"THE GREAT LOVE AFFAIR" 1966 AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE, HIGHWAYS & CAR CULTURE DOCUMENTARY 16804

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The Great Love Affair is a 1966 film that features CBS News correspondent Harry Reasoner and documents the impact the automobile has had on American life. The film looks at the impact cars have made on families, the U.S. economy (including the process of purchasing a car), marketing and media, and entertainment during the mid-1960s. The film begins with new cars being transported on railroad transport carriers. An aerial view shows the Santa Monica Freeway packed with cars (01:14). A reporter rides in a helicopter to report on traffic. Drivers sit in their cars, stopped in a traffic jam. A man rents a car at a National Car Rental counter (02:41). A woman watches a television inside of her car. People drive their cars to a drive-in diner, a drive-up bank, and a drive-in theater. The glass doors open up onto a balcony at a California drive-in megachurch. The pastor addresses the drive-in and walk-in parishioners (04:05). Men walk around to the parked cars to collect money. Children play with toy cars in a sandbox (06:25). Men race cars in a soapbox derby. Kids drive bumper cars at a fair (07:17). Men lower an engine into a car (08:05). Viewers see a teenage boy taking his driver’s license test. He parallel parks a station wagon during the test. Scuba divers prepare a 1965 Chevrolet Impala to take out onto a rocky outcrop in the sea for a commercial shoot (10:15). A helicopter picks up the divers from the rock and filmmakers shoot the commercial. Viewers see clips from a number of other automobile commercials, including one for a 1965 Mustang Deluxe, one of a female model walking on a sand dune, one for a 1965 Thunderbird, and another for a 1965 Ford Mustang hardtop. A Ferrari is parked on a city street and people stop by to look at the high-end car (14:36). The film then cuts to an auto show featuring a number of new models (15:22). Women interview various men at the auto show; and female models describe cars’ features (16:35) or pose inside of cars wearing swimsuits. A car pulls away from a Chevrolet dealership (17:15). Inside the dealership’s showroom, a family talks with a salesman. There are several clips of salesmen talking with customers, trying to close deals. A young couple sit in a small office to close on the purchase of a car (19:10). A woman climbs into her newly bought car at a dealership. A car drives down a residential street, showing a number of houses-all of which have a two-car garage. People wash and wax their cars (21:02). Footage shows a car going through an automatic carwash. A woman pushes a shopping cart through a supermarket, and viewers see the automotive section of the store. Cars are moved into a large mechanic garage (22:54). Car owners tell the mechanics what the problem is with their respective cars. Viewers see cars on lifts as mechanics run diagnostics. A man looks at a car at a used car dealership (25:46). A second-hand salesman tries to smooth-talk a customer into buying a car (as the salesman essentially is trying to sell a loan). A “repo man” from a bank hotwires a car and repossesses the vehicle (27:44). Ford Motor Company executives John Nevin and Don Fry ride in the back seat of a car through the company’s Detroit complex discussing sale projections (28:58). Footage shows operations inside a Ford manufacturing plant (30:23). Men assemble Ford Mustangs. Dave Davis, a former car racer, hosts a party with other racecar drivers and writer Tom Wolf, talking about cost of the automobile industry and its impact on America (32:00). On a college campus, men in a fraternity lift and carry a Volkswagen Beetle in a competition (34:55). Young people drag race in California (36:44). A woman wins her race and collects her trophy. In Sebring, FL, drivers run to their cars and then start racing a 12-hour endurance race (37:42). Las Vegas magnate William Harrah drives a 1933 Duesenberg (39:16). He pulls up to a hilltop where a number of old collector cars sit. The film then shows several movie clips that feature cars (40:51): The Great Race, Goldfinger, and It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. A sculptor shows off his latest art exhibit, a model of a car (43:34). Two men try to open a trunk of a car to change a flat tire (44:34). A tow truck arrives to tow a dead car sitting on the side of a road; the driver attempts to start the car, but the engine won’t turn. Viewers then see footage of a demolition derby (46:55), and wrecked cars filling a junkyard. The wrecks are crushed and melted down into cheap steel (48:27).
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@stevegursky8149
@stevegursky8149 Жыл бұрын
I'm old...I remember watching this with my dad and grandfather...I was 12 .fast forward,I spent 31 years with ford motor and now have a garage full of classic mustangs....I was bitten by the bug at a very young age.
@tylerzorn6152
@tylerzorn6152 2 жыл бұрын
This has got to be one of the best videos I've seen on KZbin and a very very long time thank you so much for putting this on KZbin I enjoyed it from start to finish.
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@PeriscopeFilm 2 жыл бұрын
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@friguy4444
@friguy4444 2 жыл бұрын
THIS is the BEST video (Film) on the car industry I've ever seen!! I've worked in the industry and this is a great film! It's genuinely funny and just plain Genuine.
@solemandd67
@solemandd67 3 жыл бұрын
I was a year old. The previous year my mother bought a '65 Corvair Monza Sport Sedan off the showroom floor of Johnson Chevrolet, on Ross Ave, in Dallas TX. Corocus Yellow w/Black bucket seat interior. 164 CU/110 HP, Powerglide, AC, Deluxe Push Button AM radio, Kleenex tissue dispenser Door edge guards, Rear bumper guards. Later she added a black, pebble grain, vinyl top. It sure was a sharp little car and it's interesting that most of the observations made for this documentary hold true today.
