The American Automobile Timeline 1899-1970
The American Automobile 1899-1970
Multimedial Historical Collection
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1958

GM marks its 50th anniversary with the year-long Golden Milestone celebration. The theme is "From the Progress of the Past - the Promise of the Future".
The first demonstration of an automatically guided automobile takes place at the GM Tech Center, introducing the possibility of a built-in guidance system for tomorrow's highways.
This year GM also sponsorize "American Look".The definitive Popoluxe film on 1950s automotive, industrial, interior and architectural design.
Although the 1958 Buicks keep last year's roof line and fins, there are new curves in the sheetmetal again this year. The 1958 Buicks almost pass for Oldsmobiles of the same year, equally sharing the same amount of afterghought chrome.
Buick production is a low 257,124 setting Buick in fifth place. Buicks are capturing the prestige market's attention as prices reache a high of $4,700, and strangely enough, a low of $2,900.
Debuting with the Ford Edsel, and being outlived by it, is Buick's air bag suspension. A fan belt driven compressor feeds air to a tank located between the frame horns. From there the compressed air is routed to each of the four air bags, which replaces the coil springs. Fortunately, this system is optional, front and rear, on this year's Buicks. In 1959 it will be optional on the rear only, then faded out of production.
Getting back to 1958, Buick offers a dual exhaust system with two resonators placed before and after each muffler.
1958 also marks the debut of Germany's four-cylinder Opel, which is to be sold through American Buick dealerships.
In January Ford's Mercury, Lincoln and Edsel divisions are joined to form M-E-L (Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln) Division.
This year Ford comes up with more "rocketry" in their concept cars: the DePaolo and the X-2000.
The first Toyotas and Datsuns are on sale in the US.
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In gennaio le divisioni della Ford, Mercury, Lincoln ed Edsel, vengono riunite per formare la M-E-L (Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln) Division.
La GM festeggia il suo 50esimo anniversario con una festa che dura un intero anno chiamata Golden Milestone. Il tema dell'esposizione, che si svolge in contemporanea nelle sedi dei concessionari sull'intero territorio nazionale, e': "Dal Progresso del Passato - la Promessa del Futuro".
Sempre nell'ambito delle celebrazioni per il cinquantenario, la GM sponsorizza un mediometraggio, American Look, con l'obbiettivo di fare il punto sullo stato del design industriale in generale, con particolare riguardo al design automobilistico.
La prima dimostrazione di un'automobile in grado di essere teleguidata dall'esterno ha luogo presso il GM Tech Center. Viene cosi' introdotto il concetto di poter avere in futuro un sistema di guida integrato sulle autostrade.
La Ford prepara due altre Concept Cars, la DePaolo e la X-2000. Assomigliano a due missili... per volare raso terra!
Anche nel 1958 per le Buick ci sono lievi cambiamenti, affinamenti, ma sempre con una grande abbondanza di cromature. Le vendite scendono leggermente a favore delle Oldsmobile che, in quanto a cromo, quest'anno si sono quasi portate alla pari delle Buick.
257.124 modelli portano la Buick a scendere al quinto posto nelle vendite del 1958.
La Buick comunque ha catturato l'attenzione del mercato delle auto di prestigio (o viceversa) dal momento che i suoi prezzi hanno raggiunto i 4.700 dollari.
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1958-54-58GMFirebirdConcCars.mov
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Compilation of sequences from GM films about GM Firebird concept cars produced from 1954 to 1958.
Compilation di sequenze d'epoca delle concept car della GM Firebird I, II e III.
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1958american-look.mpeg
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American Look (1958)
Sponsor: Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corporation
Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization
This great Jem Handy picture picks up where the American Engineer left off, and tells us all about the wonderous stylings of America today.
Film di Jam Handy in "Superscope" che riprende il discorso di American Engineer. Ci racconta le nuove meraviglie dello styling in un mondo del futuro sempre utopisticamente perfetto. Nella terza parte Importanti sequenze delle nuovissime concept cars GM.
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1958cadillac-tv-ad4541.mp4
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Cadillac double TV ad.
Doppio spot TV della Cadillac.
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Cadillac TV ad.
Spot TV della Cadillac.
1958chevy-ad-Pat-Boone.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:08:43 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Sponsor: Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corporation
Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization
Chevrolet movie ad featuring Pat Boone.
Spot per uso cinematografico Chevrolet. Testimonial il famoso cantante Pat Boone.
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1958chevy-belair-cv6588.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:04 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives
