Italian VersionThe American Automobile Timeline 1899-1970
The American Automobile 1899-1970
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1960
Total vehicle production in the United States: 7,905,000, or 47.9 percent of the world total of 16,488,000.
Total vehicle registration: 74.5 million.
Top speed for new cars is 120 mph; gasoline fuel efficiency is 15 miles per gallon.
The Big Three American car companies introduce compact cars to fight Volkswagen.
Eighty percent of U.S. families have cars.
Cadillacs offer self-adjusting brakes.
Buick changes only in grillework for 1960. In the early sixties Buicks will become more streamlined than before using frames of the "K" type (no X member) and of the "X" type (X shaped with no siderails).
After 33 years, production of the De Soto car line comes to an end over Christmas.
This year Chrysler introduces the 45 RPM automotive record changer with 14 record capacity.
American Motors discontinues production of the Nash line of automobiles.
After production of only 3000 Edsels, the Division is discontinued at the end of the year. Ford reportedly suffers a loss of $250 million.
Checker Motors Corporation begins building passenger cars, using the same design as its taxicabs.
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1960American-Oil-ad.mov
Available on DVD
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Producer: American Oil Company
American Oil TV ad.
1960CHEVRON-TV-AD021.AVI
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Run Time: 00:00:59 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Chevron
Chevron TV ad.
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1960Ca-ProgressParade.mpeg
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Progress Parade (1960)
Sponsor: American Petroleum Institute
News release reflecting innovations and happenings from the petroleum industry. Includes a sequence on "fishing" for a lost drill bit, soothing an infant with baby oil, how LP gas serves us in the home and on the job, how a "Citadel" service station operator serves his community, and a research program at Louisiana State University that investigates (and finds no) effects on oysters from nearby oil drilling.
1960CadillacColFilmSC.mp4
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Run Time: 00:18:51 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
Cadillac film for internal use.
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1960concept-vette-racersB.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:18 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: GM
Bill Mitchell at the end of his career with his Corvette Sting Ray Racer concept cars.
1960chevy-ad-impalaNY.mp4
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:02:04 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # #
Producer: GM
Chevrolet TV ad filmed in NYC.
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1960chrysler-3wheel-ad-frmute.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:37 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # #
Producer: Chrysler
Silent fragment of a Chrysler TV ad.
1960calso-chevronCartooAdSC.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:00 Audio/Visual: Sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Calso-Chevron
Calso-Chevron TV ad.
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1960Chrysler-Fins-TailLights.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:23 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Silent fragment of a Chrysler sales movie.
1960ChryslerImperialSalesFilm.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:06:17 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Fragment of a Chrysler sales movie.
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1960ChryslerImperialSalesMov2.avi
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Run Time: 00:01:49 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Fragment of a Chrysler sales movie.
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1960dodge-bw-running.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:48 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # #
Producer: Chrysler
Fragment of a Dodge TV ad.
1960Dodge300S-PromoFilm041.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:18:03 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Promotional film for the 1960 Dodge 300 S.
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1960moment_of_decision.mpeg
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Run Time: 00:10:49 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
Moment of Decision (1960)
Producer: Sid Davis
Very interesting Sid Davis movie about four boys, Robert, Paul, John and Bill, 4 friends who come across a convertible with the keys still in the ignition. From there, we see each of the boy's paths on his decision of whether to hop in or not.
John who is the leader of the pack, seems to get in trouble a lot with his (badly miscast) parents, and he got busted for curfew.
In the best scenario, Paul's motivations are also caused by his parental upbringing. Dad harangs him about getting a haircut because he's looking like a beatnik and, when Paul takes off for some airplane glue for his model airplane and leaves the baby he was supposed to care of alone, his father harangues him some more hilariously waving the plane around.
Bill is more a straight shooter, and doesn't go for it, he's called Chicken. And Robert goes for it, even though his parents love him so, got a great pool in the back yard, but doesnt want to be called chicken.
The whole thing ends predictably. The narration in the piece is by the same unforgiving drone narrator used in 'Boys Beware'.
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1960Ford-AD04642.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:00 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford Fairlane TV ad.
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1960Ford-AD046989041.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:56 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad. Peanuts!
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1960Ford-AD046989042.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:59 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad.
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1960Ford-AD046989043.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:58 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad.
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1960Ford-AD046989046.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:59 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad.
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1960ford-edsel-wagon-b.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:10 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives
A 1960 Ford Edsel Wagon. Actual footage. Filmed at an historic-cars meeting.
1960Fords-spot.mpeg
Available on DVD
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A Wonderful New World of Fords, (1960)
Sponsor: Ford Motor Company
Ford commercial linking new compact cars to futurism and the space frontier.
This short film introduced to the world the 1960 model Fords. And it's not so much an introduction as a society girl's debut. The three cars are in virginal white and surrounded by rich folks in formal dress singing about the "wonderful new world of Fords". Somebody at Ford was taking the new model year way too seriously. This was made in 1960, near the end of the populuxe era, and so was a kind of swan song for this sort of thing.
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1960FordStarliner-AD0403.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:47Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad.
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1960FordStarliner-AD0441.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:02:00 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad.
1960FordTBird-AD04641.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:59 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Ford TV ad.
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1960IntegrationReport.mpeg
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Run Time: 00:20:03 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # # # #
Integration Report (1960)
Producer: Andover Productions
Documentary showing the civil rights movement in 1959 and 1960: sit-ins, marches, boycotts and rallies in Montgomery, Ala., Brooklyn, N.Y., and Washington, D.C. Directed by Madeline Anderson. Some interesting automobile related sequences.
