|
|
 |
Wow, this will take some of us back.....includes some pretty decent music too.
Tags:
automobiles
antique
cars
classics
Added: 24th September 2007
Views: 3647
Rating: 
Posted By: Naomi |
 
|
 |
This clip is an excerpt from an old 50's TV program called 'You Asked For It', a popular human-interest show that originally aired on TV between 1950-59. On the show, viewers were asked to send in postcards describing something that they wanted to see on television, such as the reenactment of William Tell shooting an apple off his son's head. (1950 US National Archery Champion Stan Overby performed the feat, shooting an apple off his assistant's head.) Short film clips were also presented, with the selections based upon viewer requests. As a consequence, many of the clips were presented multiple times. Some of the more popular clips included a tour of the bizarre Winchester Mystery House and the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. The program was named 'The Art Baker Show', after the series creator and host. In April 1951, the show's title was changed to 'You Asked For It'. Originally airing on the cash-strapped DuMont Network from December 1950 to December 1951, it moved to ABC, where it remained until the end of its original run in September 1959. The show was sponsored by Skippy peanut butter and Studebaker Automobiles. I remember watching this series as a kid, but if I'd seen this show it would have definitely stood out in my memory!
No way did this man perform this 'feat', but it sure must have left kids wondering back then..he probably had the bullet already in his mouth and the officer was shooting blanks...duh..I mean..shooting a real bullet almost point blank into a man's face on live tv is going to be messy, to say the least..
Tags:
you
asked
for
it
art
baker
dumont
network
abc
Added: 5th January 2008
Views: 6285
Rating: 
Posted By: Naomi |
|
|
 |
Newsreel footage of the bullet-ridden automobile in which gangsters Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were gunned down. The footage was taken only minutes after the shooting stopped.
Tags:
Bonnie
Clyde
car
Added: 20th January 2008
Views: 2623
Rating:
Posted By: Lava1964 |
|
|
 |
That's right..60 MPG!!! The Bantam was the successor to the American Austin, built at Butler from 1930 to 1934. Both cars were small, fuel-efficient and attractive in design. Bantam branded its cars with names like
'Riviera' and 'Hollywood' in direct contradiction to its shoestring budget. Perhaps Bantam's most enduring achievement was the production of the first successful 'Jeep' for the U.S. Army in 1940. The huge military contract, however, went to Ford and Willys. Bantam ended car production in 1941.
Tags:
bantam
60
automobiles
antique
cars
jeeps
butler
Added: 24th January 2008
Views: 6840
Rating:
Posted By: Naomi |
|
|
 |
During the Great Depression, many rural automobile owners could not afford gasoline. These resourceful folks just hitched up their horses to their vehicles. The unusual vehicles were derisively called Hoover Wagons after president Herbert Hoover, who was America's chief executive when the Great Depression began.
Tags:
Hoover
Wagon
Added: 1st April 2008
Views: 7253
Rating:
Posted By: Lava1964 |
|
|
 |
Perhaps the most succesful commercial amphibian, it is the only mass-produced amphibious automobile ever, wth 3,878 built. The Amphicar sold for between $ 2,800 and $ 3,300, it could reach 70 mph on the road and 7 mph on water
Tags:
Pretty
cool
thought
you
all
might
like
it.
Added: 9th February 2008
Views: 1380
Rating:
Posted By: Marty6697 |
|
|
 |
This 1967 ad featured the cast of Bonanza to promote Chevrolet autos. Hmm, I don't remember too many automobiles on the Ponderosa.
Tags:
Chevy
Bonanza
Added: 1st May 2008
Views: 1674
Rating:
Posted By: Lava1964 |
|
|
 |
View a small glimpse of the early years in racing scene. Now known as National Association of Stock Car Automobile Racing, it was at first, a way of 'Earning a Living' running from the law in an effort to deliver "Bootleg" whiskey to those thirsty Souls that needed the Extra Boost that no "Store Bought" liquor could offer. Eventually evolving into the Most Loved Sport in America, and supported by more than 100 Million Fans, NASCAR is now and will always be the "Sport of the Common Man"! Audio from actual interviews from the Allison and Yarborough "Altercation", and the 'King', Richard Petty. Music by Kenny Loggins as he sings his Hit, from the movie 'Top Gun', "Highway to the Danger Zone"!
Tags:
Nascar
early
years
Added: 24th February 2008
Views: 2162
Rating:
Posted By: BKV |
|
|
 |
On August 17, 1896, Mrs. Bridget Driscoll, age 44, became the first recorded autombile fatality. She stepped off a curb in the Crystal Palace section of London, England and was struck by a demonstration car travelling 4 miles per hour driven by Arthur Edsel. (Really! That was his true name!) She was knocked to the ground and suffered a severe head injury which killed her. At the inquest following Mrs. Driscoll's untimely death, the cause was ruled to be an accident and Edsel was absolved of all blame. Coroner William Percy Morrison stated that he hoped such a tragic mishap would never happen again.
Tags:
first
automobile
death
Added: 14th July 2008
Views: 2185
Rating:
Posted By: Lava1964 |
|
|
Pages: [1] 2 3 4 of 4 | Random |
|
Sponsored Links