The Automotive American

Series: American Memoir Series

Duration: 0:29:00

Year Published: 1961

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center | National Educational Television: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Describes the vast change the automobile has wrought in the American way of life and indicates that automobile production has become central to our economy. Shows that in the early 1900s a "merry Oldsmobile" was a luxury few could afford, but with the Model-T, the pleasures of motoring became accessible to anyone willing to endure its mechanical eccentricities. Discusses whether or not the modern "compact" car is a symbol of progress, and looks back with nostalgia on the "free-wheeling" adventurous days of the Model-T.

Complete Record: , Describes the vast change the automobile has wrought in the American way of life and indicates that automobile production has become central to our economy. Shows that in the early 1900s a "merry Oldsmobile" was a luxury few could afford, but with the Model-T, the pleasures of motoring became accessible to anyone willing to endure its mechanical eccentricities. Discusses whether or not the modern "compact" car is a symbol of progress, and looks back with nostalgia on the "free-wheeling" adventurous days of the Model-T.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.