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Discovery ‘67: “The Age of Mechanical Marvels” Ford Greenfield Village, Dearborn Michigan Xd30482 (1967)

1967 · Short film · 21 min

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This 1967 color installment of “Discovery,” a syndicated program for young viewers hosted by Bill Owen and Virginia Gibson pays a visit to Dearborn, Michigan’s Greenfield Village (now part of The Henry Ford) to examine and demonstrate early 1900’s mechanical innovations and historical automobiles (TRT: 21:52). ABC color opening logo (0:07). Montage: An apple peeler, a nutcracker, an early automobile (0:18). Animated “Discovery ‘67” opening titles (0:43). A red 1909 Ford Model T touring car rolls to a stop. A horse-drawn carriage. A penny farthing bicycle (1:12). The Model T drives around the campus of Greenfield Village in autumn (2:03). Bill Owen releases the handbrake of the Model T in closeup, then engages the clutch and turns a crank handle (2:36). A 1909 sports car races by (3:11). A player piano in closeup shows automatically depressed keys, a scrolling roll. Pull back to reveal Virginia Gibson in a turn of the century costume, pumping the pedals (3:51). An early vacuum cleaner is operated by pulling a manual handle (5:15). A sewing machine operated by a foot pedal (5:55). Kitchen innovations: An ice box with a large ice cube. (6:24). An antique butter churn is demonstrated alongside a modern churn driven by a lever. Gibson tastes a glob of butter (7:14). A sausage making machine is demonstrated. A sausage casing is filled with meat (7:58). A novel apple peeler rotates, then fails (8:38). A cast-iron nutcracker in the shape of a lion (9:10). A washing machine, soap…

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Running time
21 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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