Oldsmobile Presents the "Custom 8 Cruiser" B-44 (1942 Oldsmobile Playlets)
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- Publication date
- 1941
- Usage
- Public Domain
Theatrical screen ad for one of the last pre-World War II automobiles.
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Ken Smith sez: A series of theatrical commercials hawking the "B-44" line of "handsomer, huskier, heavier" Oldsmobiles. Featuring good, pompous narration and scary low-angle shots of the last prewar road behemoths.
Screen ads Commercials Advertising Oldsmobile (Advertising) Automobiles (Oldsmobile) Military preparedness World War II (preparedness) Defense Steam whistles Whistles (steam) Manufacturing Assembly lines Weapons Artillery shells World War II (munitions manufacturing) World War II (industry) Automobiles (showrooms) Automobiles (automatic transmissions)
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- Addeddate
- 2002-07-16 00:00:00
- Ccnum
- asr
- Closed captioning
- no
- Collectionid
- 17186e
- Color
- B&W
- Country
- United States
- Identifier
- Oldsmobi1941_3
- Numeric_id
- 781
- Proddate
- 1941
- Run time
- :47
- Sound
- Sd
- Type
- MovingImage
- Whisper_asr_module_version
- 20230805.01
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Reviewer:
HappySwordsman
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January 3, 2015
Subject: Good footage. Poor narration
Subject: Good footage. Poor narration
The narration is very poorly-written, but there is good footage of the cars. I must admit I don't like the double-bumper very much, but the car looks fine from a side-angle.
Reviewer:
Spuzz
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December 2, 2003
Subject: In The True Military Manner!
Subject: In The True Military Manner!
In this one, The 'big, broad shouldered commanding' b-44 are shown to us. It's big alright, one of these would be called a gas guzzling tank today.