[Research Work]
[Research Work] is a short film from ca. 1930s released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
General Motors Research Laboratories. Very nicely photographed.
title: "John B. Kennedy reports -- Back to the days when the biggest knocker in the country lived under the hood of your car." Man drives 1930s Chevrolet off the surface of Earth; Earth recedes out of back window; car proceeds back in time by 1928 to 1922 (good) Engine knocking with motion-picture variable density soundtrack visible at left of frame to represent knocking visually How Ethyl (lead) ended engine knocking title: "Lowell Thomas reports -- This thing called temperature depends upon what you are, not where you are!" great timelapse shot showing ice melting in reverse and forming perfect cubes that dissolve into refrigerators drops of mercury falling onto table portly man holding Panama hat in left hand and fanning himself with fan in right hand CU thermometer on brick wall with temperature dropping from over 80 to minus 10 degrees. Ice forms around mortar as temperature drops Same portly man in heavy coat Frame splits to show his right half dressed in heavy coat, his left half in shirtsleeves fanning himself title: "John S, Young reports -- Science removes jitters from moving parts. Shakes, Shivers and Quivers Join extinct Dodo." POV on concrete road through windshield, showing bumping up and down Another POV smoothing smooth ride title: "John B. Kennedy reports -- "Looking for trouble" -- before it looks for you, is another big job in this one industry." Proving grounds and testing title: "The most important part of every automobile is something no manufacturer can build! As told by Edwin C. Hill." VS Great assembly footage Animated driver without a car moving through countryside Animated white-line automobile modernizes over time
Great montage of General Motors workers, plants, headquarters building in Detroit| [Research Work] | |
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| Produced by | Handy (Jam) Organization (unverified) |
Production company | Handy (Jam) Organization (unverified) |
| Distributed by | Handy (Jam) Organization (unverified) |
Release date | ca. 1930s |
| Language | English |
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