https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/3155ce9d-06b1-4365-91f0-d151a83a27cf Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com View our Amazon store here: https://amzn.to/3XQHsVD “This Moving World” (c.1940) is a black-and-white Fisher Body Division of General Motor Corporation promotional film produced by Wilding Picture. A screenplay by Al Weeks, the film discusses the “business of going places” and traces the development of transportation from the Stone Age to Charles Lindbergh’s historic nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean and into “Present Day.” Film opens, title page/ opening credits (0:10). Montage various modes of transport like automobiles, large passenger ships, trains, planes, bridges (0:40). Mechanics working on engines/ other contraptions, boy meets with uncle who works at shop to discuss automobile body he designed for contest; Boy ponders history of transportation (1:17). Two “cavemen” from Stone Age struggle to move large rock, stumble upon invention of the wheel (2:55). “Present day,” uncle pulls out book from drawer “An Outline History of Transportation from 1400 B.C.” by Archibald L. Bouton (6:55). Other historical examples of wheel/ modes of transport by land among other cultures relying on animals/ humans to transport goods i.e. what appear to be Indian dockworkers carrying dry goods on head, donkeys, elephants sort through wood logs, men traverse desert landscape on camels, nomad family transport home with camels through Mongolian desert, Roman-style chariot (7:46). Transport by water i.e. men stand on simple log rafts in river, kayak battles white waters, Egyptian Felucca, Greek and Roman warships called Galleys, European Caravel ship with accompanying quote from English poet John Masefield’s “Sea-Fever” poem (8:33). “Present day,” boy reads about Baghdad under Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid, uncle discusses system of apprenticeship during Middle Ages (9:28). Guild master works on building wheel with young apprentice, apprentice wonders about ways to improve the wheel in order to allow for a smoother ride (10:28). Trade by sea during the Age of Exploration predominantly around spices, gold (Christopher Columbus, Cleopatra, British East India Company, Dutch East India Company) from India to Europe and North Africa: Montage different ship models i.e. Spanish Galleon ship, British Clipper ship (13:00). Westward Expansion in the United States, covered wagons along trails (13:46). Advances in ships across 19th century: Brunel's Great Britain (c. 1843) first iron ship, steel Mississippi steamboat (14:08). Improvement to land transport: Tom Thumb Steam Locomotive (1830, first American-built steam locomotive), other early model steam locomotive, 1867 completion of First Transcontinental Railroad, Minnetonka Locomotive, Missouri-Pacific Railroad locomotive (14:40). 20th century invention of the automobile: Two men inspect horse-drawn carriage, outside man makes commotion on quiet town road driving early model automobile (1901 Curved Dash Oldsmobile); Footage cuts to city street bustling with cars (15:28). Exterior of Fisher Body Detroit-based automobile coach builder office, contributions to automobile: Closed vehicles (Cadillac Model Thirty), hand cranked cars to electric self-starter, P-type 8-cylinder high speed engine (18:39). 1914 Opening of Panama Canal (19:14). Interior of automobile factory, workers apply Duco on supply line (automotive lacquer, 1923 invention) (19:22). Safety improvements: 1924 Buick four-wheel breaks, safety plate glass (1938). Charles Lindbergh 1927 solo flight across Atlantic: Aerial view New York Harbor filled with boats awaiting return of Lindbergh and the "Spirit of St. Louis," celebration of Lindbergh’s return in New York (19:59). Holland Tunnel: First vehicular tunnel under Hudson River (20:15). Graf Zeppelin journey around the world (20:20). Ambassador Bridge (connecting Detroit, Michigan with Ontario, Canada) (20:32). 1930 16-cylinder Cadillac brought to market (20:53). Miss America IX speed boat wins Harmsworth Cup (21:05). Continued advancement of cars, trains, planes: Ventilation windows, La Salle 350 rides along bumpy road, solid steep turret top (21:13). Union Pacific M-10001 high speed diesel train (21:53). Pan-American China Clipper (NC14716) (22:04). SS Normandie at sea (22:11). (22:21). Transport trucks, importance of national/ international trade as reflected in family’s dinner table: Food/ decor from Turkey, Italy, India, United States. (22:20). Montage of traffic, roads across the United States, quote from “Song of the Open Road” by Walt Whitman (23:06). Boy from beginning informs uncle he won competition (24:19). Closing credits, film ends (24:53). This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. 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