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The American Automobile Timeline 1899-1970


The American Automobile 1899-1970
Multimedial Historical Collection

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1949

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A brand-new spy aircraft, the X-1, begins to fly over Russia.

The first Volkswagen Beetle is sold in the United States.

Cadillac's one-millionth car is produced November 25, 1949.

GM opens "Transportation Unlimited", its first show since 1940, in New York.

With the dawning of 1949 there cames a new and different body style from Buick. They call it the "hardtop". Holes in the hood side are also new and that goes on to become a Buick hallmark. With wider grilles, parking lights are now placed atop the Buick's fenders with spearlike chrome strips trailing them. Gone are the balloon fenders and running boards, an heritage of the Buicks of the 40ies. Belt lines, now the very top edge of the Buick's front fenders, run straight back from them, just a few inches below the side windows, fading into the bulging curved rear fenders. Within these fenders are frenched taillights like these of a 1956 model Vette.

This year Cadillac introduces the Coupe de Ville, which is also Cadillac's first "hardtop" stiled automobile.

Chrysler automobiles starts with the key.



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1949youre_driving_90_horses.mpeg
Available on DVD
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Run Time: 00:23:15 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #

You're Drivin' 90 Horses (1949)
Producer: Bell Telephone Company

Instructional flm made for Bell truck drivers.
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1949chevy-cv-col-epoca.mov
Available on DVD
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Run Time: 00:00:40 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # # # # 

Producer: GM

Fragment of a GM promotional movie showing sequences of a 1949 Chevrolet convertible.


1949ChryslerDodgeDeSotoPly.mov
Available on DVD
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Run Time: 00:02:13 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #  

Producer: Romano-Archives / Vincenzo Romano
Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs

Slideshow. 1946 Chrysler, Dodge, DeSoto, and Plymouth cars images.


1949ChryslerServiceFilmStrip.mov
Available on DVD
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Run Time: 00:04:41 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #

Body Maintenance - Fitting Doors, Decki Lid and Hood (1949)
Producer: Chrysler

1949 Chrysler filmstrip, remade in 2004 by Romano-Archives from the single images and sonorized.


1949gas-station.mov
Available on DVD
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Run Time: 00:00:12 Audio/Visual: sileht, C # # #

Producer: unknown

Amateur film showing various shots of a big 1949 gas station.
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1949NashFilmstrip.mov
Available on DVD
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Run Time: 00:06:05 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #

Producer: Nash

1949 Nash filmstrip, re-made in 2004 by Romano-Archives from the single images and sonorized.
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1949RadioAutoRMiltonBerleShow.mp3 Available on CD

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Run Time: 00:29:34 Audio/Visual: sound Quality: # # # #
Filetype: Mp3 Filesize: 6,7 MB

 Producer: unknown

The Milton Berle Radio Show, with various automobile centric stories.


1949TheHumanBridge.mpeg
Available on DVD
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Run Time: 00:27:17 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #

The Human Bridge (1949)
Sponsor: Ford Motor Company
Producer: Wolff (Raphael G.) Studios, Inc.

The story of the revolutionary 1949 Ford.
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HERE to watch another excerpt from this film on YouTube


1949TheHumanBridge-Excerpts-Design.mov
Available on DVD
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Run Time: 00:01:27 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # 

Excerpt from the 1949 Ford promotional movie "The Human Bridge". Ford Design.


1949TheHumanBridge-Excerpts-Clay.mov
Available on DVD
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Run Time: 00:02:47 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # 

Excerpt from the 1949 Ford promotional movie "The Human Bridge". The clay model.


1949TheHumanBridge-Excerpts-testing.mov
Available on DVD
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Run Time: 00:02:19 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # 

Excerpt from the 1949 Ford promotional movie "The Human Bridge". Testing.


1949V8FordAmateur.mov
Available on DVD
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Run Time: 00:00:17 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # # # 

1949 amateur movie about a summerday on board of a Ford car. Fragment
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1949PontiacColorAdSC.mov
Available on DVD
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Run Time: 00:11:34 Audio/Visual: Sound, C Quality: # # # # 

1949 Pontiac Theatrical ad in color
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1949MercuryAsSCHD.mov
Available on DVD
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Run Time: 00:01:48 Audio/Visual: Sound, C # # # #

Producer: Ford Mo.Co., Lincoln-Mercury Division

1949 Mercury TV presentation.
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1949LincolnAdSCHD.mov
Available on DVD
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Run Time: 00:01:48 Audio/Visual: Sound, C # # # #

Producer: Ford Mo.Co., Lincoln-Mercury Division

1949 Lincoln TV ad.
Click HERE to watch this clip, included in a longer video, on YouTube

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The American Automobile Timeline 1899-1970 - Multimedial Historical Collection (Over 1200 files)

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.
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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.

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