A 1958 Chevrolet BelAir. Actual footage. Filmed at an historic-cars meeting.
Una Chevrolet BelAir del 1958. Video girato ad un raduno di auto storiche.
1958chevy-impala-cv01.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:10 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
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A 1958 Chevrolet Impala. Actual footage. Filmed at an historic-cars meeting.
Una Chevrolet Impala del 1958. Video girato ad un raduno di auto storiche.
1958chevy-impala54554.mov
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Run Time: 00:02:11 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: GM
Chevrolet TV ad.
Spot TV Chevrolet.
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1958ChryslerAlcoaAlluminuad.mpg
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Run Time: 00:01:19 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: #
Producer: Chrysler/Alcoa Alluminum
Chrysler/Alcoa Alluminum TV ad, with many sequences of Chrysler cars.
Spot TV della Alcoa Alluminum. Produceva l'alluminio usato nella fabbricazione dei veicoli Chrysler.
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1958ChryslerComparativeTestSC.mp4
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Run Time: 00:19:49 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Chrysler comparative test film.
Filmato della Chrysler su un test compatrastivo con auto di altre marche.
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1958desoto-cv665.mov
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Filetype: Quicktime movie Filesize: 412 KB
Producer: Romano-Archives / Vincenzo Romano
Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
A 1958 DeSoto convertible. Actual footage. Filmed at an historic-cars meeting.
Una DeSoto convertibile del 1958. Video girato ad un raduno di auto storiche.
1958DeSotoAd04991.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:26 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
DeSoto TV ad.
Spot TV DeSoto.
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1958DeSotoAd04992.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:27 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
DeSoto TV ad.
Spot TV DeSoto.
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1958DeSotoAd04993.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:26 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
DeSoto TV ad.
Spot TV DeSoto.
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1958DeSotoAd04994.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:26 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
DeSoto TV ad.
Spot TV DeSoto.
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1958DeSotoAd04995.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:27 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
DeSoto TV ad.
Spot TV DeSoto.
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1958DesotoTVSpotGroucho.mov
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Run Time: 00:03:33 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
DeSoto TV ad featuring Groucho Marx.
Spot TV DeSoto con Groucho Marx.
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1958DodgeTVSpot04901.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:31 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Dodge TV ad.
Spot TV Dodge.
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1958DodgeTVSpot04902.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:56 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Dodge TV ad.
Spot TV Dodge.
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1958DodgeTVSpot04903.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:15 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Dodge TV ad.
Spot TV Dodge.
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1958DrivingTips-Series1.mpeg
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Run time: 00:09:30 Audio/Visual: sound, color Quality # # # # #
Production Company: Davis (Sid) Productions
After the titles, the film just launches into our first tip.. Don't tailgate! Nice looking smashes of 1950's cars are shown. Luckily, this film has not a trace of blood in it. Other tips are shown, eg don't litter (which is hilariously shown here as the people are just hurling stuff from their cars, how to pass, and of course, this being a Sid Davis film, the encompassing fear of picking up hitchhikers! Well, ok.. as the narrator says, "It's not a wise act to pick up hitchhikers indiscriminately". SO PICK AND CHOOSE YOUR HITCHERS!
Cortometraggio di una serie dedicata ai consigli per una guida sicura.
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1958DrivingTips-Series2.mpeg
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Warnings of drinking and driving, speeding, approaching a stopped school bus, the dangers of signal jumping "usually jumping into trouble", driving too slowly, drowsiness, driving on street car tracks, getting stuck in sand or mud.
Cortometraggio di una serie dedicata ai consigli per una guida sicura.
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1958edsel-ad-col-long-mute-b.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:13 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford Edsel footage for internal use.
Filmato Ford per uso interno.
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1958edsel-ad.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:27 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad.
