[News Film - San Diego - Bob Mills - CLASSIC CARS]

Genre: television news film

Year Published: 1970s

Description:

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Another film from the Bob Mills archive, kindly donated by his daughter Paula. Mills was a TV personality in San Diego for many years in the 1960s-70s era. Much of that time he was at Channel 8, and any of those films will be posted on their YouTube channel. Anything he did after leaving Channel 8 will be posted here.

This particular film is missing most of its sound element, presumably on a separate sound reel that was lost long ago.

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Complete Record: 1970s 16mm News Film - San Diego - Bob Mills - CLASSIC CARS a 1970s 16mm news film from San Diego that discusses the fate of old cars. It highlights how many cars end up in junkyards, where usable parts are salvaged before the bodies are crushed and shipped overseas for recycling. Additionally, it features collectors like Richard Adams, who restore and cherish vintage automobiles, including rare models from brands like Packard and Bugatti.

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vintage cars, junkyards, car recycling, classic car collectors, antique automobiles, 1970s news film, San Diego, car restoration, automotive history, car clubs This channel is not monetized. If you like what you see here and would like to help me continue sharing cool stuff on my channel, please consider making a donation via Venmo @Pea-Hicks. Another film from the Bob Mills archive, kindly donated by his daughter Paula. Mills was a TV personality in San Diego for many years in the 1960s-70s era. Much of that time he was at Channel 8, and any of those films will be posted on their YouTube channel. Anything he did after leaving Channel 8 will be posted here. This particular film is missing most of its sound element, presumably on a separate sound reel that was lost long ago. Alot of time, effort, expensive equipment, and technical expertise goes into scanning these films and posting them for all to see. If you're interested in licensing this footage for use in your own video or film project, email phix@optigan.com

Transcription

for out of Detroit and every year more and more miles a highway are built for them to run on did you ever wonder what happens to all these cars happens to a lot of them and it's always the other guy's fault you notice that junkyard like this where the still usable parts are pulled off and sold the car bodies are smashed and flattened mainly for transportation purposes because more of them can be piled onto trucks and Hull that will spit out in pieces no bigger than a quarter and this action goes on after day and it's a harbor nearby I saw a huge pile of little tiny bits that would completely cover a two-story house six thousand Automobiles and from here they go to Japan or Germany melted down and back as Datsuns or Volkswagens but not all the old cars and trucks meet thats to their other kind of business Fred Finn had a heck of a time talk and you'll see many old cars brought up by truly Knoll and peskin still another type of old car that gets cleaned up shined up and put on a shelf as some valuable trophy Richard Adams of La Mesa is a collector of autos and there are thousands of members of and antique car clubs and Horseless Carriage clubs all around the world some index collection are very old like this 1910 Packard and some are not swoled he has a French Bugatti racing car and a kitty-sized Bugatti that's almost an exact replica a Mercedes-Benz touring car that looks like it might have belonged to Adolf Hitler but didn't and a huge old Rolls-Royce Town Car but I asked dick if he'd take me for a ride in this old Packard and after a few


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