Streamlines
Streamlines is a short film from 1936 released on 35mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
"STREAMLINES ADD TO THE SAFETY, ECONOMY & COMFORT OF THE MODERN AUTOMOBILE AS WELL AS TO THE BEAUTY."
kids swimming shot of 3 kids calling offscreen kids into water slomo of adult male diver into pool underwater shot of long thin fish swimming people outside office building fighting back against strong wind Pan following pelicans and gulls swimming onto and around pier VS birds flying Wind tunnel sequence shot from inside: model plane tested in windstream to observe action of air currents Engineer looking at airspeed meter Man lecturing how motion pictures are taken of liquid movement in an air stream to record air currents Aluminum dust added to liquid man spreads it in small pool Camera cranes down to show wedge in current cutting through liquid CUs of nonstreamlined and streamlined shapes abstract, good Flat side of triangle resists air and liquid flow Sphere shown Egg-shaped body showing resistance Wing-shaped body with fewer eddies Streamlined body with blunt nose and tapering rear, geometric design (parabola) Lots of abstract shapes shown in fluid which depicts airflow around these bodies High angle pan looking down on busy city street showing traffic (good) Hand drawing shapes on blackboard Animation of streamlined city of future, where cars can go 100 miles per hour (good) Hand drawing pencil renderings of streamlined features of 1937automobiles wipe in and out of actual features shown on a current-model 1937 car (this happens five or six times with different features) Running shot of 1937 Chevrolet from different angles
Circular wipe to Chevy hubcap and end title| Streamlines | |
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| Produced by | Handy (Jam) Organization |
Production company | Handy (Jam) Organization |
| Distributed by | Handy (Jam) Organization |
Release date | 1936 |
Running time | 6:47 |
| Language | English |
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