Spot TV Ford.
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1958edsel-SoundColFilmSC.mov
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Run Time: 00:06:49 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford Edsel theastrical ad.
Filmato pubblicitario Ford.
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1958Ford-AD04698901.mov
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Run Time: 00:02:00 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad.
Spot TV Ford.
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1958Ford-AD04698902.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:59 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad.
Spot TV Ford.
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1958Ford-AD04698903.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:56 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad.
Spot TV Ford.
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1958Ford-AD046989091.mov
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Run Time: 00:03:01 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad.
Spot TV Ford.
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1958ford-edsel-ad-bw-m-b.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:23 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # #
Filetype: Quicktime movie Filesize: 908 KB
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad. Fragment.
Frammento muto di spot TV Ford.
1958ford-edsel-ad-bw-m-b.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:23 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad. Fragment.
Frammento muto di spot TV Ford.
1958EdselTVPresentationSC01.mp4
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Run Time: 00:02:21 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford Edsel TV ad.
Spot TV Ford.
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1958EdselTVPresentationSC02.mp4
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Run Time: 00:02:30 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford Edsel TV ad.
Spot TV Ford.
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1958EdselColorFilmAssLineSC01.mp4
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Run Time: 00:03:16 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Okefenooke Interlude (1958)
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford Edsel theatrical ad. (Fragment)
Frammento di spot cinematografico Ford.
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1958ford-tbird-mute871.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:21 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Sequences of Ford Thunderbirds running from 1958 Ford TV ads.
Sequenze di varie Ford Thunderbird in movimento tratte da spots televisivi Ford del 1958.
1958ford-tbird-mute872.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:22 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Sequences of Ford Thunderbirds running from 1958 Ford TV ads.
Sequenze di varie Ford Thunderbird in movimento tratte da spots televisivi Ford del 1958.
1958ford-tbird-mute873.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:16 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Sequences of Ford Thunderbirds running from 1958 Ford TV ads.
Sequenze di varie Ford Thunderbird in movimento tratte da spots televisivi Ford del 1958.
1958FordEdsel-Radio-ad41588.mp3 Available on CD
Run Time: 00:01:28 Audio/Visual: sound Quality: # # # # #
Filetype: Mp3 Filesize: 1,3 MB
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford radio ad.
Spot radiofonico Ford.
1958FordSkylinerTVAD04985.mov
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Run Time: 00:02:05 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad.
Spot TV Ford.
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1958FordTVadLucilleBallSC01.mp4
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Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad with Lucille Ball.
Spot TV Ford.
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1958FordTVadFilmedInParisSC.mp4
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Run Time: 00:02:00 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad with Lucille Ball.
Spot TV Ford.
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1958gm-conc-firebird-lll.mpg
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Run Time: 00:00:07 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Filetype: MPEG Filesize: 360 KB
A 1958 GM concept car Firebird lll . Actual footage. Filmed at an historic-cars meeting.
Una concept car GM del 1958, la Firebird lll. Video girato ad un raduno di auto storiche.
1958GM-TvadBW55454.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:12 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: GM
GM TV ad.
Spot TV GM.
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1958ChevyFullLineSelesFilnstripSC.mp4
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Run Time: 00:19:35 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
Producer: GM
Chevrolet filmstrip for internal use. Original soundtrack.
Filnstrip della Chevrolet per uso interno con sonoro originale.
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1958ChevySelesFilnstripSC.mp4
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Highligts on the 58 (1958)
Producer: GM
Chevrolet filmstrip for internal use. Original soundtrack.
Filnstrip della Chevrolet per uso interno con sonoro originale.
