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1920s: Man tries to inflate tire with hand pump; cu flat tire on model-T type car; people push car as car slowly falls apart; radiator overheats. 03:05:27 - 1910s: Cars assembled on assembly line; Model Ts leave factory; 1920s-30s cars on assembly line; chassis completed and new cars rolled out. 03:06:00: 1930s-40s: Policeman waves traffic on; cars on parkways, traffic jam in city 03:06:16 - Drive Ins - Car Hops bring food to cars, Waitress takes order; 1950s car drive into motel; cars enter Drive-In Movies; cars lined up in front of screen, hands take speakers, couple share drink as watch movie on drive-in screen. 03:07:03: COLOR: Flapper-dressed woman sings about wanting to own an Oldsmobile (1950s era); new sporty Oldsmobile's displayed at car show on revolving turntables. 03:07:31: COLOR: 1960 Rambler on road (front and back views); Man enters station wagon, opens door as camera dollies in POV entering car. 03:08:02: COLOR- Late 1960s cars on roads; camera pans through all manner of cars parked on grass that spans the Model T to a modern 1970s sedan and sports car. 03:08:50: COLOR - Slow Motion of car getting bumper impact test; 1970s era experimental cars displayed. 03:09:05- COLOR - 1990s: view inside auto dealership; Cadillacs displayed; people at auto show view concept cars on turntables, model at super sleek car To view this clip, please visit www.filmarchivesonline.com/onlineindex.shtml and click on HISTORY OF THE AUTO

01:22:42:16 - 01:23:34:07 Yellow Truck and Coach factory, cabs, trucks, Fifth Avenue traffic buses, man exits cab 01:23:33:21 - 01:24:45:12 Oldsmobile Washington DC capitol Bldg, Smithsonian, 1879 Oldsmobile, factory, cars, factory assemble, car catalogue 01:24:45:28 - 01:25:49:21 Cadillac headquarters, Dewar trophy, V8 engine, micrometer, LaSalle 01:25:49:21 - 01:28:00:18 Chevrolet Headquarters at GM building, assembly, hi angle assembly line, W. S. Knudsen 01:27:48:12 - 01:28:00:18 William S. Knudsen sits at desk and smokes cigar, president General Motors

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Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother) of Great Britain, attends services at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa, Canada. Exterior view and interior views of the Christ Church Cathedral (414 Sparks St., Ottawa, ON K1R 0B2, Canada). Sign on the stone wall of Cathedral reads: "Christ Church Cathedral." The Queen Mother arrives in a Cadillac automobile and walks past a group of Girl Scouts assembled on the lawn. She pauses to speak with some of the Girl Scouts. Photographers line the walkway and Royal Canadian Mounted Police hold open the doors of the Cathedral. The Rector greets the Queen Mother, who turns and waves to spectators, who mill about, many putting on their coats, after she enters the Cathedral. Front of the 1954 Cadillac car showing the British Royal Standard on the left front bumper. Location: Ottawa Ontario Canada. Date: November 14, 1954.

ORIG. COLOR 250 SOF / MAG. VS GEN. MOTORS CORP. CADILLAC AUTO PRODUCTION LINE ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS. MS WORKERS PUTTING CARDS IN TIME CLOCK. VS CADILLACS COMING OFF ASSEMBLY LINE. MORE ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS. VS AUTO TRAILERS LEAVING PLANT W / NEW CADILLACS BOUND FOR DEALERS. VS AUTOS BEING LOADED ON TRAILER. CI: INDUSTRIES: AUTO. BUILDINGS: FACTORIES, AUTO, CADILLAC. INDUSTRIES: WORKERS.

