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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This 1967 color installment of “Discovery,” a syndicated program for young viewers hosted by Bill Owen and Virginia Gibson pays a visit to Dearborn, Michigan’s Greenfield Village (now part of The Henry Ford) to examine and demonstrate early 1900’s mechanical innovations and historical automobiles (TRT: 21:52). ABC color opening logo (0:07). Montage: An apple peeler, a nutcracker, an early automobile (0:18). Animated “Discovery ‘67” opening titles (0:43). A red 1909 Ford Model T touring car rolls to a stop. Our hosts introduce themselves. A horse-drawn carriage. A penny farthing bicycle (1:12). The Model T drives around the campus of Greenfield Village in autumn (2:03). Bill Owen releases the handbrake of the Model T in closeup, then engages the clutch and turns a crank handle (2:36). Our hosts pantomime driving against an unmoving background. A 1909 sports car rac
