Synopsis
Promotional newsreels featuring a variety of Chevrolet-centric stories, including: Miami, Florida police practice shooting at stationary targets from moving cars; Southern youngsters learn safe driving habits while driving in kiddie cars and scooters on miniature streets; Chautauqua Lake ferry uses two automobile engines as motive power.
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★★★★★ · Great "Silly" Newsreel · Christian_With_NES · 2007-03-29
Since I have nostalgia for the 30's at the moment, I decided to watch this. I must say, it's a fun and silly newsreel that is very entertaining. I loved seeing the classic cars, and I loved the fashion! Two Thumbs Up!
★★★★ · Styles! Skis! Skippers! Stuffing! Schools! Streaking! Simians! · Spuzz · 2003-03-08
Vol 2 starts off with a overview of some pretty fashions for the year of 1936. More fashionable if you had a... Chevrolet Vehicle! to show it off in! We then turn to the slopes, where skiiers and sledders, after arriving in their.. Chevrolet Vehicle! take to the hlls. Not much to report here. Once again, Chevrolet entertains the masses and horrifes animal lovers by putting animals in precarious situations in the next clip. In this case, stuffing 2 hunting dogs in the trunk of a car. Why? who knows. A cute young un's driving school is then profiled, with little cars and bikes learning to stop…
★★★ · If This Is News, I'll Let a Chimp Drive My Car · Christine Hennig · 2005-02-14
More silly news from Chevrolet, this time featuring the latest swimsuit fashions, ski-jumping, a ferryboat run with a Chevrolet engine, more animal abuse as hunting dogs are shoved into a car trunk, a traffic school with kindergarteners in kiddie cars a la Tomorrows Drivers, a Chevrolet pulling a glider made by a high school student, and a chimp driving a car, in what has to be revenge for all the animal abuse thats gone on in this series so far. This one is even more lightweight than the others so far, which is saying something. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ***. Weirdness: ****. Historical…