Showing posts with label Motorama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Motorama. Show all posts

06 February 2008

"...What’s good for the country is good for General Motors..."

That quote, now a classic, has come to symbolize American manufacturing and mindset in the Fifties and Sixties. GM (General Motors) was a behemoth, fresh from the expansion of defense contract work during the war. A unique time, Americans were consuming and looking to the future, to try to get what had been denied in the prewar and war years. In comparison to today's gloomy, gotta-be-real, mindset, this is a pretty cool film.


With this in mind, let's take a look...



(Link from Youtube)


Higher resolution versions as well as differing formats are available at archive.org.

Have a great day!

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