@OOICU812
@OOICU812 3 жыл бұрын
You have an amazing memory. That would be a cool car to own even today.
@solemandd67
@solemandd67 3 жыл бұрын
@@OOICU812 Thanks. Being an only allowed me the time and freedom to focus on cars intently. I've got the purchase agreement and have been searching for that car or an identical one to purchase. 🤞🏽
@toddsmith1617
@toddsmith1617 7 ай бұрын
I was 3.😂u
@thejerseyj9422
@thejerseyj9422 3 жыл бұрын
I got my license in December of '73. Right in the middle of the first gas crisis. I remember being in line for hours. But I did it gladly because all my life I waited for that one day that I could drive! Best part about the gas crisis was those beasts from the sixties were almost being given away because "responsible" people didn't want them. Us kids were buying GTO's and Mustang's and all those muscle cars for a few hundred bucks each. Oh to have some of what I owned now !
@tonychavez2083
@tonychavez2083 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, my old man talks about buying Buick's and Pontiac's for $200-$300 as used cars as the normal. My first used car a '73 beetle was bought for $120 from my old boss... Nice video flashback..
@stephaniepersin4145
@stephaniepersin4145 2 жыл бұрын
I love driving and coming and going as I please vs public transportation.
@thetreblerebel
@thetreblerebel 4 жыл бұрын
1966 was a great year for cars!
@bigblockjalopy
@bigblockjalopy 4 ай бұрын
Yes, but the previous 11 years were even better
@craigmcdowall552
@craigmcdowall552 3 жыл бұрын
“there are 4,257 drive-in movie theaters across the country, the main feature starts at a different time in each car”. Hilarious.
@djsalseromusica5433
@djsalseromusica5433 4 ай бұрын
💯
@RudeCustoms
@RudeCustoms 2 ай бұрын
I would like to hit the Thumbs Up, but you have 69 Likes LOL!
@anthonybelyea1964
@anthonybelyea1964 5 жыл бұрын
I could hear Harry reasoner's sarcasm through the whole video it was awesome rest in peace
@markb289
@markb289 5 жыл бұрын
I think the sarcasm was courtesy of Andy Rooney. He did several car stories on 60 Minutes, including on on pick up trucks and he wondered why the names on the tailgates were getting bigger.
@anthonybelyea1964
@anthonybelyea1964 5 жыл бұрын
@@markb289 you are so correct I miss that type of Journalism thanks for the enlightenment
4 жыл бұрын
@@markb289 Did'ya ever wonder? That is probably the most grating question posed that Rooney voiced. Joe Piscopo did a great Andy Rooney impersonation.
@mackpines
@mackpines 4 жыл бұрын
1966: 4,000 drive in theaters. 2020: 330. The narrator was so spot on when it came to car commercials.
@rajsingharora26
@rajsingharora26 3 жыл бұрын
20 min into this documentary & this is the greatest psychological Analysis of cars & owners ever.
@Kenny-re8ko
@Kenny-re8ko 4 жыл бұрын
RIP Plymouth, Pontiac, Olds, Mercury, Rambler, Studebaker, Imperial (man there were a LOT of Pontiacs around in 1966!)
@NZDC69
@NZDC69 4 жыл бұрын
Packard, AMC, Hudson, Kaiser, Dusenberg, Cord/Auburn, and many, many more.
@toastnjam7384
@toastnjam7384 3 жыл бұрын
Back in the mid/late 60's in LA it seemed seemed like every other car was a Mustang or VW bug. The car game me and my brother played was who could spot which one the most. I always chose my dream car, the Mustang.
@chuckster3629
@chuckster3629 3 жыл бұрын
@@toastnjam7384 I have a 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 convertible with only 97,500 original total miles on it. I bought it from a dealer back in 2001 and drove it home the 310 miles with no problems. At the time it only had 57,000 original miles on it and the serice stickers on the drivers door proved it was the original mileage. I paid $7,500 for it back then. It still drives and looks good, especially in the summertime with the top down. It has the original 390 c.i. 4 bbl engine with 3 speed Cruise O Matic transmission. All my older friends, like me, enjoy the smooth ride and comfort of the Galaxie. They hand me $20 for gas and tell me to keep going. Anyone who's ever ridden in the back seat of a '65 Mustang convertible complains about the lack of legroom and comfort. After about 20 minutes, they're ready to go home.
@majorneptunejr
@majorneptunejr 2 жыл бұрын
@@TugIronChief But we are talking about cars that were still with us in 1966 .
@-oiiio-3993
@-oiiio-3993 2 жыл бұрын
@@TugIronChief Not so long. Studebaker ended production in December of 1963.
@sarjim4381
@sarjim4381 5 жыл бұрын
This is amazing for me. I moved to California in 1966 and remember this segment of CBS Reports. In the main, this describes California car culture much more so than in the rest of the country. The smog was just terrible then, and all the nice sunlight just made it even worse. I didn't have a car with a/c until 1976, and being stuck in a freeway traffic jam on a 100 degree day (which could occur in almost any month) was one of the things that set off the original road rage. You could still buy a junker for fifty bucks and start hot rodding it during auto shop at school. Contrary to what the show said, many kids did become mechanics, and a lot of them made as much money as doctor.
@haveanicedave1551
@haveanicedave1551 4 жыл бұрын
I lived in L.A. I remember my dad's truck bench seat upholstery was super itchy during the summertime when I'd take off my shirt. Also, never really remember seeing stars because of the smog and night lights. We moved to northern CA. and remember looking up at the sky and seeing millions of stars.
