Underplayed Gems

Gadgets Galore (1955)

Gadgets Galore poster
Directed by
Robert Youngson
Genre
documentary
Country
United States
Runtime
11 min
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This short comedy film looks at the early history of cars in America. It uses old black and white footage to show strange vehicles and crashes. Narrators joke and sometimes use fake French or German accents. The film points out that there were many car makers with varying quality, and that cars led to traffic jams, pollution and races.

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What happens

Gadgets Galore est un court métrage humoristique américain réalisé par Robert Youngson et sorti le . L'histoire de l'automobile aux États-Unis, de ses débuts balbutiants à aujourd'hui. Le film contient diverses séquences et extraits en noir et blanc de vieux films au début du . Chacun d'entre eux a la particularité de mettre en valeur les curiosités et les accidents lié aux voitures d'époques. Tout au long de la séquence, plusieurs narrateurs commentent cela d'une manière désinvolte ou maussade, imitant parfois l'accent français ou l'accent allemand. Il est aussi expliqué que les constructeurs d'automobiles étaient fort nombreux, ce qui rendait considérablement variable la qualité de leurs produits, qui généreront par la suite des embouteillages dans la circulation citadine, de la pollution et des courses de voitures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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