Italian VersionThe American Automobile Timeline 1899-1970
The American Automobile 1899-1970
Multimedial Historical Collection
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1970
Congress passes the Clean Air Act, setting standards for fuel consumption to increase engine efficiency and reduce air pollution. It also mandates installation of engine emission control devices. Engine horsepower are dropped to... accommodate the machinery! It's the beginning of the end...
Total vehicle production in the United States: 8,284,000, or 28.2 percent of the world total of 29,403,000.
Total vehicle registration: 111.2 million.
Top speed for new cars is 125 mph; gasoline fuel efficiency is 12 miles per gallon.
Catalytic converters are introduced.
Imports grab 14.6 percent of US automotive sales.
Cadillac offers signal-seeking radio.
A two-phase automotive emissions control program directed to spread use of unleaded gasoline nationwide in the US is announced by Edward Cole, President of GM.
GM introduces no lead or low lead tolerant engines on all of its 1971 models in the US & Canada.
Industrial air and water pollution control programs are announced at a General Motors news conference.
GM production in the US is stopped by a 10-week UAW strike, beginning on September 15 and ending on November 20.
As it become increasingly difficult to produce small cars in the United States profitably, Chrysler begins importing and distributing small passenger cars and trucks built by its Japanese partner, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation.
December, 10: Lee Iacocca is elected President of the Ford Motor Company.
A combination of government regulations, mixed with increasing insurance rates on his models, prompts Carroll Shelby to end production of his specialty automobiles.
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1970AMC-Cars.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:03:04 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives / Vincenzo Romano
Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
Slideshow of 1970 AMC Cars Images.
1970AMCJeepSponsoredTVTransm.mpeg
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:25 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
Sponsor: AMC Jeep
AMC Jeep Commercial.
White water rafting! Hot air balloons! Cowboys! This is actually the opening credits for a 70s tv show called "The American Adventure," sponsored by Jeep. At least there's a little Jeep footage at the end.
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1970aurora_drag_race_setAD.mpeg
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:59 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
Producer: Aurora
TV commercial for Aurora Stunt and Drag Race toy cars.
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1970FordmanSuperHeroSC.mpeg
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:03 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
FORDMAN! Superhero Ford dealer TV ad from Wichita, Kansas.
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1970chrysler-cars-running.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:32 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Fragments of 1970 Chrysler factory films.
1970ChryslerAD040215.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:00 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Chrysler TV ad.
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1970DodgeSwingerTVAdSC01.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:49 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
DodgeTV ad.
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1970DodgePickupTVAdSC02.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:31 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Chrysler
ChryslerTV ad.
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1970PlymouthColFilm-SC01.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:59 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth silent footage for internal use. The Roadrunner.
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1970PlymouthColFilm-SC01.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:02:43 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth silent footage for internal use. The Hemi-Cuda.
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1970PlymouthColFilm-SC01.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:02:05 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth silent footage for internal use. The Roadrunner GTX-
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1970PlymouthColFilm-SC01.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:51 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Plymouth silent footage for internal use. The Sport Fury.
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1970Ca-Sure-Mac-Sure.mpg
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:01 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # #
Sure Mac, Sure (1970 Ca)
Producer: AAA
A humorous spot dispelling the myth that alcohol's effects can be reduced by eating food.
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1970DodgeAdBelongInADodge.MP3 Available on CD
Run Time: 00:02:39 Audio/Visual: sound Quality: # # # # #
Filetype: Mp3 Filesize: 1 MB
Producer: Chrysler
Dodge radio ad.
1970DodgeAdChallenger.MP3 Available on CD
Run Time: 00:01:51 Audio/Visual: sound Quality: # # # # #
Filetype: Mp3 Filesize: 764 KB
Producer: Chrysler
Dodge radio ad.
1970DodgeAdChargerChargersOn.MP3 Available on CD
Run Time: 00:03:03 Audio/Visual: sound Quality: # # # # #
Filetype: Mp3 Filesize: 1,2 MB
Producer: Chrysler
Dodge radio ad.
1970DodgeAdFrancisKnows.MP3 Available on CD
Run Time: 00:02:43 Audio/Visual: sound Quality: # # # # #
Filetype: Mp3 Filesize: 1 MB
Producer: Chrysler
Dodge radio ad.
1970DodgeAdPolaraPolara.MP3 Available on CD
Run Time: 00:01:30 Audio/Visual: sound Quality: # # # # #
Filetype: Mp3 Filesize: 620 KB
Producer: Chrysler
Dodge radio ad.
1970DodgeAdReprise.MP3 Available on CD
Run Time: 00:01:14 Audio/Visual: sound Quality: # # # # #
Filetype: Mp3 Filesize: 508 KB
Producer: Chrysler
Dodge radio ad.
