Highballing to Victory
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- Publication date
- 1944
- Usage
- Public Domain
Transportation in wartime.
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- 2002-07-16 00:00:00
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- asr
- Closed captioning
- no
- Collectionid
- 17972
- Color
- B&W
- Identifier
- Highball1944
- Numeric_id
- 523
- Proddate
- 1944
- Run time
- 10:48
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- MovingImage
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- 20230805.01
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Reviewer:
Dodsworth the Cat
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December 6, 2023
Subject: Tires Are Just Like People
Subject: Tires Are Just Like People
You're swear this short was sponsored by Goodyear, considering how often we hear the word "tires" (the word "American" is a close second). But it's not.
In the haste to give the U.S. credit for tires, there's no mention of where the rubber came from to make them. Wyoming? I don't think so. And why nothing about synthetic tires, which *were* made in the U.S.
There's plenty of praise for the Chinese who, in a few short years, would be America's next hated enemy along with those other allies, the Soviets.
The narration treats tires as they're humans, relating how they were "killed" in the war.
There is something very satisfying seeing people destroy pictures of Hitler. That's among the War Dept's footage cobbled together for this salute to tires.
In the haste to give the U.S. credit for tires, there's no mention of where the rubber came from to make them. Wyoming? I don't think so. And why nothing about synthetic tires, which *were* made in the U.S.
There's plenty of praise for the Chinese who, in a few short years, would be America's next hated enemy along with those other allies, the Soviets.
The narration treats tires as they're humans, relating how they were "killed" in the war.
There is something very satisfying seeing people destroy pictures of Hitler. That's among the War Dept's footage cobbled together for this salute to tires.
Reviewer:
Spuzz
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September 27, 2003
Subject: Mmm Highballs.
Subject: Mmm Highballs.
pretty entertaining film about the importance of rubber in wartime. MNore specifivally of course, the use of it for tires that will be used by the US forces transport vehicles. I found this film interesting in it's personification of the tire as an active participant in the war, like we were supposed to FEEL for the tires getting blown apart in wartime. Nice production shots too. Reccomended.
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December 14, 2002
Subject: This is one of the reasons we won WWII
Subject: This is one of the reasons we won WWII
I've seen this film before! In the late 50s and early 60s--black and white TV time here in the mountains of North Carolina--they used to show old films like this. Yes, it was done as propaganda (our kind, at least) but still it's shows WHY we won World War II. We had a preponderance in industrial manufacturing and the transport that got the materials to where it would do the most good. The "Red Ball" part of this film really stuck in my mind when I saw it 40 years or more ago, because I had a neighbor who had driven a truck on that route. ... I think this film is truly worth watching, especially for those too young to have experienced World War II. Men and machines like these, they kept us free.