Synopsis
Promotional newsreels featuring a variety of Chevrolet-centric stories, including: a Chevrolet pulling an aquaplane along the beach; an isolated Kentucky village linked to the world by motor cars; alligator wrestling; mobility for the Miami Beach police; and new parking meters in Dallas, Texas.
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- 8 minutes
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Retro! · Robin_1990 · 2008-04-22
Another "Retro" episode of the "Chevrolet Leader News" series of films. As with most of 'em, They are delightfully Retro and very entertaining!
★★★ · Girls! Gearshifts! Guns! Gripping! Grabbing! Gallons! (I'm trying) · Spuzz · 2003-03-08
No 2 No 2... We start off by viewing a girl surfing on sand while being pulled by a... Chevrolet Vehicle! she wipes out head first! Ouch! We then see another group of girls on the car, with the same surfing girl being pulled behind. Next Clip is a race where the winner of it gets to choose the name of the town they're racing to, and that winner names it... Chevrolet! A fascinating clip follows, as cops in... Chevrolet Vehicles! train to shoot stationary targets in moving vehicles. " A hit and run is now a Hit and Drive!" uh huh. Continuing this morbid habit of featuring weird animals in..…
★★★ · The Town and the Car · Christine Hennig · 2005-03-02
Another lightweight episode in the Chevrolet newsreel series. This one features a town that named itself after Chevrolets, an alligator wrestler who totes his opponent in his Chevrolet (I bet the upholstery in the back seat didnt last long), cops who practice appearing in gangster movies by shooting out of their Chevrolets, a large boat tied to the top of a Chevrolet (I guess boat trailers hadnt been invented yet), a humorous spot about parking meters (which seem to be a new idea, giving this some historical value), and some silly stunts at a water carnival, including an extremely…