I bought a DVD of copys of 4 GM films about Chevrolets, spanning from 1937
to 1955. The last, 1955, had a few glimpses of the Task Force trucks when
new, pickups, panel, etc, as well as the '55 cars ( featured ), with others
mixed
in. The early 2 films covered the 1937? Chevy factory, with lots of inside
shots of the workings, from foundry pouring of the engine blocks, to the making
of the plate glass. Some pretty cool stuff! The big stamping presses making
the roofs, fenders, hoods, the total assembly processes, some good vintage
footage. Only problem with the DVD was that the image tended to break into
horizontal shifts, or offsets, when the original camera moved, and the objects
moved
around quickly, otherwise the films came thru pretty well, and were of very
nice quality, not grainy.
I paid $6.99 on Ebay, with $4 shipping, so about 11 total. It's about 50
minutes to an hour worth of video. Well worth the price to see such vintage and
interesting footage. One of 4 videos showed alot of raw material footage, like
logging, coal mining, as it pertains to car manufacturing, but was still
interesting, even with minimal vehicle footage - although there were logging
trains, and other railroad shots, etc. which I liked.
Overall, I'd recommend it if you like to know how things worked in a Chevy
factory. I'd call it a 3.5 out of 5 stars. Just my recommendation. Search on
Pix&Flix on Ebay, and you should find Vintage Chevy film. All for now,
Jerry
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