Reveals the automobile designer, working behind guarded doors to style the “dream cars” for the following year, and the more distant future. Endeavours to explain pictorially the process by which the stylist finds inspiration for new body designs to charm the customer. Prologue spoken by William Clay Ford, vice president of Ford Motor Co. Music by Sol Kaplan. Cinematography by Stan Meredith. Narrated by Shepperd Strudwick.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
010392
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Advertising
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Automobile industry and trade
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Design, Industrial
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Ford Motor Company
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Ford Motor Company - History
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Automobile industry and trade
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Automobiles
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Automobiles - Design and construction
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Ford Motor Company
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Ford Motor Company - History
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Advertising
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Design, Industrial
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)