@ssisnake
@ssisnake 3 жыл бұрын
i lived in riverside county and remember the smog wall the closer you got to LA
@fairfaxcat1312
@fairfaxcat1312 3 жыл бұрын
What rips my ass is California’s government preaching to the rest of us, forcing us to change our products and practices, because it stunk up its own state. California, king of sprawl, preaching that buildings must be “green” no matter how far out into the exurbs developers build them.
@-oiiio-3993
@-oiiio-3993 2 жыл бұрын
@@TugIronChief Inversion layers play a major part.
@nedludd7622
@nedludd7622 Жыл бұрын
This narrative is funny and enjoyable. The church is "open to all denominations". My first car in high school in the mid-60s, a second-hand little Nash Rambler(as in the song)given to me by my father. Subsequently, I bought other second-hand cars, each one for between $100-300. I have never bought a new car. Two were my favorites, a 1952 Studebaker V-8 and a 1960 Bugeye Sprite convertible which also had a hardtop you could put on. The most useful was a small Datsun pickup which I bought in a supermarket parking lot in the late 70's. It didn't have a windshield and cost me $25O. It cost me about $50 to buy a windshield at a junk yard and I installed it myself(it was easy). That is a reason I liked shop classes in high school where I learned carpentry, welding, and car mechanics.
@concretebob7680
@concretebob7680 3 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid in the late 1960s and very early 1970s, I was amazed by the freeways being built in my local metropolitan area. While my friends were playing sports or their Hot Wheels toy cars, I was drawing freeways, interchanges and arterial streets on my Dad and Mom's patios with chalk. Once I "completed" all the freeways and streets, I would take all of my Hot Wheels and drive them along the freeways I built By the time I was eleven years old, I graduated to pen and paper, designing freeways and complete cities. I actually still have a lot of my work on hand, nowadays. My outlook on transportation and urban growth has not changed much since.
@-oiiio-3993
@-oiiio-3993 3 жыл бұрын
The kid I played 'Matchbox Cars' with the most, Joel Ewanick, later became the marketing chief of General Motors.
@MishaGoesPlaces
@MishaGoesPlaces 3 жыл бұрын
So you are who we blame for our godawful transportation system? Thanks!
@williammetcalf7239
@williammetcalf7239 2 жыл бұрын
Very cool. I can relate to your the fascination of the motorways. I drew them too, when I was young.
@concretebob7680
@concretebob7680 2 жыл бұрын
@@williammetcalf7239 Hell, I still do draw freeways! I consider freeways highly functional public artwork. Thanks William.
@marcbechtol2697
@marcbechtol2697 2 жыл бұрын
@@MishaGoesPlaces compared to what?
@derekcrymble9085
@derekcrymble9085 2 жыл бұрын
Wow !! I am now going to take my 1965 Pontiac Parisienne hardtop coupe out for a spin . She is teal with ivory bucket seats . Factory 327 4bbl , power windows and tilt steering . White Spot drive-in , HERE I COME !!!
@DanEBoyd
@DanEBoyd 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a Canadian Pontiac. Are you sure you're not going to Timmy's?😃
@derekcrymble9085
@derekcrymble9085 2 жыл бұрын
@@DanEBoyd Full on Canadian Pontiac , yup . NOT going to Tim's . White-Spot is far older and better . There was NO Tim's here in1965 .
@randalls.1978
@randalls.1978 3 жыл бұрын
I like the style of the old cars, lots of chrome, big long hoods, vinyl tops, but don't miss the problems of carburetors , distributor caps and points
@smoothoperator7023
@smoothoperator7023 2 жыл бұрын
Whitewall tires
@darrellmortensen9805
@darrellmortensen9805 2 жыл бұрын
Well many of us now have chrome. Its called grey hair and joint replacements
@DalyTheThird
@DalyTheThird 2 жыл бұрын
Incredible! I’m gonna give my 66 Chevrolet Caprice extra kisses today for avoiding the crusher and for being someone’s dream car at one time.
@trr5291
@trr5291 3 жыл бұрын
I love these old videos. It's a look back in time.
@melaniexoxo
@melaniexoxo 2 жыл бұрын
I miss the 1960s California. Was born here in the early 60s and never left. It sure is different today!!
@booklover6753
@booklover6753 2 жыл бұрын
Overpopulated.
@bbrut3332
@bbrut3332 7 ай бұрын
​@@booklover6753and over regulated 😅😅😅
@marcbernicker206
@marcbernicker206 2 жыл бұрын
funniest line: junk cars are competing with housing developments and national parks for space. there is a lot of satire in this gem
@2001rams
@2001rams 3 жыл бұрын
This was a great program for what "was" in 1966 and an even better program now in what "use to be." Brings back a lot of good memories of the good old days especially for those of us who are car people. Thanks.
@OldsVistaCruiser
@OldsVistaCruiser 4 жыл бұрын
Today is Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Imagine someone from 1966 seeing that we still drive on interstate highways designed to accommodate traffic projected for 1975.
@NZDC69
@NZDC69 4 жыл бұрын
Those people are still alive haha
@marctronixx
@marctronixx 4 жыл бұрын
@@NZDC69 lol some of those people even commented here !!! :)
@JDAbelRN
@JDAbelRN 3 жыл бұрын
Well, but for the obvious exceptions ( southern California, etc), I believe the engineers and designers of Interstate Highway System, I believe we have pretty damn efficient way to get around anywhere in the USA, at any damn time you want 24/7/365; that is a lot of freedom!
