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All Things Considered (1975)

1975 · Short film · 11 min

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This film is presented by General Motors (:04) and it is composed of two films, the first being “All Things Considered”. This first segment focuses on the year 1975. As the Clean Air Act had been established in 1970, fuel costs and emission standards became a deciding factor in purchasing vehicles. A couple goes over finances (:18) with items such as annual fuel costs and maintenance being of most importance. In 1975 GM developed new efficiency systems to keep operating costs low (:47). The catalytic converter was added which was full of pellets that as exhaust fumes flowed through the pellets would convert carbon monoxide and hydro carbon into harmless fumes (1:28). These converters were installed into all models directly as result of the need to meet California and Federal emission standards. All of their 1975 models were to use unleaded gas (1:54), which was able to lengthen the life of spark plugs to 22,500 miles. The time between oil changes went up to 75,000 miles (2:17). A special nozzle had been designed to prevent usage of the wrong fuel (2:25) though the catalytic converter was still able to take one full gallon of leaded gas before damage (2:35). In the event it was damaged, only the pellets would have to be replaced (2:46). The high energy ignition system contained single wire leads to the ignition and spark plugs (3:07). The new systems again lead to simplified tunings up to 22,500 miles compared to every 6,000 miles previous models (3:44). The torque converter…

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11 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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