1218 1970DodgeAdTheDartGame.MP3 Available on CD
Run Time: 00:01:25 Audio/Visual: sound Quality: # # # # #
Filetype: Mp3 Filesize: 588 KB
Producer: Chrysler
Dodge radio ad.
1970DodgeMonaco500-VR2.mov
Available on CD
Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Filetype: Quicktime VR movie Filesize: 588 KB
Virtual Reality image of the interior of a 1970 Dodge Monaco.
1970that_junior_miss_spirit.mpag
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:25:35 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # #
That Junior Miss Spirit (1970)
Sponsor: Chevrolet and Kodak
Producer: GM Photografic
High school girls explain why they entered the Junior Miss pageant. Amazingly, this pageant still exists and lives on in small town America (the current winner is from Garland, Texas). It’s tempting to look down on the obsessively well-groomed and polite girls in this 1970 film who (outside of the one African-American girl) seem oblivious the racial and political turmoil that the rest of America was going through at the time. But it’s easy to see why these girls would enter the Junior Miss pageant. It’s to get away from their dreary small towns. As one girl says, once you get into the state finals you could even go someplace “hundreds of miles” from home. The film touts traveling as one of the primary reasons to become a Junior Miss.
Another girl is featured in a clip alongside a “Future Homemakers of America” banner. That’s enough to make any girl want to grab a pageant form and get out of town. In a way, this film is similar to the Home Economics films in the Archive. They show how limited the possibilities were for girls from rural and small town America. These girls are better-looking and more polished than the usual Home Ec girls, but they’re just as stuck. Interesting shots of epoca Chevrolet cars.
1970Oldsmobile442-ad45858.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:42 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # #
Producer: GM
OldsmobileTV ad.
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1970PlymouthSUPERBIRD455.MOV
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:07 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: Romano-Archives
A 1970 Plymouth Superbird. Actual footage. Filmed at a historic-cars meeting.
1970Ca-ShakeHandsWithDanger.mpeg
Available on DVD
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Shake Hands with Danger (1970 Ca)
Sponsor: Caterpillar
Producer: Centron Productions
Safety film about dangers associated with earthmoving equipment operation, showing many great simulated accidents on construction sites. CONTENT ADVISORY: May be frightening and surprising to some viewers, and contains great country-style song by a Johnny Cash-soundalike. Shots of epoca pickup trucks.
1970PontiacFirebirdTVad501.mp4
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:00 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # #
Producer: GM-Pontiac Division
A 1970 Pontiac Firebird commercial.
1970richard-petty-Nascar454.mpg
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:35 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: unknown
Richard Petty in a 1970 race.
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1970richard-petty-Nascar455.mpg
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:56 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: unknown
Richard Petty in a 1970 race.
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1970RogerMccluskey-Nascar01.mpg
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:17 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: unknown
Roger McKluskey in a 1970 race.
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1970ThePack-Motortrend500.mpg
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:15 Audio/Visual: silent, C Quality: # # #
Producer: unknown
The 1970 Motortrend 500.
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1970ca-WhatsTheBigHurry.mpeg
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Run Time: 00:09:33 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
What's the Big Hurry?(1970 Ca)
Producer: Sid Davis Productions
Formidable, mind-numbing electronic music and mountains of wreckage bestow What's the Big Hurry? with the distinction of being one of Sid Davis' most macabre films. As the operators of an automotive recycling and dismantling yard prepare scores of mangled vehicles for processing, closeup camera shots coupled with voiceovers from various individuals who have perished in accidents with the aforementioned vehicles starkly reveal the follies of reckless driving induced by, among other factors, hastiness, peer pressure, and personal angst. Through this unique, memorable approach, Davis effectively imparts to viewers the importance of maintaining a tranquil mind when getting behind the steering column. A true classic of the driving safety genre.
1970Dodge-Charger-500-tv-ad.mpg
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:55 Audio/Visual: sound , C Quality: # # # #
Producer: Chrysler
Dodge TV commercial.
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1970CamaroTVad501.mp4
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:00 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
Producer: GM-Chevrolet Division
1970 Chevrolet Camaro TV commercial.
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1970ChevelleTVad501.mp4
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:59 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # # #
Producer: GM-Chevrolet Division
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 TV commercial.
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1970PontiacGTOTVad501.mp4
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:49 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # #
Producer: GM-Pontiac Division
A 1970 Pontiac GTO commercial.
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1970TonkaAdventureBuggyTvAd.mp4
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:00:30 Audio/Visual: sound, C Quality: # # # #
Tonka toy TV ad
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1970junkyardcranehookcompact3.mov
Available on DVD
Run Time: 00:01:54 Audio/Visual: silent, B&W Quality: # #
Producer: unknown
B&W footage on a big 1970 jauto dismantling yard.
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