Italian VersionThe American Automobile Timeline 1899-1970
The American Automobile 1899-1970
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1956
GM produces an industrial film called American Engineer. It's a tribute to engineers and their role in improving America's life throught tecnology.
The GM Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, is dedicated on May 16, 1956.
Alfred P. Sloan retires as Chairman of the GM on April 2, 1956.
Buick's grillework receives a minor rearrangement for 1956 as hoods have a slight point to them. With the new two-tone paint nobody misses the Buick's bombsight hood ornaments. Also in 1956 Buick departs from the slit type rear wheel wells, giving the cars a much better side view.
Buick's prices range from $2,400 to $3,700 during the mid 50ies.
Chrysler introduces push-button automatics.
Ford automobiles offer seat belts for the first time as optional, but the public is uninterested.
Packard offers electric powered doors.
The Continental marque appears separate from Lincoln, producing the Mark II.
The Federal Highway Defense Act became law, setting up a system of limited access interstate highways. It would contribute to the nation's sub urbanization and urban decay.
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1956AmericanEngineer.mpeg
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American Engineer (1956)
Sponsor: Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corporation
Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization
Tribute to engineers and their role in improving American life through technology.
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1956DaytonaStockCars-0-42.mpeg
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Run Time: 00:00:42 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # # # #
This Clip is contained into a complete newsreel
Producer: Universal Newsreel
A stock-car race at Daytona Beach.
1956indy500-1-20.mpeg
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Producer: Universal Newsreel
Report from the 1956 Indy 500.
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1956ChevyAD04131.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:16 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: GM
Chevrolet TV ad.
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1956ChevyAD04132.mov
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Producer: GM
Chevrolet TV ad.
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1956ChevyAD04133.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:23 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: GM
Chevrolet TV ad.
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1956ChevyProofOfThePlusesAD.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:10:33 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Proof of the Pluses (1956)
Sponsor: Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corporation
Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization
Chevrolet theatrical ad.
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1956ChevyTheBigWinnerAD.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:10:22 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
The Big Winner (1956)
Sponsor: Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corporation
Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization
Chevrolet theatrical ad.
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1956ChevyThrillDriversChoiceAD.mov
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Run Time: 00:09:19 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Thrill Driver's Choice (1956)
Sponsor: Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corporation
Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization
Chevrolet theatrical ad.
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1956ChevyJetAceAD.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:09:19 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Jet Ace! (1956)
Sponsor: Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corporation
Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization
Chevrolet theatrical ad.
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1956ChevyTrucksAD041.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:03 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: GM
Chevrolet trucks TV ad.
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1956conc-buick-centurion01.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:12 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # # # #
Sponsor: GM
Fragment of a GM sponsored film about the 1956 GM concept cars. The Buick Centurion.
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1956conc-chevy-impala.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:08 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # # # #
Sponsor: GM
Fragment of a GM sponsored film about the 1956 GM concept cars. The Chevrolet Impala.
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1956conc-olds-golden-rocket.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:10 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # # # #
Sponsor: GM
Fragment of a GM sponsored film about the 1956 GM concept cars. The Oldsmobile Golden Rocket.
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1956conc-pontiac-club-de-mer.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:12 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # # # #
Sponsor: GM
Fragment of a GM sponsored film about the 1956 GM concept cars. The Pontiac Club de Mer.
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1956conc-pontiac-firebird-ll.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:07 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # # # #
Sponsor: GM
Fragment of a GM sponsored film about the 1956 GM concept cars. The Pontiac Firebird ll.
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1956CrownImperialLimo.avi
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Run Time: 00:00:05 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Fragment of a Chrysler sponsored film about the 1956 Imperial Ctown Limousine.
1956Design-for-Dreaming.mpeg
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Design for Dreaming (1956)
Sponsor: General Motors Corporation
Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization
Set at the 1956 General Motors Motorama, this is one of the key Populuxe films of the 1950's showing futuristic dream cars and frigidaire's "Kitchen of the Future".