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GM IS BUILDING ITS FIRST NEW ASSEMBLY PLANT IN U-S IN 15 YEARS...THE HIGH-TECH LANSING GRAND RIVER PLANT WILL MAKE BOTH CARS AND TRUCKS

2:23 Trip to Japan by Jane Aaron. Aaron takes us to see Japan. 7:36 Jon Woronoff commentary by Eddie Becker. Woronoff, an author and businessman, talks about foreigners' misconceptions about Japan. The reason foreigners are fooled about Japan is because there are two levels of perception in Japan. One is called tatumai and it means illusion, or what one likes to consider things being. The other is called honei and it means truth, or the way things actually are in practice.  When the Japanese speak to foreigners they speak tatamai - they say that things look better than they really are, that everything in Japan is harmonious, tranquil and peaceful. When they speak to Japanese, they speak honei - that is, they speak the truth and this is the way it is in their written articles and in the television media. 10:50 The Zenshuji Zendeko Drummers by Nancy Cain. A team of Japanese boys play drums in Los Angeles. 11:13 Japanese-American Internment. A look back at the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Featuring a vintage propaganda film starring Ronald Reagan and later footage of him offering reparations to the victims of internment. Frank Emi remembers this dark period of American history. Our Civil Rights were stripped away even though Naval Intelligence and FBI had completely cleared Japanese-Americans of any espionage.  He remembers that even liberal politicians like Earl Warren jumped on the bandwagon. Reagan's pardon took over 40 years...it took too long! yes, but you'd have to research the propaganda film 16:19 The Zenshuji Zendeko Drummers by Nancy Cain. 23:18 Trip to Japan by Jane Aaron. In Hiroshima, Aaron searches for a Western-style toilet. 25:44 Paul Igasaki commentary by Eddie Becker. Igasaki warns of a resurgence of anti-Japanese prejudice or Japan bashing in the United States. 27:44 May 1990 commercial by the Tri-State Pontiac Dealers Association urging Americans not to buy Japanese cars. 2 8:15 Paul Igasaki commentary by Eddie Becker. Igasaki shows us examples of anti-Japanese imagery in American advertising. 29:42 Oklahoma commercial. Businessmen from Chickasha, OK, advertise free land to Japanese businessmen to move an industry to their town. 30:32 Jon Woronoff continues to dispel myths about Japan. Not all Japanese companies offer lifetime employment, only the large Japanese companies don't lay off workers. Small companies, on the other hand, have to fire massive numbers of people. 32:07 Ralph Nader commentary by Eddie Becker. Nader decries the failure of American capitalism. In 1980, the top executives of Fortune 300 companies were earning forty-five times what entry level employees were earning. Today it's ninety times as much. In Japan, the head of Toyota earns eight times what an assembly plant worker earns. We've had a massive failure of our managerial class here in the U.S. 32:38 Images from Japanese automated assembly lines. 40:00 Japanese girl eats in some sort of a petting zoo. 40:43 Doug Michels on Japanese TV. Michels is seen on Japanese TV talking about his projects such as Cadillac Ranch, an art piece done by The Ant Farm, and Bluestar, a futuristic think tank in space, and a proposal for a 50's-style theme park, Cadillac Fin, in Japan. ? 49:29 Trip to Japan by Jane Aaron. Public transportation. 49:50 More Jon Woronoff commentary. The worst New York subway situation is nothing compared to Japan. In Japan , the subways are filled to four or five times capacity. They actually have pushers - people who push passengers into the trains. It's mind-boggling. Japanese people travel this way day in and day out. Americans couldn't stand it. They would get claustrophobic. 51:54 Trip to Japan - Peace Park in Hiroshima by Jane Aaron. Over visuals of Hiroshima's Memorial Park, Harry S. Truman's voice explains the dropping of the Atom bomb. I never had any qualms about it. I wanted to end the war in victory with the least possible loss of U.S. lives. The bomb was just another piece of artillery, and as Napoleon once said, 'The Lord is on the side with the heaviest artillery.' Truman's nonchalance is contrasted heavily with the testimonial of a Japanese woman describing the death of their countrymen from radiation poisoning. probably. Ask us first. 54:49 Ronald Reagan acts in more U.S. government industrial films. 55:47 The Zenshuji Zendeko Drummers by Nancy Cain plays under credits.

ORIG / COL / SOF / MAG / SIL CS: SU CORDTZ ON AMERICAN AUTO SALES. EXTS "LINCOLN MERCURY" "OLDSMOBILE" SHOWROOM. VO CORDTZ. MS LOADED AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORT TRAILER TRUCK PASSING IN FRONT OF CAMERA. SU CORDTZ. VS AUTO ASSEMBLY LINE PRODUCTION IN GENERAL MOTORS "CADILLAC" PLANT. END CS. CI: INDUSTRIES: AUTO: CADILLAC.

