD, TOWARDS CAMERA, ARABS RIDING CAMELS IN B/G. foreign city, transportation
|
| 01:02:00 120 |
"ON ICE-BOUND SHORES, UNDER THE BLAZING SUN, GENERAL MOTORS CARS ARE FURNISHING THAT BASIC ESSENTIAL OD CIVILIZED LIFE - TRANSPORTATION"
|
| 01:02:13 133 |
LS ABOVE VIEW GENERAL MOTORS TRUCK RIDING ON MOUNTAIN ROAD, TOWARDS CAMERA. IN MIDST OF SNOW BOUND MOUNTAINS, ICE COVERED RIVER.
|
| 01:02:24 144 |
MLS 4 DOOR GENERAL MOTORS TOURING CAR, CIRCA LATE 1920S, PARKED AT STREET CORNER IN FOREIGN CAPITAL AS 1920S TRUCK SPEEDS BY IN F/G
|
| 01:02:24 144 |
MAP OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA WITH ARROW POINTING TO CITIES CONTAINING GENERAL MOTORS ASSEMBLY PLANTS, WAREHOUSES, DISTRIBUTORS, DOTS MARK THE MANY DEALERS. MAP OF EUROPE SHOWING SAME.
|
| 01:04:11 251 |
MAP OF AFRICA SHOWING CITIES CONTAINING ASSEMBLY PLANTS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND DEALERS. MAP OF ASIA SHOWS SAME. AUSTRALIA MAP SHOWS ASSEMBLY PLANTS, DISTRIBUTORS AND DEALERS.
|
| 01:06:01 361 |
LS ABOVE VIEW OSAKA, JAPAN, 1927, CROWDS PEDESTRIANS, AUTO, TROLLEY, TRAFFIC IN BUSTLING STREETS. TALL OFFICE BUILDINGS
|
| 01:06:13 373 |
LS ABOVE VIEW DETROIT, MICHIGAN, 1927, CITY STREET WITH AUTO, TROLLEY, TRAFFIC ON AVENUE SURROUNDED ON BOTH SIDES WITH TALL OFFICE BUILDINGS.
|
| 01:06:30 390 |
LONG LINE OF 1920S AUTOS PARKED HORIZONTALLY AGAINST CURB, FRONT FACING WIDE CURB, PEOPLE ON RIGHT PEERING OVER RAILING TO BEACH(?), PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA.
|
| 01:06:40 400 |
AUTO TRAFFIC, TOWARDS CAMERA, PASS INTERSECTION, ON BUSY DAYTON, OHIO, BUSINESS STREET, SHOPPERS, PEDESTRIANS ON CURB, TALL OFFICE BUILDINGS, DEPARTMENT STORES ON BOTH SIDES OF AVENUE, CIRCA 1927
|
| 01:06:51 411 |
LS ABOVE VIEW STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, AUTO, BIKE TRAFFIC TOWARDS CAMERA, CIRCLE AROUND SQUARE WITH MONUMENT OF MAN ON HORSE, MS SIDE VIEW HIGH MONUMENT, MAN ON HORSE, LARGE GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING IN B/G, PARKED AUTOS, AUTO TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIANS. 1927 foreign city, transportation
|
| 01:07:02 422 |
LS GOVERNMENT BUILDING (SENATE ?) IN WASHINGTON, D. C., 1927. AUTOS IN F/G PARKED AT CURBS, TRAFFIC IN STREETS. LS AUTOS WITH SPARE TIRES MOUNTED ON RUMBLE SEATS IN REAR FACING CAMERA, PARKED IN FRONT OF PALATIAL BUILDING ADORNED WITH STATUARY.
TRAFFIC PASSING BOTH WAYS IN F/G |
| 01:07:12 432 |
MAP OF AUSTRALIA, MELBOURNE HIGHLIGHTED. STREET SCENE IN MELBOURNE, CROWDS CROSSING AT INTERSECTION, AUTO TRAFFIC CIRCA 1920S
|
| 01:07:27 447 |
STREET SCENE PHILADELPHIA, PA. 1927. CARS PARKED AT CURBS ON BOTH SIDES OF STREET TALL BUILDINGS ON BOTH SIDES. PEDESTRIANS, POV CAR RIDING UP STREET.
|
| 01:07:34 454 |
MS AUTO TRAFFIC ON AVENUE IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIAN 1927. MS AUTO WITH RUMBLE SEAT, BACK TO CAMERA, RIDES UP AVENUE IN LIGHT TRAFFIC.
|
| 01:07:45 465 |
MS ARCHITECTURALLY STUNNING GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN BRUSSELS FACES SQUARE LIKE TIMES SQUARE IN NY, PEDESTRIAN MILLING ABOUT, 1927 AUTO TRAFFIC.
|
| 01:08:00 480 |
MS AUTO, TRUCK. HORSE DRIVEN CARRIAGE, TOWARDS CAMERA IN ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. PEDESTRIANS CROSSING AVENUE TALL OFFICE BUILDINGS, BUSINESS DISTRICT..
