Jean Mitry – Pacific 231
An evening pause: I would never sit through a performance of the music played during this 1949 short film showing the power of the steam locomotive. Juxtapositioned with the powerful images of the train in motion, however, this music works splendidly. The film itself is an example of the kind of short avant garde films produced during the 1950s and 1950s, and well worth watching.
Hat tip Blair Ivey.
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Blair–
Good selection, (even if it is French!)
-I like this sorta stuff, as long as it doesn’t involve Mimes.
In a similar vain, but without the existentialistic angst, and 13 years earlier. (Derogatorily referred to as “Capitalist Realism,” by fellow-travelers & useful idiots the world over, but just a solid Jam Handy Industrial Film.) Starts out kinda slow, until they literally fire up the boiler at the 3:00 mark.)
Master Hands (1936)
Chevrolet- A Jam Handy Film
https://youtu.be/qafLStWFFjI
(31:55)
“A beautiful dramatization of how the master hands of Chevrolet craftsmen form the patterns, tools and dies, and control the huge machine that fashions the modern car.”
Great video Blair, the music works with the filming very well, said a fan of motive power in any configuration.
Wayne, that six cylinder had something like a fifty or sixty year run, and was even copied by another auto maker nice video.
Joe–
Yes, the sound is synced up quite nicely, in Blair’s video selection.
Highly recommend watching the higher-definition version(s) of “Master Hands” hosted at the Internet Archive. They have multiple crisp & clean files available. (everything is free, no registration, the embedded player works well & they make it easy for you to download the original files.)
https://archive.org/details/0555_Master_Hands_18_27_28_00
(just look at the “download options” box, and select “show all” to see available formats.)
You could get totally lost in their massive selection, including… motive power in any configuration.
Love this stuff.
Here’s a Chrysler factory tour from the 1950’s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6L0ykX9lPU&t=1389s
And here’s a historical perspective leading to some of the automotive engineering and science that soon drove the “arsenal of democracy”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SBNoikKuMI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6L0ykX9lPU&t=1389s