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Farther Faster Safer (1930)

1930 · Ephemeral film · 10 min

Synopsis

Many Montage of early transportation: covered wagon, steam train, etc. Streamlined train Racing car trials at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah Reel 2: 1930s aviation, United Air Lines aerial of San Francisco aerial of Golden Gate, lacking bridge. San Francisco side hidden by cloud. Aerials Los Angeles airport, Los Angeles City Hall Aerial Columbia River at Portland, Columbia River Gorge aerial: Temple Square, Salt Lake City aerial: downtown Omaha aerial: Mississippi River aerial: downtown Chicago Chicago airport aerial: Cleveland, Terminal Tower, etc. aerials: New York Harbor, Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building arrival at Newark Airport Pan American China Clipper-type flying boat, taking off and landing Eddie Rickenbacker flying passenger plane (Eastern Air Lines) 2 boys building model airplane, oiling engine

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Details

Running time
10 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives
Internet Archive item
6170_Farther_Faster_Safer_01_01_03_09

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★ · When we'll stop, nobody knows, · Spuzz · 2019-08-17

Another speed run, this time in a desert in Utah. The oil is pennzoil! Round and round he goes. The film does maintain your interest though for some reason. Not bad for what it is.