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So that’s what Warner Bros. did with all that excess footage of James Dean.
Points just as valid now as then. Cool video!
And what did you see at 6:40, 7:24 and 7:32?
Old man mountain looks like a diaper wearing pedophile. On a side note had I been driving in 1935, I would have died in a bad car wreck and then been molested by Old man mountain.
What did you see THREE times in the film?
The yellow came on to signal a pending change to either green or red. What a concept.
Thats an awesome video!
“CarPerson :
September 29th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
What did you see THREE times in the film?
The yellow came on to signal a pending change to either green or red. What a concept.”
Yes, still in use many places around the world. Wonder why they stopped doing it in the US?
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Notice how the responsibility for safety was the driver’s, not the car manufacturer’s ? Most of those cars were 37s.
Another classic Jam Handy production for one of the (at the time) “Big Three.”
If you ever have a moment, do a Google search on Jamison Handy, a Detroit resident and maker of documentary and educational films, as well as a champion Olympic swimmer. At its peak, the Jam Handy Organization was cranking out enough film footage to rival some Hollywood studios.
Notice how the responsibility for safety was the driver’s, not the car manufacturer’s ?
That explains why the fatality rate in 1937 was 11 times greater in 1937 than it was in 2008. Relying on drivers to do everything isn’t nearly as effective as are good design and safety equipment.
There were actually almost 4,000 more highway deaths in 1937 than there were in 2008, even though the population and mileage driven in this decade are obviously substantially higher than they were back then. We are much better off now than we were then, except for those nifty stoplights.
There were several films Jam Handy made featuring Chevrolet vehicles. The later ones, including PEG LEG PEDRO, involved Max Fleischer, who joined Jam Handy after Paramount took control of the Fleischer studio.
So, according to this video, there’s a tiny cartoon man in a top hat dancing on my shoulder, trying to kill me absolutely all the time?
That explains the creepy voice from the backseat.
So, at 7:00, I guess we enter Oz, where everything’s in color…
About 1974 or so, Reckless Rudolf finely got the drop on Sensible Sam, and let him have both barrels of a 12 gauge. Sensible Sam hasn’t been seen since on any American road.
Excellent video. I miss old GM.
OHHHHHhh gotta love the three-lane road a minute and a half in. Suicide lane!