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General Motors guidelines for maintaining private cars during World War II, when none were manufactured in the U.S.A.

General Motors film entitled: "It's up to US," explains how to maintain private cars during World War 2, when all manufacturers switched to production of war materiel. Bugler, in U.S. Army uniform, blows reveille. Montage of American scenes, including homes and gardens; mountains; forests and lumberjacks felling a tree; an oil well gusher spewing crude oil; open pit mining operations; Niagara falls; flock of sheep grazing; workers picking cotton and it being delivered to a processing plant by horse-drawn wagon; a large timber log being cut into boards in a lumber mill; steel being manufactured for the war effort; a woman housewife or homemaker saving foods in a refrigerator in a vintage 1940s kitchen; a man cutting his lawn; a woman vacuuming her carpet; a woman taking clothes from a washing machine; a farmer plowing with a tractor; automobiles on American road and in parking lot of a defense plant. A driver with worn and dented 1938 Chevrolet Coupe car parked in front of a home is assisted by another who drives up behind him in a 1941 Oldsmobile and gives him a push. Sign at a Chevrolet service garage reading: "Official O.P.A. Tire Inspection Station." A 1942 Chevrolet 2-door fastback car drives into the garage. Mechanic greets driver and begins routine service, including: adding distilled water to battery; draining oil from car up on hydraulic lift. Scene shifts to a mechanic lubricates fittings on a 1937 Chevy on a lift at a gas station. Scene reverts to the earlier garage where mechanic drains cooling system, and refills it. The mechanic removes the carburetor and services it on a bench. He checks distributor rotor and makes compression checks. He cleans and re-gaps spark plugs, and checks tires and brakes. Cars driving on a town street. Mechanic aligning wheels on 1941 Chevrolet. Animated illustrations of tire wear from alignment problems. Servicing air in tire of 1942 2-door Chevy. More animated illustrations of tire problems. Illustrated explanation of rotation for bias tires.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 8 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036559
Guidelines for proper maintenance and alignment of tires of cars to save rubber.

Guidelines for proper maintenance of cars. Japan on globe holds supply of rubber to other parts of world. A rubber plant. Scientist in a research lab works to synthesize artificial rubber. Cars and taxis on roads. Mechanic lays beneath a car and checks tires, breaking system and wheel alignment. A deformed wheel due to improper alignment. Man realigns tires. Animated diagram shows swapping of tires

Location: United States USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036560
Guidelines on proper driving skills to reduce losses to the tires of car and damages by wrong driving practice.

Guidelines for proper maintenance of cars and damages by wrong driving practice. A careless driver strikes tires against roadside. The tire flattens after driving some distance apart. Damage caused by riding on a flattened tire. Cars turn speedily on curves, and affects the tires.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036561
Guidelines on proper maintenance and servicing of various engine parts of a car.

Guidelines on proper maintenance and servicing of various engine parts of a car. A car enters a service center. Mechanic inspects the car. He adds water to battery, checks crank case and changes engine oil. He adds water to radiator and cleans carburetor. He checks ignition systems and other engine parts with specialized equipment. A faulty car engine gives smoke while driving. A car drivers talks to a man while stationary and presses accelerator. Cars, buses and trucks on roads.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 3 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036562
Uses of trucks in transportation and reducing cost in construction and transportation.

Various uses of trucks. Trucks reduce the transportation cost by minimizing time and self unloading. A truck on road overtakes a horse cart. Residential buildings can be seen in background. Truck unloads the material by using its lifting mechanism, thus no labor required and reduces cost of transportation.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1923
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036585
Uses of trucks in lumber industry and delivering daily bread at reduced cost.

Various uses of trucks. Trucks used for transportation save substantial haulage cost. Lumbering activities amidst forest. Men cut trees and load them on trucks. Truck transports them on rough roads and drop them in water. Trucks lined outside a bread mill. They move for daily delivery of bread.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1923
Duration: 3 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036586
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