Boy smiles at camera and introduces himself. Titles. Map of United States, camera zooms in on Michigan area. Male tour guide stands next to a Model T car, talks about it with boys. CU hand cranking the lever on the car. The group jumps in the car. CU on the dashboard. The car drives forward. CU pedals on the floor of car. CU hand brake. CU steering wheel with finger pointing to accelerator. CU dashboard with key in the ignition. Boy shouts 'I Live In Detroit!'. Montage of city traffic lights, street signs, the Ford plant, highway, city skyline, various views of downtown, city buildings, street signs (Cadillac Square). CU of the outline of Detroit on a map of the region. View of exterior of an automobile plant. Silent film footage of auto factory workers put together chassis by hand. Men roll partially built car around the factory floor (Model T grill). Tire rims roll down conveyor belt. Engines on conveyor belt. Model T cars drive out of factory. Modern day factory assembly line montage, CU auto parts on conveyor machines, hood placed on top of car, sparks fly from welding machine, frame of car is carried by overhead hooks to next station, engines are lowered into cars, man paints car with paint sprayer. Montage of kids in bumper cars attraction, fast editing in places. End credits.

Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon of the United Kingdom (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother) arrives at the Canadian National War Memorial (Wellington St, Ottawa, ON K1P 5A4, Canada) in a Cadillac automobile with a clear plastic roof. She walks along a line of Canadian war veterans and converses with some of them. Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer holds back crowd of enthusiastic spectators. The Queen Mother places a wreath at the base of the war memorial, which is already adorned with countless wreaths placed there on Canada's Remembrance Day. Memorial is engraved: "1914-1918." The Queen Mother wears three pearl necklaces. Canadian spectators pack the sidewalks, as the Queen Mother rides along the streets of Ottawa. Views, from a height, of the ceremony at the National War Memorial. The Queen Mother stands before assembled officials. A military band is in formation. Large numbers of spectators are assembled to watch. The Queen Mother's wreath is shown with its card reading: "From Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother." Location: Ottawa Ontario Canada. Date: November 13, 1954.

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ORIG. COLOR 500 SOF / MAG. VS 1975 MODEL CADILLAC CARS BEING ASSEMBLED IN FACTORY. DETAIL CU'S OF ASSEMBLY PROCEDURES. SHOTS OF FINISHED CARS ON DISPLAY IN DEALERS SHOWROOM. MORE OF ASSEMBLY LINE, SHOWING PRODUCTION METHODS. CU CADILLAC EMBLEM. CI: INDUSTRIES: AUTO.

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1960 NEWSREEL 15

Aerial view of Detroit, an overcast day in August 2023 Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly, also known as Factory Zero, is a General Motors automobile assembly plant located straddling the border between Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan. It was built on the original location of the "Dodge Factory" built in 1911, which was closed in 1980 and demolished in 1981, and the new GM factory built vehicles for GM's "BOC" (Buick/Oldsmobile Group/Cadillac). The first vehicle, a Cadillac Eldorado, rolled off the assembly line on February 4, 1985.

750 CP SOF OPT / OC SOF MAG A ROLL FTG OF LAST CADILLAC. VS CADILLACS IN VARIOUS STAGES OF COMPLETION ON ASSEMBLY LINE. GOOD ASSEMBLY LINE FOOTAGE (COLOR PRINT APPARENTLY PROVIDED BY GM). VO AARONS (?). VS HIGHWAY TRAFFIC (SHOT FROM OVERPASS) AND STREET TRAFFIC IN DETROIT AREA. INTV W/ CADILLAC SPOKESMAN ABOUT END OF PRODUCTION OF CONVERTIBLES. VS FINISHING TOUCHES BEING PUT ON LAST CADILLAC CONVERTIBLE ON ASSEMBLY LINE. INTV W/ MAN WHO MAKES CLOTHS TOPS FOR CADDIE CONVERTIBLES.