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1956Destination-Earth.mpeg
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Run Time: 00:13:36 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
Destination Earth (1956)
Sponsor: American Petroleum Institute
Producer: Sutherland (John) Productions.
In this corporate-sponsored cartoon, Martian dissidents learn that oil and competition are the two things that make America great.
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1956DodgeAD0435.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:25 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Dodge TV spot.
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1956DodgeAD0435.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:59 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Dodge TV spot.
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1956ford-ad-northcarhwaypatrol.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:27 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Police patrol cars. Ford TV ad.
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1956ford-ad-northcarhwaypatrol2.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:34 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Police patrol cars. Ford TV ad. Long version.
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1956Ford-AD04003401.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:35 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad.
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1956Ford-Ad2FordsSC401.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:39 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad.
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1956Ford-AD04003402.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:58 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad.
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1956Ford-AD04003403.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:59 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad.
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1956ford-pow-st-ad2.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:31 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad.
1956FordWagonPromoMUTE1.mpg
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:37 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad. (Original soundtrack is lost.)
1956gm-concept-cars.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:02 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Sponsor: GM
Fragment of a GM sponsored film about the 1956 GM concept cars.
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1956Golden Gate85885.rm
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Run Time: 00:00:22 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: #
Producer: unknown
Amateur film. SF.Views of the traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge.
1956highland_park_ford_plant.mpeg
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Run Time: 00:11:49 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # # # #
Sponsor: Ford Motor Company
A silent flick which details activities in the Ford plant. The 2 source films could'nt be more different. One looks to be made in the 20's featuring an overview of the plant. The film then goes to a negative for a few seconds and turns into a positive, and a man standing next to a car. We're startled for a second, thinking we're still in the 1920's footage, but actually, this was made in the late 50's it looks like, a man with crutches unveils a plaque that tells the plant is the birthplace of the Model T. After that, there's nothing to do except to tear it down. And to hammer the point down, we get four different angles of the smoke stack coming down. Sort of bizarre.
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1956Hudson-Rambler-Filmstrip.mov
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Run Time: 00:26:53 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
The All New All American Rambler for 1956 (1956)
Producer: Hudson-Nash
1956 Hudson-Rambler filmstrip with original audio.
1956Nash-SalesFilmstrip03.mov
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Run Time: 00:13:59 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
Selling the World's Best Travel Cars (1956)
Producer: Hudson-Nash
1956 Nash sales filmstrip with original audio.
1956Nash-ServiceFilmstrip04.mov
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Run Time: 00:13:02 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
You Be the Judge (1956)
Producer: Hudson-Nash
1956 Nash service filmstrip with original audio.
1956Nwsreel-stunts-1-15.mpg
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Run Time: 00:01:15 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # # #
This Clip is contained into a partial newsreel
Producer: Universal Newsreel
A report from a 1956 race track for a big stunts happening..
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1956Nwsreel-CarRodeo-0-36.mpg
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Run Time: 00:00:36 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # # #
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Producer: Universal Newsreel
A report from a 1956 teenagers car rod-e-o.
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1956Nwsreel-ChryslerTurb-1-18.mpeg
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Producer: Universal Newsreel
04-09-1958. George Ebner drives the new Chrysler's experimental turbine powered test car from New York to Los Angeles.
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1956on-the-run.mpg
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On the Run (1956)
Sponsor: General Petroleum Corporation
Producer: Davis (Sid) Productions
Another Sid Davis "classic" featuring a "Safety Economy" run around the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1950s.
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1956PlymouthAd0437.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:22 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth TV ad.
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1956PlymouthBig.avi
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Run Time: 00:01:24 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
Compilation of printed ads images of 1956 Plymouth cars. Soundtrack are original radio jingles.
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1956pontiac-starship-wag01.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:31 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives
A 1956 Pontiac Starship wagon.