@deanmelin1865
@deanmelin1865 3 жыл бұрын
@@marctronixx lm Aka
@Mass_hole508
@Mass_hole508 3 жыл бұрын
Well back in the 1920s & 30s they thought we'd all have flying cars by the 1960s. They were saying the same thing in the 1960s. Yet here it is 2021 and we still aren't going around like the jetson's lol. Maybe by 2065 or 2165. Someday I'm sure just not likely in my lifetime lol.
@vernonfindlay1314
@vernonfindlay1314 3 жыл бұрын
I had a thumb's up ar 37 minutes for the Lady dragsters, imagine in 1966,I was 3. I had tears at the 48 minute, crushing them beauty's. Second time around today since I came across this,thanks to you posted this,think a third time with honour.Now people are pushing electric, and oil is evil,something is wrong. God bless, happy Sunday, amen,amin.
@chuckster3629
@chuckster3629 3 жыл бұрын
"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" is one of my favorite old movies. I've seen it hundreds of times I'd guess. It comes around once or twice a year on cable and satellite TV. Great car chases. The same Black '56 Ford convertible is seen in several of the chase scenes.
@woxyroxme
@woxyroxme 2 жыл бұрын
They occasionally show it on Turner Classic Movies, usually when I am stuck at work and not able to see it
@chuckster3629
@chuckster3629 2 жыл бұрын
@@woxyroxme I DVR it by checking in advance on the drop down hourly schedule.
@bryanmelton5538
@bryanmelton5538 Жыл бұрын
YES ITS A GREAT MOVIE LOVE IT LOL 😂
@josephg41
@josephg41 3 жыл бұрын
As a guy in love with old cars in particular this is a cool documentary still. Hurts me to see those 50's cars being crushed already by 1966. Those ones didn't get so lucky. Saw many 55-58 cars in that scrapping scene. That sure is a short life, less than 10 years. Funny, because the cars I have are the same age as some of the vehicles in that scrapyard. I bet the original owners never would've bet their car would still be cruising with most of it's original parts 60+ years later. I guess mine just got lucky.
@-oiiio-3993
@-oiiio-3993 3 жыл бұрын
Those cars were _very_ out of style, then. I remember Mom being delighted to sell her 1955 Olds 88 Holiday to a scrap dealer for $25 when Dad bought her a new '69 AMC Ambassador SST wagon. On the other hand, in 1978 I bought a 1956 Ford (2 door) Customline Ranch Wagon which was followed by a '53 Olds 88, then a 1959 Impala Sport Coupe with 348.
@turbo8454
@turbo8454 3 жыл бұрын
@@-oiiio-3993 When I was growing up in the 60's, many if not most middle class people traded every one to three years. A two or three year old car looked dated. My parents were a little more frugal.....four or five years was the norm for them. By the mid 70's, styles were on three to five year cycles so trade intervals started increasing.
@-oiiio-3993
@-oiiio-3993 3 жыл бұрын
@@turbo8454 Dad had a new Corvair in '62 or so, later got rid of it for a '64 Buick Skylark that became my oldest brother's first car a few years later when Dad got a '70 Buick Le Sabre. The Olds had been a 'second car' that Mom used to ferry us kids around. In '75 Dad got a specially ordered V8 Chevy Monza.
@turbo8454
@turbo8454 3 жыл бұрын
@@-oiiio-3993 The first V8 Monza I saw was a '75 Monza Town Coupe during the winter of '76-'77. A college classmate's mothers car.
@-oiiio-3993
@-oiiio-3993 3 жыл бұрын
@@turbo8454 Dad's was a 2+2. It was the first year, Monza 2+2 and Cadillac Seville were the first to have the rectangular headlights. The 350 V8 was wedged in there very tightly.
@DSGNflorian
@DSGNflorian 4 жыл бұрын
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Very entertaining and thoughtful journalistic piece from the heyday of network TV...and the heyday of Detroit. Funny and witty social commentary. It's over half a century old yet eerily relevant today.
@michaeldesilvio221
@michaeldesilvio221 3 жыл бұрын
I miss the old drive in movie theaters.
@ab348
@ab348 5 жыл бұрын
I thought a lot of the dialog sounded like Andy Rooney and sure enough, the credits show him as a co-writer.
@larkatmic
@larkatmic 4 жыл бұрын
Its crazy to me now after living through this period that safety belts were not mandatory until 1968 by car manufacturers. I didn’t start wearing them until the late 1970s. So basically we drove hunks of metal, glass and vinyl without any thought to our safety. Ignorance is bliss I guess. Boy, have times changed. Cars today are light weight, made of plastic polymers and equipped with shoulder lap belts, airbags, and have tons of safety features that most of us back then didn’t even think we needed. I don’t know the last time I heard of anyone getting whip lash, or slamming their head through the front windshield. I do miss the way cars drove and looked. Especially Chevrolets and Buick’s. They were stylish and smooth on the road. And living in Los Angeles then was sublime. What a fun time we had.