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1958HaveIToldYouMP2.mpeg
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Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? (1958)
Sponsor: N/A
Producer: University of Southern Califonia (student film)
Imaginative film showing how automatic gadgets in homes and workplaces alienate people from one another.
Film prodotto nel 1958 dagli studenti dell'Università di California. Splendide sequenze di auto ed autostrade.
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1958How-Much-Affection.mpg
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Marriage and Family Living Series: How Much Affection? (1958)
Sponsor: N/A
Producer: Crawley Films
How far can young people go in petting and still stay within the bounds of personal standards and social mores?
Fino a che punto ci si può abbandonare al petting... sui sedili dell'auto di papà.
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1958Ingenuity-in-action.mpeg
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Ingenuity in Action (1958)
Sponsor: Hot Rod Magazine
Producer: Davis (Sid) Productions
Made for hot rod fans; explains how to prepare and enter a car show; also serves as an ethnographic account of the "nomadic tribe of hotrodders".
Film per appassionati di hot-rods, con interessantissimi cenni "etnografici" sulle tribù nomadi degli hotrodders del 1958.
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1958lincoln-continental-cv01.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:15 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives
A 1958 Lincoln Continental
Una Lincoln Continental del 1958.
1958PlymouthAD04991.mov
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Run Time: 00:02:59 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth TV ad.
Spot TV Plymouth.
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1958PlymouthTVSpot042.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:28 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth TV ad.
Spot TV Plymouth.
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1958PlymouthTV-ad4744.mp4
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Run Time: 00:00:53 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth TV ad.
Spot TV Plymouth.
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1958PlymouthTVSpot043.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:11 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth TV ad.
Spot TV Plymouth.
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1958pontiac-bville-tripowercv.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:21 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives
A 1958 Pontiac Bonneville Tri-Power. Actual footage. Filmed at a historic-cars meeting.
Una Pontiac Bonneville Tri-Power del 1958. Video girato ad un raduno di auto storiche.
1958pontiacchieftainsafariwag.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:33 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives / Vincenzo Romano
Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
A 1958 Pontiac Chieftain Safari Wagon. Actual footage. Filmed at a historic-cars meeting.
Una Pontiac Chieftain Safari Wagon del 1958. Video girato ad un raduno di auto storiche.
1958RamblerBrochure.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:40 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives
Slideshow of the pages of a 1958 Rambler brochure.
Immagini in sequenza delle pagine di una brochure Rambler del 1958.
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1958service-station98858.mov
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Run Time: 00:02:27 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: unknown
Sequences of a big service station in 1958.
Una grossa area di servizio su un'autostrada americana del 1958.
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1958StudebakerBro-Holland.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:34 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives
Slideshow of the pages of a Dutch1958 Studebaker brochure.
Immagini in sequenza delle pagine di una brochure Studebaker olandese del 1958.
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1958tbird-4places-ad-bw-mute.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:45 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Silent fragment of a Ford TV ad.
Frammento muto di spot TV Ford.
1958tbird-ad-bw-mute5857-b.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:36 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Silent fragment of a Ford TV ad.
Frammento muto di spot TV Ford.
1958tbird-ad-dick-powell-bw-b.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:54 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # #
Filetype: Quicktime movie Filesize: 3,8 MB
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Silent fragment of a Ford TV ad.
Frammento muto di spot TV Ford.
1958tbird-col5588.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:20 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives
A 1958 Ford Thunderbird. Actual footage. Filmed at an historic-cars meeting.
Una Ford Thunderbird del 1958. Video girato ad un raduno di auto storiche.
1958tbird-cv-ad-bw-mute.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:22 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Silent fragment of a Ford TV ad.
Frammento muto di spot TV Ford.
1958vette-col5556-b.mov
Available on DVD

