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An Equation for progress

United States
film

Documentary on the history of the Ford Motor Company. Early experiments, ultra-sonic steele-piercing beams, an analog computer, assimilated crashes and cars o..

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Henry Ford's America

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Henry Ford 1863-1947

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Opus 65

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The American road

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Proof of power

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Progress: the story of the Rootes Group

United Kingdom, 1955
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Origin of the motion picture

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Inventing the future

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The Stylist

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Documentary of achievement

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The Dawn of motoring

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How motion pictures move and talk

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Growth

Canada, 1973
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The Golden age of the automobile

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The British motor car

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Roadmap for Change (TEFC)

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Power, people and progress

United Kingdom, 1968
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It came to stay

Australia, 1958
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