@dave1956
@dave1956 2 жыл бұрын
2 front seat belts were required in 1963 I believe. 2 front and 2 rear were required in ‘66. I was 10 years old and in the backseat of our 1960 Falcon when my mother t-boned a guy who blew a stop sign. My mother’s left kneecap was split in half and one of the halves granulated by the ignition key. My brother was in the middle of the front seat and his head went into the windshield. The inside rearview mirror was found about 30 feet away. Both his knees and his friend’s knees who was riding in the right front put large dents in the metal dashboard. His friend’s head went entirely through the windshield and then back in again. I just got bruised ribs, but ever since that day I ALWAYS wore a seat belt. Our other car had them front and back. When I dealt with customers in the body shop business and I had a customer that complained of an abrasion from a deployed air bag I wanted to tell them that it beats picking glass out of your face for the next year.
@larkatmic
@larkatmic 2 жыл бұрын
@@dave1956 Great story. Yes, safety belts definitely saved countless lives. I just never understood why they didn’t come standard in cars until the 60s. They were actually accessories you had to pay extra before that. I started wearing one when I too was involved in an accident. Went through the front windshield in a friends Mustang. It was raining and he lost control of his car and we slid into a light pole. He was fine, cause he was wearing his seat belt. I was cut up on my scalp and needed stitches. Grateful my hair grew over the scar.
@OOICU812
@OOICU812 3 жыл бұрын
I REALLY enjoyed watching this blast from the past.
@PeriscopeFilm
@PeriscopeFilm 3 жыл бұрын
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@annabellessweetdreams3787
@annabellessweetdreams3787 3 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed watching this, there were some big cars. I was born in 2000 and all the cars over here look all alike in my opinion where those cars seemed to have their own style and personality.
@lobsturf7797
@lobsturf7797 3 жыл бұрын
Amen! Another Y2K here, and I've been fascinated with these beauties since I was 11. Beautiful design, beautiful music, beautiful uniqueness...
@annabellessweetdreams3787
@annabellessweetdreams3787 3 жыл бұрын
@@lobsturf7797 A couple of days, after I posted that I saw an old convertible, my friend told me it was a 50's Buick in our parking garage. pretty cool. I just bought a new car for my friend to drive and something nicer for our road trips. We needed another car so I splurged, I'll just keep driving my 15-year-old VW Polo, my old friend.
@turbo8454
@turbo8454 3 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate to grow up during that period. You could easily tell on make from another and they were big. I have several from that era. Two of them I've owned since the early 70's.
@booklover6753
@booklover6753 2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately car design is now defined by the need for aerodynamic efficiency. Only one shape works well so they all look alike. Sad but true.
@ssisnake
@ssisnake 3 жыл бұрын
Bill was a good friend of our family as my dad was a car restoration person and won grand nationals a couple times, couple of the cars my dad restored are in that very museum, one was very rare.
@dunningkruger6891
@dunningkruger6891 4 жыл бұрын
I want My World back! Everything sux today!
@majorneptunejr
@majorneptunejr 2 жыл бұрын
You can blame that on internet, cell phones and cable TV . The things that people today can't live without .
@MUZUKUN-YT
@MUZUKUN-YT 2 жыл бұрын
Nah, they're the reason why trains in local cities were abolished. Cars are just a bunch of metal and are ugly to see packed.
@myassizitchy
@myassizitchy 2 жыл бұрын
I sure miss when cars actually looked different and I could tell a Camaro from a daihatsu both passin me at 75mph on a rainy day in Georgia
@DanEBoyd
@DanEBoyd 2 жыл бұрын
@@majorneptunejr And megalomaniacs.
@Notthisguyeither
@Notthisguyeither 3 ай бұрын
Are you better off now than you were then?
@russelljohnson1303
@russelljohnson1303 3 жыл бұрын
As the owner of a 53 Plymouth the junkyard part was so sad. My old gal will never see those Gates of death.
@lightningblue648
@lightningblue648 2 жыл бұрын
Mopar!!!!!
@VictrolaJazz
@VictrolaJazz 4 жыл бұрын
We didn't appreciate it at the time, but that was the high water mark for American styling and engineering. The most beautiful and best running cars we would ever have. From that point, government regs and bean counters took over and cars would never be a nice again.
@michaelweizer7794
@michaelweizer7794 4 жыл бұрын
Victrola Jazz agreed, read one of my later blogs.
@michaelwalston2438
@michaelwalston2438 8 ай бұрын
In point of fact, modern cars last much longer. 100,000 miles and a car was finished. My 05 Civic has 150,000 miles on it and will probably be good for another ten years.
@barca1cfc
@barca1cfc 8 ай бұрын
They were beautiful cars but some people look back on this era with rose tinted glasses. They were unsafe. Emitted too much emissions and didn’t last quite as long modern cars. I love classics and have a few because of their aesthetics and no computers but I’ll be the first to admit their limitations.
@misterwhipple2870
@misterwhipple2870 6 ай бұрын
I know how you feel, but really cars today are far better. They can go twice as fast, they use half the gas, they pollute only 10% as much, and they can last three times as long or more. And not only that, but they are much safer! Far fewer deaths and injuries. I'll take air-bags and curtains and seat belts aaaaany day over a gorgeous '59 Bel Air. But they DO cost waaaaay too much and they are far too complicated. That being said, I think the high water mark was 1977-1985, at least for Detroit.
@Nitrous-ej5zy
@Nitrous-ej5zy 3 жыл бұрын
That kid walking around the show room touching and swinging her arms around still happens today. Still remember going to buy my challenger and stopping the purchase because some kid with moms keys walked by and scratched the bell out of the door. Nope, not mine gimme the other one now......argh.....
