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TRANSPORTATION: THE WAY AHEAD
DN-RLB-114 Beta SP; NET-649 DigiBeta
Color
Documentary
1970s
Energy Crisis - Gas Lines - Gas Shortage - Research & experimental labs
Color 1970s Informational film about alternative fuels to drive cars in an age of high gasoline consumption & environmental limitations. ERDA presentation (Energy Research Development Administration) 00:54:25:00 Color 1970s BRIEF: Couple in suburbs leave for work in morning by car parking lot next to train station cars speeding by CAM fixed at a point along highway (probably Long Island Expressway you can see Shea Stadium in bg) CU gas station meter clicks off gallons HA & ground level view of heavy highway traffic speeding railroad train merchant ship at dock passenger plane (Pan Am) in flight man turns crankshaft to start antique turn-of-century car. 00:56:36:00 Color 1970s VS highway traffic CU automobile engines lab research technician ECU finger flicks starter switch 00:58:23:00 Color 1970s Electric power cars on road INT electric car engine battery cell industrial storage tank technicians at work at Brookhaven labs industrial gauges and valves 01:01:00:00 Color 1970s Hydrogen fuel bus highway traffic ECU gas station nozzle into gas tank (pumping gas) gas station meter registers gallons car line at station for gas...sign "Sorry No Gas - Pumps Closed" ( 1970s gas shortage) President Jimmy Carter's picture on front page of newspaper (fuel shortage) Chevrolet car electric panel truck car engine under hood suburban car ride POV backseat
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