Synopsis
This 1948 black and white film was presented by The Highway Transportation Industries of America and produced by RKO Pathe, Inc. It is narrated by radio actor Dwight Weist and violinist Herman Fuchs supervised the music. The film opens with headlights on a dark street, and a spotlight on a “Horizons Unlimited” sign (:09-:32). A bird’s eye view is seen of an interstate with a tunnel (:58). The viewer passes a Howard Johnson’s ( 1:08 ). Passengers on a Greyhound Bus look happy ( 1:10 - 1:20 ). The bus pulls into a Texaco and stops at a restaurant ( 1:22 - 1:50 ). A young man washes the windshield of a Chevy Fleetmaster ( 1:56 - 2:10 ). People talk in front of Mac truck ( 2:13 ). Semi-trucks and busses drive on surfaced highways ( 2:25 - 2:25 ) and a Ford Model A post office truck delivers mail to country mailboxes ( 2:36 - 2:45 ). At 2:40 highway signs are seen for Route 66, California 7, Los Angeles, Akron and other cities and highways. Many 1940s vehicles drive by ( 3:02 ). The footage moves to the late 1890s ( 3:13 ). A team of horses struggles to pull a wagon through the snow ( 3:14 - 3:23 ) and a man works on a broken carriage wheel ( 3:24 ). Farm life included churning butter, pumping water, a cast iron stove to heat, and kerosene hurricane lamps ( 3:30 - 4:09 ). A 1907 Locomobile Type E Touring car needs repairs under the hood ( 4:23 - 4:38 ). Multiple early 1900s cars drive past ( 4:39 - 4:50 ), followed by 1940s cars, including a wood-sided Nash Ambassador Suburban (…
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Details
- Running time
- 18 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Stock Footage