@gojoe2833
@gojoe2833 3 жыл бұрын
This video reminds me how fortunate I have to have a shiny turquoise 1966 Chevy in my garage that let's me "drive nostalgic " any time I like.
@rolux4853
@rolux4853 2 жыл бұрын
The commentary of this dude is just legendary! It’s such a dry delivery and hits you way off. You just wouldn’t expect the wit from something coming from the 60s, haha
@allandavis8201
@allandavis8201 4 жыл бұрын
I could never be a car salesman, I just can’t lie.
@mercoid
@mercoid 4 жыл бұрын
Dj Phantom ...This explains my failure as a furniture salesman
@MrHmg55
@MrHmg55 4 жыл бұрын
@@mercoid I tried to sell newspaper subscriptions and minor league baseball tickets over the phone, just didn't have what it took and those summer gigs were over very quickly. Takes a special type to work in sales.
@IcelanderUSer
@IcelanderUSer 2 жыл бұрын
Yet you lie to yourself every day.
@almostfm
@almostfm 2 жыл бұрын
Couple of bits of trivia: I'd forgotten what a dry sense of humor Harry Reasoner had. John Fitch (who appears about 32 minutes in), invented those sand barrels you see on the freeway protecting the ends of guard rails. They're called "Fitch barriers" and he came up with them after the 1955 Le Mans accident that killed about 80 spectators. He remembered being at airbases during WW2 and seeing them use sand barrels as protection against German planes strafing the bases. And at 47 minutes, they're showing figure 8 racing at Ascot Speedway, which was in Gardena. I spent a lot of time growing up there, and it was known as a place where actors who wanted to race could go and be treated like normal people. My folks met Steve McQueen and Jim Garner there, because they happened to sit down next to someone that McQueen or Garner knew, so when their races were done, they'd go sit in the stands.
@nancyyarbrough8332
@nancyyarbrough8332 8 ай бұрын
Lucky you! I can believe all of it. This is such a reminder of how great that time was to grow up in. Thank God, we got that much. Fitch was just mentioned at 31:30 over some interesting conversation.
@nhra7110
@nhra7110 3 жыл бұрын
What an excellent video!
@PeriscopeFilm
@PeriscopeFilm 3 жыл бұрын
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@dustyphillips3166
@dustyphillips3166 4 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this one.
@raybin6873
@raybin6873 3 жыл бұрын
Cars were very simple back then...the engines so easy to work on /maintain. Car ownership was much cheaper - you weren't forced to buy car insurance. Harry Reasoner was one of the best reporters.
@CJColvin
@CJColvin 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly mate
@raybin6873
@raybin6873 3 жыл бұрын
@@CJColvin 😁👌
@dave1956
@dave1956 2 жыл бұрын
Forced to buy car insurance. I worked in the collision industry for 25 years and had many a customer hit by some deadbeat without insurance. If people aren’t responsible enough to carry at least liability insurance on their own they should not be permitted on our highways. Sorry about getting on a soapbox for a minute there.
@bradjohnston8193
@bradjohnston8193 2 жыл бұрын
"weren't forced to buy car insurance"!! You should have been tossed in jail. Or had your car taken and crushed. If you can't afford insurance, then you can't afford to drive! A Mature, Responsible Adult doesn't take chances like that with his own financial future, or that of others. My brother drove a truck of mine around for a year with no insurance and they damned near threw ME in jail for it. People like you are a menace to society.
@marcbernicker206
@marcbernicker206 2 жыл бұрын
Howwy Weezona
@cherrysdiy5005
@cherrysdiy5005 3 жыл бұрын
It really is amazing how some questions and commentary then, are still relevent today.
@sierramike5259
@sierramike5259 4 жыл бұрын
"it's a mad mad mad world" is still one of my favorite movies...also my 2015 challenger looks almost identical to a 1970 challenger ...the love affair continues ....
@CJColvin
@CJColvin 3 жыл бұрын
Same here brother
@pathenderson5245
@pathenderson5245 4 жыл бұрын
4,000 drive-ins in the 1960's. I was fortunate to experience the later years of the drive-ins in the late 1970's to early 1980's. It was the place to go to get romantic with your girlfriend (or boyfriend) if you still lived at home with mom and dad. They were cheap to get into, you could get there when they opened at dusk and stay until 2:00 AM when they closed. The movies themselves were mostly low-budget, but they usually played 2 or 3 different movies and repeated them if you missed any scenes from the first showing earlier. The food that they sold was terrible and expensive. They had individual speakers (so that you can hear the movie) for each car that you hung through a slight crack in your window. The speakers was usually lousy. In the winter, they had a heater that you hung the same way as the speaker. There was good and bad to the experience. But it was a great fun and it makes a great memory all these years later!
@thejerseyj9422
@thejerseyj9422 3 жыл бұрын
I miss drive- ins. We used to go so often that we got to know the other regulars. So many things in this documentary we took for granted then.
@laserbeam002
@laserbeam002 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I used to take my girlfriends to the drive ins. I've often wondered how many babies were conceived in the front seat....or back seat at drive ins hahaha
@WesB1972
@WesB1972 2 жыл бұрын
Passion pits. I loved them.
