Post by dave on Nov 10, 2012 8:44:27 GMT -5
Came across interesting YouTube film footage of "the old days."
Here's an unusually high quality film from 1899.
1899 Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y.C. filmed from an elevated train
A comdedy: Driving Around New York City - 1928
Probably most of our Mom and Dads and Grandparents didn't live this way, but here's one filmmaker's version of ...
To Live In The 1920's
And here's a pretty interesting factory floor classic. The music accompaniment could have been written by Ayn Rand, were she musical.
Of note: no one is wearing safety glasses!
But I got a kick out of the guy listening to an engine with a long rod and wood handle. I was taught to do that years ago with a long screwdriver. Amazing what you can hear.
A safety manager from a modern era would have a heart attack watching this film. Especially during the auto frame assembly where robotic welders come from behind the workers standing on an assembly line in a dance that could prove deadly. A worker might be cut in half were he to misstep to the right or left. (19:15 onward)
The huge stamp mills used to turn our auto hoods and roofs and fenders reminds me of somewhat smaller machines I once saw at Bossert's in Utica.
At the end, it's a treat to see a 1936 gleam so bright, since when I was a kid the few left on the block were quite dull, and that was less than twenty years later. I wonder when someone decided it would be a good idea to give an automobile such a shiny finish, and why. Either the slickness helped preserve the paint job or designers simply felt people would swallow the prices better if the product was a glossy, spanking new, shiny car.
Manufacturing of Chevrolet Cars - 1936 - "Master Hands"
Here's an unusually high quality film from 1899.
1899 Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y.C. filmed from an elevated train
A comdedy: Driving Around New York City - 1928
Probably most of our Mom and Dads and Grandparents didn't live this way, but here's one filmmaker's version of ...
To Live In The 1920's
And here's a pretty interesting factory floor classic. The music accompaniment could have been written by Ayn Rand, were she musical.
Of note: no one is wearing safety glasses!
But I got a kick out of the guy listening to an engine with a long rod and wood handle. I was taught to do that years ago with a long screwdriver. Amazing what you can hear.
A safety manager from a modern era would have a heart attack watching this film. Especially during the auto frame assembly where robotic welders come from behind the workers standing on an assembly line in a dance that could prove deadly. A worker might be cut in half were he to misstep to the right or left. (19:15 onward)
The huge stamp mills used to turn our auto hoods and roofs and fenders reminds me of somewhat smaller machines I once saw at Bossert's in Utica.
At the end, it's a treat to see a 1936 gleam so bright, since when I was a kid the few left on the block were quite dull, and that was less than twenty years later. I wonder when someone decided it would be a good idea to give an automobile such a shiny finish, and why. Either the slickness helped preserve the paint job or designers simply felt people would swallow the prices better if the product was a glossy, spanking new, shiny car.
Manufacturing of Chevrolet Cars - 1936 - "Master Hands"