Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website There are two black & white promotional films for Plymouth Chrysler. The first is a “Ballet Mechanique“ style movie, showing how materials for a Plymouth automobile are made into parts and a car is made on an assembly line. The second film is a look at the all new 1939 Deluxe Plymouth. This is copyright 1938/1939. Opening titles: Plymouth, Division of the Chrysler Corporation presents “The Birth of a New Car“ (:07). Set to the music of Ravel's “Bolero“. People work on engine designs and car designs, including using a clay model (:22). Inside a steel mill; smelting process (:58). Parts of a car (1:33). Grinding wheels (1:40). Belts and coils are made (1:45). Pistons (1:55). Parts of belts (2:07). Parts of an engine are being constructed (2:18). Parts of a car are welded (2:39). Coils and springs (3:01). Exhaust parts (3:06). Parts go down the assembly line (3:12).
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