LOOKS LIKE BIG U. S. CITY. foreign city |
| 01:08:09 489 |
MS UPSCALE BUSINESS DISTRICT, AWNINGS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT STORE FRONTS, SEVERAL CIRCA 1920S AUTOS PARKS AT CURB, OTHER TRAFFIC INCLUDES MOTORCYCLE WITH SIDE SEAT IN 1927 ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. foreign city
|
| 01:08:32 512 |
MLS 1920S AUTOS DRIVES UNDER PAGODA TYPE PORTAL TO RELIGIOUS TEMPLE (?) IN JAPAN. PEDESTRIANS IN TRADITIONAL ETHNIC COSTUME PASS BY.
|
| 01:08:41 521 |
MONTAGE STREET SCENES, CLASSIC 1920S AUTO RIDES UP STEEP HILL ON STREET IN FOREIGN CITY, TOWARDS CAMERA. CROWD AT OPEN MARKET AUTO, BIKE TRAFFIC.
|
| 01:08:48 528 |
MS 1920S FLAT BED TRUCK LADEN WITH MEN AND SUPPLIES DRIVES, L TO R PASSING TRAFFIC COP WITH TURBAN (INDIA) ON CITY STREET. NATIVE MAN PASSES CARRYING HUGE BOXES BALANCED ON [POLE, CARRIAGE AUTO, RICKSHAW, TRAFFIC IN B/G. TWO OPEN BUSES PARKED AT CURB TO RIGHT. transportation
|
| 01:09:01 541 |
MS GOOD VIEW TUG BOAT PASSES UNDER DRAW BRIDGE, L TO R IN COPENHAGEN, FISHING BOATS, APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN B/G. MS HUGE CRANES AT WORK DOCK
|
| 01:09:29 569 |
STREET SCENE IN 1927 BUENOS AIRES, AUTO TRAFFIC TOWARDS CAMERA AND AWAY, MAN ON BIKE CARRYING SACK ON SHOULDER AS HE RIDES TOWARDS CAMERA.
|
| 01:09:35 575 |
LS ABOVE VIEW LARGE CITY AVENUE LONG LINE OF AUTOS PARKED AT CURB, PEOPLE ENTERING EXITING TO UNDERGROUND SUBWAY STATION (LOOKS LIKE NYC)
. PEDESTRIANS IN ALL DIRECTIONS |
| 01:09:48 588 |
LS LONG ROW OF GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS SIMILAR TO WASHINGTON, D. C. IN CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, 1927
|
| 01:09:57 597 |
HEAVY AUTO, DOUBLE DECKER BUSES TOWARDS CAMERA IN 1927 GERMAN CITY, (BERLIN?) PEDESTRIANS ON IDEWALKS.
|
| 01:10:15 615 |
MS WELL DRESSED WOMAN, CIRCA 1927 CLOTHING, TOWARDS CAMERA, EXITING PALATIAL MANSION IN PERU.
CLIMBS INTO CIRCA 1927 CHAUFFEUR DRIVEN LIMO. "LIMA PERU HAS THE OLDEST TRAFFIC LAWS IN THE WORLD, THE MAN THAT INVENTED THE ONE-WAY STREET CAME FROM LIMA". |
| 01:10:34 634 |
ABOVE VIEW 1927 LIMA. PERU STREET SCENE, PEDESTRIAN, AUTO TRAFFIC, IN BUSINESS DISTRICT, ONE WAY STREET TRAFFIC INCLUDES NATIVE MAN AND HIS BURRO LADEN WITH BOXES, AUTOS. VINTAGE DOUBLE DECKER BUS PICKING UP PASSENGERS ON STREET CORNER.
RIDES AROUND MAN WITH BURRO, TOWARDS CAMERA. |
Jump to this point