Run Time: 00:00:29 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives
A 1958 Chevrolet Corvette. Actual footage. Filmed at an historic-cars meeting.
Una Chevrolet Corvette del 1958. Video girato ad un raduno di auto storiche.
1958vette-col5557-b.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:20 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives
A 1958 Chevrolet Corvette. Actual footage. Filmed at an historic-cars meeting.
Una Chevrolet Corvette del 1958. Video girato ad un raduno di auto storiche.
1958vette564501.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:14 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives
A 1958 Chevrolet Corvette. Actual footage. Filmed at an historic-cars meeting.
Una Chevrolet Corvette del 1958. Video girato ad un raduno di auto storiche.
1958winter-carwash.mov
Available on DVD

Run Time: 00:00:49 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: unknown
Amateur movie of a Winter 1958 car wash.
Filmato amatoriale girato nell'inverno 1958 ad un autolavaggio.
1958YourSafetyFirst-MP2.mpeg
Available on DVD

Run Time: 00:12:38 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
Your Safety First (1958)
Producer: John Sutherland
This John Sutherland cartoon from the late 1950's begins with newspaper headlines about space travel and tax cuts while Dad contemplates buying a new car on Oct. 5, 2000. Pampered Mom, computerized home, 4 hour work day, and cars that drive themselves. A comical pre-1960 history of the auto industry's "remarkable inventions" making cars better and safer so more and more could enjoy operating them follows. Too bad the flying cars didn't work out, but I'd settle for the 4 hour work day.
Un altro cartone animato che parla del futuro dell'industria automobilistica.
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1958StopDrivingUsCrazy.mpeg
Available on DVD

Run Time: 00:9:51 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
Stop Driving Us Crazy (1958)
Producer:: Roger Burgess
The basic plot line of this film, of a Martian observer making comments our driving habits, would be taken up again, and done better, in the Canadian National Film Board classic "Out Of This World!". What this film does have going for it is a great sound track by jazz legend Art Blakey and the weird late 50's minimalist animation style, reminiscant of Gene Deitch and Columbia Animation. The religious overtones, especially when coupled with the basic plot, just adds to the weirdness.
Un altro cartone animato che parla del problema dell'alcool al volante.
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1958edited-1953dragnet_bigseventeen.mpeg
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Run Time: 00:52:58 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
DragNet-The Big Seventeen (1953-1958 TV Movie with original Commercials)
Sergeant Friday investigates the destruction of a movie theater by a gang a teenagers! The cops find a small box containing marijuana and put two-and-two together: the reefer is making the kids go wild! Turns out that teenage Johnny is pushing weed, yellow jackets, goof balls and "H." His friend tells the police but it's too late...Johnny takes a hot shot and dies! Nice TV ads promoting the new 1958 cars. The original DragNet episode is from 1953.
Telefilm antidroga del 1953 trasmesso nel 1958 e completo degli intervalli pubblicitari originali.
1958ChryslerTVShow.mov
Available on DVD

Run Time: 00:00:48 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Prior to this 1958 broadcast, live TV shows were routinely preserved in monochrome either by film kinescope recording, or beginning in 1957, on black and white Video Tape. This is the first TV transmission recorded (and wonderfully preserved) using color Video Tape in the World! That happened in Wichita, Kansas, in October, 17, 1958. The show was an acclaimed Emmy award-winning NBC special, "An Evening with Fred Astaire", sponsored by Chrysler Corporation.
Show televisivo a colori del 1958 condotto da Fred Astaire e sponsorizzato dalla Chrysler Corporation. Il primo programma televisivo al mondo registrato (ed ottimamente conservato) su Video Tape a colori.
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1958cadillacnew-ad4541.mp4
Available on DVD

Run Time: 00:00:57 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # # #
Cadillac TV ad.
Spot TV della Cadillac.
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1958Plymouth-tvAd5.mp4
Available on DVD

Run Time: 00:00:53 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth TV ad.
Spot TV Plymouth.
1958Edselhiresad.mp4
Available on DVD

Run Time: 00:02:20 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad. The new Edsel full line.
Spot TV Ford per la linea completa della nuova Edsel.
1958OldsmobileColTVAd01SC.mov
Available on DVD

Run Time: 00:00:51 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # #
Producer: GM
Oldsmobile TV ad.
Spot TV Oldsmobile.
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1958OldsmobileColTVAd01SC.mov
Available on DVD

Run Time: 00:00:43 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # #
Producer: GM
Oldsmobile TV ad.
Spot TV Oldsmobile.
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1958OldsmobileColTVAd01SC.mov
Available on DVD

Run Time: 00:00:33 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # #
Producer: GM
Oldsmobile TV ad.
Spot TV Oldsmobile.
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1958October-59ModPresentSC.mov
Available on DVD

