Happy Motoring Ahead!
Happy Motoring Ahead! is a short film from ca. 1945-46 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
15:01:51:01 VS bus and cars passing Esso gas station; cars pulling out of gas station.
15:03:49:08 Father in shirt and tie reading newspaper with young boy on his lap.
15:03:30:20 VS family riding on highway in convertible, two kids, little boy and girl, ride standing in backseat.
15:04:07:02 Nice POV shot from within car driving down highway.
15:04:37:15 Great shot of man driving woman in convertible on highway; camera set between man and woman .
15:06:11:07 VS man in convertible with family talking to gas station attendant; man tips one dollar to gas station attendant; man parks car at station in front of white picket fence with Certified Lubrication sign.
15:08:21:05 CU four stacks of coins; three stacks dissolve from frame, the fourth disappears one by one through stop motion animation leaving one coin in frame.
15:04:29:25 Point of view shot from driver s seat in car driving down highway.
15:09:03:17 VS Esso gas and service stations.
15:25:04:05 VS family in convertible driving on highway. Little boy and girl sit up in back seat.
15:26:51:02 CU man driving convertible talking to someone in passenger seat out of frame.
15:26:38:04 CU sign: Esso Credit Cards Honored.
15:27:48:13 VS Gas station attendant in hat and Esso worker suit smokes a cigarette and reads a magazine while leaning up against Esso gas station; gas station sees car with family pull up, he puts out cigarette and grumpily approaches the car then pumps their gas.
15:29:43:24 VS little boy in dirty Esso gas station washing hands; the paper towel contained is empty; the boy dries has hands on his shorts.
15:30:33:10 Gas station attendant at Esso station grabs newspaper then lights cigarette
15:32:27:19 VS of decrepit Esso gas station being cleaned and restored in phases; painted, scrubbed, washed, mowed.
15:38:01:29 VS CU gas pumps and gas price signs.| Happy Motoring Ahead! | |
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| Produced by | Bransby (John) Productions |
Production company | Bransby (John) Productions |
| Distributed by | Bransby (John) Productions |
Release date | ca. 1945-46 |
| Language | English |
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