@DAZ5
@DAZ5 4 жыл бұрын
My father is a mechanic in this film in the background at 24:05. He said CBS spent 3 weeks filming and interviewing them for only 5 minutes worth of film. They interviewed him but it didn't make this film. Does anyone know who might have the raw footage of this film? Would love to hear that interview. Thanks.
@grandpavan8335
@grandpavan8335 2 жыл бұрын
I miss the big station wagons and the big Cadillacs!
@fromthesidelines
@fromthesidelines 4 жыл бұрын
Originally telecast as a "CBS NEWS HOUR" 'special' on October 12, 1965.
@billchambersmarquez2768
@billchambersmarquez2768 3 жыл бұрын
October 12my birthday!
@clem641
@clem641 2 жыл бұрын
@@billchambersmarquez2768 my very first one was 15 days later lol!
@JJJBRICE
@JJJBRICE Жыл бұрын
Mr. Grauman , do you know if Andy Rooney had a hand in writing this ?
@fromthesidelines
@fromthesidelines Жыл бұрын
*YES!* He co-wrote this with producer Richard Ellison [51:20].
@JJJBRICE
@JJJBRICE Жыл бұрын
@@fromthesidelines Thanks Mr. Grauman I knew you would know the Andy rooney style .
@scotennis609
@scotennis609 3 жыл бұрын
Oh Man! I love these!
@Fontanamotorsport
@Fontanamotorsport 3 жыл бұрын
"we parked this $14000.00 Ferrari here on the street and taped the people looking at it"....car is now worth 4-6million.....
@MrOneHotDog
@MrOneHotDog 3 жыл бұрын
250 GTO. Sweet.
@misterwhipple2870
@misterwhipple2870 6 ай бұрын
If they had done that on the WRONG STREET in NYC, it would have been stripped.
@fordlandau
@fordlandau 3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Still on point. Nothing has changed.
@OOICU812
@OOICU812 3 жыл бұрын
Except more people and cars.
@mercoid
@mercoid 4 жыл бұрын
This was produced the year I was born. I can hardly believe it.
@terrybrown7447
@terrybrown7447 3 жыл бұрын
This is incredible kudos to Reasoner
@dariowiter3078
@dariowiter3078 5 жыл бұрын
A great look at the Los Angeles freeway system from 1966. 🛣️🚗🚘🚚😁
@overcastfriday81
@overcastfriday81 2 жыл бұрын
When foreigners say America has no culture, they're forgetting cowboys, 20th century music, and it's love affair with vehicles for transportation. Before personal computers were a thing, people got bored and tinkered in the garage. On a side note, this documentary stands out to me as being a "practice run" for the 60 Minutes show which debuted a few years later.
@-oiiio-3993
@-oiiio-3993 3 жыл бұрын
36:26 - _"She's real fine, my 409..."_ (song). I put a Hipo 409 in my 1959 Impala Sport Coupe when the 348 gave out.
@booklover6753
@booklover6753 2 жыл бұрын
Yee haa! 😁
@joemackey1950
@joemackey1950 5 жыл бұрын
Loved Harry Reasoner's comments. Several times I was laughing so hard I had to rewind to catch what I missed. Its a shame we don't have good American iron on the road any longer, just look alike plastic pods. As a writer mentioned, we of a certain age, can tell the make, model and year of a car at a glance. No looking for some abstract symbol that means nothing and tells you nothing.
@robertromero8692
@robertromero8692 3 жыл бұрын
"American iron" was not as safe and reliable as today's cars.
@stepheng3667
@stepheng3667 4 жыл бұрын
Loved this ! I always think about what it would have been like to be a teenager in the 60's.
@mikeh.7499
@mikeh.7499 Жыл бұрын
Stephen it was fun...and you could occasionally make an ass out of yourself without it being recorded,pictured, and online.Regards.
@ambulet
@ambulet 5 жыл бұрын
So many truths in this broadcast. What a contrast with the attitude today.
@michaellowe17
@michaellowe17 3 жыл бұрын
At 32:46 you see David E. Davis at the cocktail party, arguably one of the greatest automotive writers of a generation. (Handlebar mustache and plaid sport coat.)
@tsf5-productions
@tsf5-productions 4 жыл бұрын
This is somewhat hilarious! Written with a good pun on the car industries in America, this one is fun enough to make even today's problems & worries (4-2020) worth watching. Even though made in 1966 for a CBS special (maybe "60 Minutes") this show makes one laugh...No worries for the time being. I like it! I can relate in that I was a teenager back when this was shown on TV.
@Truck6000
@Truck6000 Жыл бұрын
60 Minutes did not debut until 1968. So, this is undoubtedly a Television Special
@JJJBRICE
@JJJBRICE Жыл бұрын
@@Truck6000 Maybe s CBS Reports or their series , A ESSAY ON......
@operator91210
@operator91210 2 жыл бұрын
If they ever invent time travel I don't care about the butterfly effect I'm going to fall of '64 and ordering a '65 impala convertible! Man what a car!
@mikeh.7499
@mikeh.7499 Жыл бұрын
Rubber Duck ..I had a 1963 Ford Galaxy 352 cu.4 barrel....a great car also.Regards.
@bigblockjalopy
@bigblockjalopy 4 ай бұрын
Sept 1959 a brand new 383 Golden Commando Plymouth Fury Coupe with stainless skirts
@Ragnorak-mz3gi
@Ragnorak-mz3gi 2 жыл бұрын
Jeez. I can't see how its better to walk to a store from a parking lot from being able to walk out your front door and walk to the nearest food market. Man were we intoxicated with car culture back then, and still are today.