Run Time: 00:01:36 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: GM
Chevrolet TV ad broadcasted in October 1958 to present the 1959 model..
Spot TV Chevrolet per presentare il modello 1959, andato in onda nell'Ottobre 1958.
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Partial and demonstrative List of the items contained in The American Automobile Timeline 1899-1970 - Multimedial Historical Collection
We do provide duplicates of the multimedial files of the Collection on a customized DVD-ROM. (1)
Almost all the digital copies of the films are good quality Hi-Res editable videos.
Hundreds of hours of footage from this Collection are available in different format, size and definition. We can suggest you the right one for the use you have in mind.
PRIVATE USE: home TV vision (DVD-Divx player), PC, iPod.
WE LICENSE FOOTAGE from our Collections for: multimedial creations on CD or DVD, TV commercials, film or TV programs, documentary Productions, web sites, marketing/ad campaigns, video email, electronic kiosks, trade shows, business seminars, cultural events, museums, expositions... and more.
Hi-Res videos from our Collections are available on DVD, CD or directly in your inbox. Clips and movies can also be downloaded from our servers using a PW or uploaded by us to your FTP.
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(1) It is possible to obtain digital duplicates of the multimedial files (movies, videos, audio documents, and Virtual Reality files) from Romano-Archives for research, teaching, general interest user information, and private study purposes.
The files are available on a customized DVD-ROM.
Billing is done when the order is fulfilled. Payment instructions will follow. Normal turn around time for requests is 3 weeks. Rush (2-3 business days) is available for an additional fee of 40 Euros.
Romano-Archives will provide up to 2,000 (or about 10% of this Collection) multimedial files to a single requesting party.
If you have any questions about the fees or need clarification of the service of providing digital multimedial files, please contact Vincent Romano.
The multimedial files of the Collections are compatible with the free version of the most common players: Quicktime Player , Real Player, Windows Media Player.
Mac users can easily view MPEG 1, MPEG 2, MPEG 4, and Divx movies in MacOSX with the free version of this program: VLC Media Player.
All the material in the Romano-Archives Collections is in the public domain and has no copyright attached to it. Only exception are original articles or texts published on this Website and the Romano-Archives' original compilations on CDs or DVDs that are subject to copyright.
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Elenco Parziale e dimostrativo della Collezione di materiale Multimediale sulla Storia dell'Automobile Americana 1899-1970.
(Filmati, video, documenti audio, files Virtual Reality, immagini in sequenza, filmstrips originali e ricostruite, e quant'altro)
Forniamo duplicati dei files multimediali della Collezione su DVD-ROM personalizzati. (1)
Quasi tutte le versioni digitalizzate dei filmati sono state realizzate in alta risoluzione, con la migliore qualità audio-video possibile e sono copie editabili (possono cioè essere tagliate ed usate per qualsiasi tipo di montaggio digitale).
I video in alta risoluzione delle nostre Collezioni sono disponibili su DVD, CD o direttamente via email. Film e video possono anche essere scaricati dai nostri server con una password o caricati da noi sul vostro FTP.
Tutti i video compresi in questa Collezione sono disponibili in differenti formati, dimensioni e livelli di risoluzione. Saremo lieti di suggerirvi il più adatto alle vostre esigenze: visione su TV (DVD-Divx player), PC o IPod.
Sono disponibili licenze per pubblicazione sul Web o creazione di opere multimediali su CD o DVD, produzione di documentari, programmi televisivi, proiezioni pubbliche per istituzioni scolastiche o universitarie, eventi culturali (visione su monitor, anche in ripetizione automatica "loop mode"), musei, esposizioni ed altro.
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(1) E' possibile ottenere duplicati digitali dei files multimediali (filmati, video, documenti audio, files Virtual Reality, PDF e quant'altro) da Romano-Archives per scopo di studio, insegnamento, informazione o ricerca storica.
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Il periodo normale di attesa per una spedizione è di circa tre settimane. Richieste di materiale storico con carattere di urgenza (2-3 giornate lavorative) vengono accettate dietro versamento di una somma extra di 40 Euro.
Per qualsiasi domanda riguardante le tariffe, o chiarimenti sui vari tipi di documenti facenti parte dei Romano-Archives e sui servizi che forniamo, contattate Vincent Romano.
I filmati e le clips multimediali compresi nelle Collezioni richiedono la versione gratuita dei players più comuni come Quicktime Player, Real Player, Windows Media Player.
Molti dei filmati d'archivio in alta qualità sono in formato Divx o MPEG 1, MPEG 2, MPEG 4. Gli utenti Macintosh possono facilmente visionare questi filmati in MacOSX con la versione gratuita di questo programma: VLC Media Player.
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