Synopsis
Documentary short film showing the production of cars at a Chevrolet factory in the mid 1930s.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Cinematography
- Gordon Avil
- Studio
- Chevrolet Motor Company, Jam Handy Organization (JHO)
- Released
- 1936-06-23
- Running time
- 4 minutes
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Master Hands (Full Film) · Christine Hennig · 2002-11-14
This film, made by Chevrolet in the mid 1930's, purports to be a salute to the workers in the Chevrolet plants, but it really seems to be a salute to heavy industry in general. The process of making a car is shown from start to finish, to the tune of a majestic soundtrack based on Wagner. Prelinger calls this sort of film "capitalist realism", a play on "socialist realism" which was mandatory in the Soviet Union at the time. It's a very apt label here, as this could have just as easily been made in the Soviet Union. It's an amazing work of modern art that the Futurists would have been proud…
★★★★★ · Off The Production Line We Go! · Spuzz · 2003-11-04
Excellent montage documentary which essentially builds an automobile from scratch. We watch, as the Detroit Philharmonic plays (excellent music I might add) as it starts from the foundry, pounding out metal for the cars, to screwing on nuts, to fitting everything in place. It's also an awesome showcase of the production line, and how mind-numbing it all must have been. While I was watching this, I felt SOMEWHAT gypped that I didn't see ALL the production happen, like the main cabin of the car floats out of nowhere onto the chassis. Like, where was the production of that? That's a minor point…
★★★★★ · Watch your fingers! · autoguy · 2006-09-18
A must see for the auto enthusiast. Film starts with firing up the boilers and generators, and production is under way. Excellent footage of engine block casting. Very interesting crankshaft forging footage. Those things were very hot, and heavy too. Great body panel and fender stamping. A frame line was extensively showcased, and cutting edge technology it was! Get a load of the guys standing between those riveting machine heads! Yikes! And yes, I too wanted to see some body line footage, oops. Great stuff from beginning to end showing massive stamping presses and the power of our heavy…
★★★★★ · Realistic events · trudnet · 2009-06-16
Very interesting film. It's realistic events of that time are shown. Many things were are taken from museum Chevrolet. Modern children can't understand some things, but older persons look a film with nostalgia.
