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How would films like this be consumed in the 30’s? Would it be shown in theaters before a feature film?
by elymar 6y ago
How would films like this be consumed in the 30’s? Would it be shown in theaters before a feature film?
- mattlondon 6y agoMilitary conscripts who were assigned to motor maintenance
- privong 6y ago> Military conscripts who were assigned to motor maintenance The OP was asking how people might watch a video like this, not who is watching it. In 1937 broadcast television was relatively new and few people owned a tv. For example, the wikipedia page for TV in 1937 notes that by the end of that year 2,121 TVs had been sold in England: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_in_television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_in_television
- chrisseaton 6y agoConscripts in the 30s in the US? My understanding is US conscription only restarted for WW2 in 1940.
- neogodless 6y agoAnother comment pointed out that these were made by the Jam Handy Organization[0]. Just hypothesizing, but either GM might distribute these and have showings for staff as part of training. Almost certainly not for the engineers that already learned this but perhaps sales staff so they could better explain the mechanism and benefits to buyers. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam_Handy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam_Handy
- dangerbird2 6y agoI believe Chevy contracted his production company for dealers' training material. Notably, he produced the "Hired!" films for dealership salesmen, one of which was riffed by MST3K in their "Manos: Hands of Fate" episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWIQuvbxu0E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWIQuvbxu0E
- im3w1l 6y agoTo me it looks like it's aimed at consumers, from the part at the end. It's as if the movie is intended to overcome worries "but is all this complexity really safe?" by showing how you can load the differential with running people without issue.
- JKCalhoun 6y agoI assumed high school "shop" class. At least when I was in public school they still had "wood", "metal" and "auto" shop classes you could take (I took the wood class one year).
- retrac 6y agoIt's most likely for personnel training. It would probably have been shown on a small projector in a classroom setting, much like is still done today.