The Inside Story Of Cars
And How They Work

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Tired of the dry, boring films of automotive technology, this series offer a wonderful insight to how the automobile and many of it’s parts work. A must have for anyone, (women, men and children) who are interested in learning, in a easy to understand, fun manner how the car works.

In this series we learn about how cars corner, how friction effects different aspects of automobile use and how it works in our cars, next we learn through a little experimentation and some animation how fuel is converted to power in the modern automobile engine. We also learn how our cars get a smooth, comfortable ride with a good suspension system. With a cartoon figure taking a fantastic voyage through the glisteningly clean Chevrolet engine, we watch a drop of gasoline from the time it flows into the gas tank to when it is exploded in the engine cylinder. We also learn about the importance of iron and it’s various forms, along with how gasoline is refined and used in a animation/live-action film. In addition we learn how gasoline and air mix to provide power in the automobile engine. A wonderful series of insights of how some of the automotive processes work.  Sit back and enjoy almost an hour and a half of automotive bliss.

Around the Corner is an excellent movie from 1937 that starts with a thank you to the Riders Of Victor McLaglen. They do some marvelous bike tricks, lots of cornering and standing up and balancing. The movie then goes on with fantastically illustrated pictures and easy to understand language on how the automobile differential allows a vehicle to turn a corner while keeping the wheels from skidding. It does it all in 9:30 minutes.

Facts on Friction, this 1934 movie starts out talking about speed and how the need for more speed depends on friction, which in effect relates to braking power, since brakes rely on friction for stopping. The movie then goes on to discuss how friction affects different aspects of automobile use. It talks about how friction is used, and what has to be done to take full advantage of it. Marvelous diagrams are used to explain the process, along with very easy to understand explanations of the process. It then discusses the braking system of the car, how they work and the importance of the materials used. Which, of course, since this is Jam Handy production means Chevrolet brakes and materials. Hey fine by me, my first car was a 1962 Chevy Belair and when I bought it I got the brake shoes, relining and all included. I can still remember my dad and I re-doing the relining and putting new shoes and drums on. The movie runs 9:28.

This 1940 movie, Something For Nothing starts with cartoonist, Rube Goldberg telling us about the different ideas people have and the patents they have created. He then talks about the perpetual motion machine and how they say you can’t get something for nothing, but he is going to try. We then move on to the movie where we learn through a little experimentation and some animation how fuel is converted to power in the modern automobile engine. The details are fantastic and the explanation very easy to follow. Sit back, laugh at Rube and enjoy this 8:47 movie.

In the 1938 movie, Over The Waves we learn how our cars get a smooth, comfortable ride. The demonstrations are excellent, and the detailed discussion of the suspension system and how it works is done marvelously the movie using words and examples in a excellent manner. A must see for all, and all of this in 9:19 minutes.

The 1946 movie, The Inside Story of Modern Gasoline is 22:36 minutes and produced by Jerry Fairbanks, Inc. The movie combines animation and demonstrations (live action) to show how gasoline is refined and used. We get to meet an animated carbon atom who gives us the “inside dope” on gasoline. He and his molecule friends take us on the journey of the facilities, what it takes and the steps taken to deliver crude oil. We are shown a barrel of crude oil and we learn about the different levels and what comes off them. For example level one gives us heavy lube oil and residual materials, the second level gives us light lube oil, the third level Fuel oil, the fourth level Kerosene and the fifth level gasoline to make gas. We are shown that a barrel of crude oil produces 20% residual fuel oil and asphalt; 7% Lube oil and wax, 39% Gas oil and Fuel oil; 15% Kerosene; 10% Gas and 18% Gasoline. The demonstrations and information is excellently presented and is a wonderful teaching tool to show the whole family the various uses of crude oil. We move on to cracking molecules, and get to watch through a glass intake manifold to see how it works, along with an excellent demonstration of knocking and how the delivery of high octane eliminates the knocking. By using Standard Red or White crown gasoline the demonstration car stops knocking all together. The movie is absolutely fascinating with an enormous amount of information for everyone. An added plus are the striking images of gas stations, auto travel, and automobiles.

The 1935 movie Down the Gasoline Trail uses a cartoon to show us what happens to a drop of gasoline from the time it flows into the gas tank to when it is exploded in the engine cylinder. Not only is it a great way to understand how gasoline works but the fantastic voyage through the glisteningly clean Chevrolet engine is also an excellent example of the soft-sell, where the product that's promoted is hardly ever mentioned by name. This excellent movie runs 7:57.

Iron, and it’s numerous forms is what we learn about in this excellent 1938 film called, Tough Friends. The movie runs 10:42 and talks about the numerous forms of metal, how iron ore is transported, made into liquid form, the process of removing impurities to make steel, how blocks of steel are re-heated and processed, the different strengths of metals, how steel and carbon mixed together makes an extremely hard surface. It talks about the alloy process and finishes with how important steel and steel alloys are to make the modern automobile safer and more durable.

In the 1937 movie Free Air, we start out with watching a diver receive air while he is in the water and continue with a discussion on how oxygen is used in our every day life. We next talk about how fire uses oxygen and the more oxygen the faster the fire. We then see a locomotive and learn that it gets it extra power from air that is under pressure in combination with fire. We also learn that even steel will burn if enough oxygen is mixed with fire and how different things burn at a different rate. However, most important the movie offers a dramatic depiction of how gasoline and air mix to provide power in the automobile engine. We get to see a test example of a car with a balloon filled with air and 3 tablespoons of gasoline, the test being how far will the car travel and how much air will be used. The movie run 9:39 minutes.

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