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Ford in South Africa, 1948
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1 min. 19 secs     
AH-A694           To view film, click here
A brief tour of Ford's main car plant in South Africa at the end of the 1940s.

Ford in South America, 1948
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3 mins. 11 secs    
AH-A696            To view film, click here
A brief tour of Ford's main operations in South America in the late 1940s -focusing on Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile.

French antique car rally, 1930
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52 secs    
AH-A215            To view film, click here
Film from 1930 of an antique car parade with cars from the beginning of the century being driven through a northern French town.

London to Brighton Veteran car run, 1935
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1 min        
AH-220              To view film, click here
Brief footage of the 1935 London to Brighton Veteran car run. Although there's packed crowds on the roadside, all the cars are less than 40 years old.

London to Brighton veteran car run, 1967
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49 secs       
AH-80             To view film, click here
Great footage of the 1967 London to Brighton veteran car rally. All sorts of ancient machines make the annual journey, with the winner, a 1901 Panhard, driven by a driver of similar age.

Museum parade of classic early automobiles from the 1890s to 1930s
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3 mins.         
AH-A639         To view film, click here
A 1930s film of a museum parade of cars which had been built between the 1890s and early 1930s. It includes all the most popular and best-known cars of the period, such as an 1899 Olds, a gasoline powered Benz, the Ford Model T, the land speed record breaking 999 and many others.

Street parade of cars, 1924
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1 min. 3 secs  
AH-A662           To view film, click here 
An early car parade where thousands of people line the sidewalks to see many varieties of cars pass by.

Street parade of Ford cars, 1946
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2 mins. 33 secs     
AH-A660             To view film, click here
In an effort to blow its own trumpet and promote the feel good factor in the company, the Ford motor company celebrated the end of the war with a huge car parade featuring many of the cars the company has built over the previous 40 years.

The 50th anniversary of the automobile, 1946
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1 min. 38 secs.       
AH-215               To view film, click here
As postwar America moves back to peacetime, this newsreel celebrates 50 years of the motor car showing an array of classic early cars.

The early years of car design
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2 mins. 3 secs.      
AH-123                To view film, click here
An informative film showing how the motor car evolved from the horse and buggy to the vehicle we know today.

The end of the Ford Model T
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1 min. 12 secs      
AH-107             To view film, click here
This film shows the demise of the Model T as Ford moved on to the production of more modern cars in the late 1920s.

The making of automobile wheels, 1918
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7 mins. 35 secs.     
AH-A202             To view film, click here
Fascinating documentary showing how the old wooden wheels were made for automobiles in 1918. Contains captions explaining what is happening and includes every aspect of the production process.

US antique car club meet, 1972
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5 mins. 42 secs.      
AH-A462            To view film, click here
Many great cars from the beginnng of the 20th Century are featured in this informative documentary showcasing members of the New York antique car club preparing for and then travelling to the major show of the year.

Life in the city before the automobile
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1 mins. 34 secs.  
AH-A309             To view film, click here
Great rare footage from the 1890s showing busy city life before the automobile. This was still the time when the horse and cart, horse drawn carriage and the bicycle were the only road users.

Celebration of the 10 millionth Ford car
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2 mins. 34 secs.       
AH-A642              To view film, click here
Brief film marking the Ford motor company producing its 10 millionth motor car -the first motor manufacturer anywhere to reach such a milestone.

Ford in Holland, 1948
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2 mins. 11 secs.       
AH-A697             To view film, click here
A brief tour of Ford's main operations in Holland in the late 1940s.

50th anniverary procession of GM cars, 1954
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3 mins. 10 secs.       
AH-139                To view film, click here
A spectactular cavalcade through the streets of Flint, Michigan showing many of the cars and commercial vehicles which have been made by General Motors during the previous 50 years.

The history of the passenger carriage
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2 mins. 24 secs.        
AH-141                 To view film, click here
A celebration of the old carriages which were the main road transportation for the masses before the motor car was invented.

Market street, San Franscisco, early 1900s
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8 mins. 57 secs.        
AH-A731              To view film, click here
A fascinating glimpse into street life at the very beginning of the 20th century. Here, on the famous Market Street in San Francisco, pedestrians, trams, cyclists, horse drawn carriages, as well as a small number of early automobiles, all vie for the same space on the road which has very little traffic control.

Life before the car
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1 min. 47 secs
AH-A1128             To view film, click here  
Extremely rare footage of the days before the automobile when people travelled around in horse drawn carriages of various sizes and speeds, on roads which were incomparable to what they are today.