1960JeepAtomicExplosion.mpg
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:57 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: US Army (?)
This clip shows US troops involvement, closer to the ground zero area, after an atomic explosion. Shots of a military Jeep, it doesn't looks too damaged after all...
1960Oldsmobile-AD0402.mov
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Run Time: 00:00:58 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: GM
Oldsmobile TV ad.
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1960Oldsmobile88AdSC.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:10 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: GM
Oldsmobile TV ad.
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1960Oldsmobile88AdSC.mov
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Run Time: 00:01:15 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: GM
Oldsmobile TV ad.
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1960PlymouthValiant-AD0406.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:26 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth TV ad.
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1960PlymouthValiant-AD0407.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:26 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth TV ad.
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1960PlymouthValiant-AD0408.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:26 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth TV ad.
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1960PlymouthValiant-AD0409.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:26 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth TV ad.
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1960PlymouthValiant-AD0410.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:26 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth TV ad.
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1960PlymouthValiant-AD0411.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:26 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth TV ad.
1960PlymouthTVAD-SC.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:29 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth TV ad.
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1960Pontiac-TVAD0416.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:02:02 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
Producer: GM-Canada
Pontiac TV ad.
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1960Last_woman_on_earth.mpg
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Run Time 01:11:00 Audio/Visual: Sound, B&W Quality: # # # # #
Last Woman on Earth (1960)
Produced by: Roger Corman
Directed by: Roger Corman
Lots of natural lighting with a smooth jazz soundtrack sets a mood much like the very old "creature features" of the late 50's & early 50's. Shot on location in Puerto Rico, set in actual hotels, casinos, underwater (obviously shot through the glass in an aquarium like Marineland), a very groovy millionaire's seaside pad and a historic giant castle like fort. An apocalyptic fatal love triangle story involving the last three people on earth who demonstrate the essential survival skills of getting loaded, fishing, and fighting in the water. The direction is superb with exciting angles and action scenes that squeeze every drop of talent out of the budget cast who portray this trio of upper class sleaze bags. Lots of entertainingly goofy dialogue and situations throughout the story make you begin to wonder... are they even serious about surviving? Not much they do or plan to do makes much sense as well as a few scenes, in particular, a beach scene involving a corpse of a young lady and some very strange lines. I enjoyed every bit of this movie and really dig the seaside millionaire's pad complete with television and hi-fi system built into the wall, a yacht parked outside and a fully stocked bar (they also raided the bar at the Hilton). My only disappointment is the feeble audio with the dialogue annoyingly a bit hard to understand.* The fact the soundtrack music portion sounds much better makes me guess that maybe Corman couldn't afford a quality microphone for this project. Well worth watching at least a few times.
Classic 50's-60's shock content. Interesting shots of epoca cars.
1960StudebakerLark-AD0401.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:01 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Studebaker
Studebaker TV ad.
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1960StudebakerLark0401.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:34 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # # # #
Producer: Studebaker
Studebaker TV ad. Silent fragment.
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1960TheCorvairInAction.mpeg
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Run Time: 00:06:25 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
The Corvair in Action (1960)
Sponsor: Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corporation
Promotional film for the controversial Chevrolet Corvair.
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1960vette65548.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:26 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives
Various 1960 Corvettes. Actual footage.
1960Satchmo_Swings_In_Congo.mpeg
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:28 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # # # #
Production Company: Universal Studios
Louis Armstrong arrives in Congo on a big white convertible, plays trumpet (partial newsreel).
Brief newsreel clip of Louis Armstrong's historic African tour. Unforunately, Louis's trumpet playing is missing, we do see him arrive in a Congolese stadium carried by a litter and surrounded by an armed guard. There is also a brief clip of Louis playing on stage.
1960FordCommercial.mp4
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:44 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
Producer: Ford Motor Company
Spot TV Ford.
1960Circa-drive-in-ads-comp.mp4
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Run Time: 00:04:06 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # #
Drive-in internal ads compilation.
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1960Circa-drive-in-ads-shortcomp.mp4
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Run Time: 00:00:40 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # #
Drive-in internal ads compilation.
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1960Circa-EssoExtraGas-ad.mov
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Run Time: 00:04:06 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # # #
Esso Extra gasoline TV ad.
1960Circa-Speedway79Gas-ad.mov
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Run Time: 00:04:06 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # # #
Speedway 79 gasoline TV ad.
1960BiggestAccidentOnARaceTrack.mp4
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:03:23 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # # #
Universal Newsreel (Excerpt)
In 1960, during the Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, happened the biggest accident on a race track in History, as this excerpt from an Universal Newsreel reports, involving many cars and drivers including: L.D. Austin, Johnny Allen, Reb Wickersham, G.C. Spencer, Paul Lewis, Clem Proctor, Buddy Baker, Herb Tillman, Shorty Rollins, Fred Lorenzen, Lee Petty, David Pearson, Ned Jarrett, Wilbur Rakestraw, T.C. Hunt, Joe Weatherly, Jim Whitman, Tiny Lund, etc. Nobody was seriously injured.
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1953TheWildRide.mov
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Run Time: 00:59:02 Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Quality: # # #
The Wild Ride (1960)
Director: Harwey Berman
Producer: Harwey Berman Productions
A rebellious punk of the beat generation spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in between partying and troublemaking. He eventually kidnaps his buddy's girlfriend, kills a few police officers and finally sees his own life end in tragedy.
1960_Ford_Thunderbird-1.avi
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:02:02 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Ford
Ford Thunderbird TV ad.
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