Italian VersionThe American Automobile Timeline 1899-1970
The American Automobile 1899-1970
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1951
Probably the most famous concept car of all is GM's 1951 LeSabre, designer Harley Earl.
Earl himself used to conduct the car as his everyday driver for almost 70 thousand miles.
Many of the styling concepts used on the LeSabre will find their way into normal production GM models, and the name will be later used on a Buick car line.
For 1951 the Buick's grille bars are reduced in width and consequently added in number to 25. They now stop at the bumper, instead of enveloping it as they did last year.
Ford produces its first cars with Ford-made automatic transmissions.
One of the above transmissions, the Merc-O-Matic, is offered in the Mercury Monterey.
The Mercury Division manufactures a total of 310,387 cars for the year, but material limitations due to the Korean War begin to affect production.
In Frankfurt, Ford takes part in the first International Motor Show (IAA) since the war.
Powered steering is introduced by Chrysler.
Kaiser features a padded dashboard, and a pop-out windshield.
Sears markets its new car, the Allstate, in the southeastern United States, although it can be purchased elsewere through their catalog.
The Frazer line of cars is discontinued by Kaiser-Frazer, and the Henry J model, aline of inexpensive small cars begin.
The Hudson Hornet, introduced in 1951, takes the Super Six chassis, refines it and then adds a significantly more powerful engine. When the 262 cubic inch displacement in-line six-cylinder engine iss bored out to 308 cubic inches, the Hudson Hornet instantly becomes one of the hottest cars on the road.
Chrysler engineers create the hemispheric combustion chamber V-8 engine, the Hemi. The Hemi engine is a relatively expensive option for retail customers. Its costs often equale a third of the purchase price of the car. Chrysler will stop producing the Hemi in the mid-50s due to the costs.
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1951ArteriesOfNewYorkCity.mpeg
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Run Time: 00:09:26 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # # # #
Arteries of New York City (1951)
Sponsor: N/A
Producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
This film shows transportation corridors leading into and out of New York City, and efforts at transportation and infrastructure planning.
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1951ChevyAd-RingsTheBell.mpeg
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Run Time: 00:11:33 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # # # #
Chevrolet Rings the Bell (1951)
Sponsor: Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corporation
Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization
This extremely rare ad was distributed on Autumn 1950 to promote the brand new 1951 Chevys.
The soundtrack to this film deteriorated and was destroyed by the Jam Handy Organization. Only the Kodakrome master pix survives.
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1951dodge-ad-bunnies002bis.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:46 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Dodge TV ad.
1951dodge-ad-dogs002bis.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:31 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # #
Producer: Chrysler
Dodge TV ad.
1951dodge-bw78888.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:15 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # #
Producer: Chrysler
Fragment of a Dodge TV ad.
1951Ford-AD04829413002.mov
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Run Time: 00:02:00 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad.
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1951fun-on-the-beach.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:43 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: unknown
Amateur film. Sequences of an average summer day at Daytona Beach.
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1951Gen-McArthur-NY-Parade.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:32 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: unknown
Fragment of unknown newsreel on the General McArthur's big parade in NY.
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1951gm-lesabre-fordmuseum.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:04 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # #
Producer: ROMANO-ARCHIVES
The GM concept car LeSabre filmet at the Henry Ford Museum.
1951gm-lesabre-fordmuseum2.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:06 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: ROMANO-ARCHIVES
The GM concept car LeSabre filmed at the Henry Ford Museum.
1951gm-lesabre3.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:32 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: #
Producer: unknown
Source: Web newsgroup
The GM concept car LeSabre. Epoca footage.
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1951gm-lesabre65498.mov
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Fragment of unknown newsreel on the GM concept car LeSabre.
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1951HudsonBrochure.mov
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Run Time: 00:02:04 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives / Vincenzo Romano
Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
Slideshow. 1951 Hudson brochure pages.
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1951KaiserFrazerHenryNash.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:30 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives / Vincenzo Romano
Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
Slideshow. 1951 Kaiser, Frazer, Henry, and Nash cars images.
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1951oldsmobile-rocket88-ad2.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:24 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: #
Producer: GM
Oldsmobile Rocket 88 TV ad.
1951Drug-Addiction.mpg
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Run Time: 00:21:02 Audio/Visual: Sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Drug Addiction (1951)
Producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.
Marty, a "good boy," experiments with marijuana and experiences "profound mental and emotional disturbances." As in all anti-drug films of this vintage, marijuana leads straight to "H," and Marty's decline continues until he is busted, rehabbed and reformed.
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1951Route128Dedication1.MPG
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Run Time: 00:00:15 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: unknown
Amateur film about various moments of the Route 128 dedication in 1951.
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1951Route128Dedication2.MPG
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Run Time: 00:00:14 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: unknown
Amateur film about various moments of the Route 128 dedication in 1951.
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1951Route128Dedication3.MPG
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Run Time: 00:00:14 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: unknown
Amateur film about various moments of the Route 128 dedication in 1951.
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1951trailoftherocketpart1.mpeg
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Run Time: 00:14:45 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # # # #
465 1951trailoftherocketpart2.mpeg
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Trail of the Rocket (1951)
Sponsor: Oldsmobile Division, General Motors Corporation
Producer: Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.
Singers Lucille and Johnny, whose radio show is sponsored by Oldsmobile, are invited to visit the Olds factory to see why the product is superior. While touring the plant, Johnny becomes concerned that another visitor is a Martian spy dedicated to subverting Earth's autonomy. Some might call this film a McCarthyite allegory; others a slow-moving plant tour. Story: Gordon Miller. Camera: John Niklasch. Sound: Ray Esh. Editor: John Cook. Director: Lewis D. Collins. With Lucille and Johnny (Themselves); Barry Hopkins (Mr. Clark); Arnold Coty (Mr. Martin).
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1951YourPermitToDrive.mpeg
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Your Permit to Drive (1951)
Sponsor: General Motors Corporation
Producer: General Motors Photographic
Talking driver's license narrates this hymn to the beneficial effects of highways, cars, and driving.
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1951omaras_chain_miracle.mpeg
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O'Mara's Chain Miracle (1951)
Production Company: Handy (Jam) Organization
A short-tempered policeman, played by Victor McLaghlan, acts nice to a new Chevy owner and starts a kindness chain reaction in small town.
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1951MotorCity250.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:57 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # # #
Newreel report on the Motor City 250 stock car race. 1951 winner: Thompson on a Chrysler.
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1951TrafficSafetyCourtesy.mp4
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Run Time: 00:05:11 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # # #
Traffic Safety: Courtesy (1951)
Interesting road educational movie.
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1951RoadToRomance01.mp4
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Run Time: 00:12:06 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # # # #
4 Chevrolet theatrical Ads in Technicolor.
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1951RoadToRomance02.mp4
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Run Time: 00:12:07 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # # # #
4 more Chevrolet theatrical Ads in Technicolor.
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1951pontiacColFilmSC.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:05:18 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: GM
Excerpt from a Pontiac color theatrical ad. (Original soundtrack is lost.)
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