Synopsis
Chevrolet automobiles fight forest fires.
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Details
- Running time
- 9 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- JustaSpa1937
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Automobiles: Engineering
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Burn baby burn! · Spuzz · 2003-09-14
Rather interesting cliffhanger sort of Jam Handy short to show how a careless cigarette can ignite what appears to be the FASTEST spreading fire in history. After a fisherman casually throws his butt away, a fire grows. We are shown how the communications are done to get people down there right away and put out the fire (very primitively). Meanwhile, a man who lives in the forest (so he must have a french canadian accent) races to rescue his bed ridden wife. Will he get there in time? Will the people trying to put out the fire get there in time in their (of course) Chevrolet vehicles? Will we…
★★★★★ · Chevrolet To The Rescue · Dodsworth the Cat · 2023-03-28
This one's a hoot. The film keeps cutting to a guy (with a completely inept French accent) running through the woods. Evidently he has a bad cold because he can't smell (or see) the world's fastest spreading forest fire. The urgent, symphonic-style chase music is wonderfully over-the-top. But don't worry. Everyone's driving a Chevrolet. That means they'll get to the fire and put it out, and doc will rescue Frenchie's femme malade. Why, the Chevrolet can even cross a stream after a bridge is burned out! Cut to the fire. Cut to the Chevrolets. Cut to Frenchie. Cut back to the fire. The music…