1956Rambler-Filmstrip002.mov
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Run Time: 00:14:02 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
The Smart Switch for You! (1956)
Producer: Hudson-Nash
1956 Rambler filmstrip with original audio.
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1956TBird-ADBingCrosby1.mov
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Run Time: 00:02:18 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad featuring Bing Crosby.
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1956thunderbird-SC.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:10 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford Thunderbird TV ad.
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1956FordWagonsCamping-SC.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:38 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford wagons TV ad.
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1956FordSkylinerTVAd-SC.mov
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Run Time: 00:03:04 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford wagons TV ad.
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1956trader-thorne.mpeg
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Trader Thorne (1956)
Sponsor: Ford Motor Company
Producer: Wilding Picture Productions
Auto dealer sales film explaining why trade-ins are necessary -- because almost all customers already have cars. Director: Jack Tilles. Writer: George Wilcock. Camera: John Niklasch. Sound: Raymond Esh. Art Director: Edward Jewell. Editor: Foster Travis. With Hugh Beaumont (Joe Thorne), Glen Denning (Herb Potter), Frances Helm (Charlotte), Ed Prentiss (Mr. Fuller), Barry Hopkins (Mr. Thaler), Art Van Harvey (Mr. Armstrong), and Hope Summers (Mrs. Armstrong).
Hugh Beaumont (of "Leave it to Beaver") is the greatest Ford salesman of all time, spending every minute of the day pursuing sales. Driving around town looking for leads, approaching people on the street, even looking up license plate numbers and calling them. In the showroom, he's a shark, playing the high-low game to perfection, and tricking the rubes into buying extras they don't need.
Here, he teaches a new salesman (and by extension, those watching this film) the tricks of the trade. It's not surprising that the Ford sales method involves deceit, but I am surprised they allowed it to be put on film. Of course they never thought it would end up here...
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1956vette-col5553-b.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:19 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives
A 1956 Chevrolet Corvette. Actual footage.
1956vette-col5554-b.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:25 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # #
Filetype: Quicktime movie Filesize: 520 KB
Producer: Romano-Archives
A 1956 Chevrolet Corvette. Actual footage.
1956PlymouthRADIOAD-BigCar.mp3 Available on CD
Run Time: 00:01:38 Audio/Visual: sound Quality: # # # # #
Filetype: Mp3 Filesize: 768 KB
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth radio ad.
1956PlymouthRADIOAD-HiFire.mp3 Available on CD
Run Time: 00:01:28 Audio/Visual: sound Quality: # # # # #
Filetype: Mp3 Filesize: 776 KB
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth radio ad.
1956PlymouthRADIOAD-JetAge.mp3 Available on CD
Run Time: 00:01:38 Audio/Visual: sound Quality: # # # # #
Filetype: Mp3 Filesize: 736 KB
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth radio ad.
716 1956PlymouthRADIOAD-Luxyrious.mp3 Available on CD
Run Time: 00:01:38 Audio/Visual: sound Quality: # # # # #
Filetype: Mp3 Filesize: 732 KB
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth radio ad.
1956PlymouthRADIOAD-Suburban.mp3 Available on CD
Run Time: 00:01:38 Audio/Visual: sound Quality: # # # # #
Filetype: Mp3 Filesize: 736 KB
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth radio ad.
1956fordvictoria-tv-ad.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:02:41 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV commercial.
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1956Chevrolettvad232.mpg
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Run Time: 00:01:23 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # # #
Producer: GM
Chevrolet TV ad.
1956Chrysler-tv-adSC.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:40 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Chrysler TV commercial.
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1956Chrysler-tv-adSC.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:46 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
1956 Universal Newsreel excerpt.
40 Feet of Snow at Chinook Pass!
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1956Oldsmobile88-tv-adSC.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:21 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Oldsmobile 88 TV ad.
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1956PackardExecutive-tv-adSC.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:49 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Packard Executive TV ad.
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