@sugarplum5824
@sugarplum5824 6 ай бұрын
What a fun video! Thank you for showing this one!
@teresa67factoid95
@teresa67factoid95 3 жыл бұрын
Back when a man went to work, and the wife raised the kids. The man would defend and protect his woman, not because she was weaker or not equal to him, because she was valuable and precious.
@laserbeam002
@laserbeam002 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Plus, defending his wife and or family was a point of pride and reflected how he saw himself.
@knighttuttrupriprock9733
@knighttuttrupriprock9733 3 жыл бұрын
I miss those days and values.
@martinleavitt6094
@martinleavitt6094 3 жыл бұрын
Well said folks...spot on!!...
@smithraymond09029
@smithraymond09029 3 жыл бұрын
This was before "no fault divorce" became law in California, before legal abortion, and before the welfare state really took hold. Does one have anything to do with the other and how things have become? Draw your own conclusion. (hint: the answer is "yes") .
@-oiiio-3993
@-oiiio-3993 3 жыл бұрын
Back when Julie Newmar was Catwoman.
@jeepguy220
@jeepguy220 4 жыл бұрын
imagine 1966 people seeing the car we have in 2020! 4 cylinders making the horsepower of their v/8 and getting 36 mpg on the highway! the comfort and technology our cars have! a Honda civic si with a 200 hp 6 speed transmission. we have came so far since 1966, why do we yearn for the cars of yesterday. I think its freedom or youth we want recapture. a 1986 Pontiac fiero gt but with a Buick super charged v6 and a 5 speed muncie, do what Detroit wasn't aloud to do. with better brakes and a USB port to link the phone to the radio. it's putting my present and past in one package. America has only made one model midengine 2 seat the Pontiac fiero!! we see a radically new car we can buy and we as the youth clam it to our generation! here's to our youth, cheers!!
@LucasFernandez-fk8se
@LucasFernandez-fk8se 3 жыл бұрын
I do really like the cars post about 2000 but let’s be honest some of them blend together. Also lots of Karen cars have been created since then
@tommissouri4871
@tommissouri4871 2 жыл бұрын
You do know that the Corvette C8 is a mid engine two-seater, right? Ford GT and Ford GT40 were both mid engine two seaters. Bricklin is almost American, but built in Canada. Pantera was a Ford project but built in Italy.
@maplemanz
@maplemanz 4 жыл бұрын
This was produced in the year I was born, makes me feel old.
@keywestjj
@keywestjj 2 жыл бұрын
You are ..... (but I'm older and really glad I am - don't want to drive anymore if I can't buy manual transmissions)
@whiskeysixindigo7371
@whiskeysixindigo7371 2 жыл бұрын
It's odd to hear them talking about 1975 and 1984 as being in the future
@monkeeman1966
@monkeeman1966 Жыл бұрын
A great mid 60s Garage sound with that music!!!!
@cargo4441
@cargo4441 5 жыл бұрын
Who would a thought we would still have Mustang's in 2020.
@jaminova_1969
@jaminova_1969 3 жыл бұрын
Lee Iacoca and Carol Shelby!
@gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043
@gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043 2 жыл бұрын
Proud owner here of a red ragtop Pony!😍
@djszabo418
@djszabo418 2 жыл бұрын
My friend Walter once owned that Compound shown at 40:28. 3 cylinders. The center one recycled the exhaust from the other 2. Efficient. Have a photo of it on the street in front of his shop from years before he sold it to Harrah.
@smithraymond09029
@smithraymond09029 3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see these designs reimagined today but with today's safety and technology features as much as possible. Today, you really can't tell the different makes and models apart anymore. Say, a 1966 Imperial Crown but with a a modern, fuel efficient small displacement V8 or Turbo 6.
@Sleepy_Alligator
@Sleepy_Alligator 2 жыл бұрын
I recall being at the 1964 Worlds Fair as a 4 year old. I still remember being amazed at the wonderful, clean, happy peaceful world of the future as portrayed at the fair. Sadly, not quite happening...
@DanEBoyd
@DanEBoyd 2 жыл бұрын
As a four year old in 1970, I was led to believe in that too.
@chuckster3629
@chuckster3629 3 жыл бұрын
Jay Leno has an old car and motorcycle collection to die for. They are all museum quality. Someone is going to get some real nice collector cars at his estate sale.
@texaswunderkind
@texaswunderkind 2 жыл бұрын
Leno has no children. I have written him many times asking to be adopted, but thus far have not received a response. Maybe because I am a fat, bald 50-year-old married man with two kids. But hey, instant grandkids Jay!
@chuckster3629
@chuckster3629 2 жыл бұрын
@@texaswunderkind Jay Leno is one year older than me so if he did the math he wouldn't adopt me either. Gotta wonder where all those museum quality vehicles will end up when he passes. I hope I'm still around to find out, but by then I'll probably be too old to drive anyway. I'm a member of the overweight club too, but I'll start dieting tomorrow. Always tomorrow.
@JJJBRICE
@JJJBRICE Жыл бұрын
@@chuckster3629 This brings the subject, what ever happened to Mr. Harrah"s car collection ?
@WoodlawnSound
@WoodlawnSound 3 жыл бұрын
Well done pieces do not age. (Y)
@geoben1810
@geoben1810 3 жыл бұрын
I was 10yrs old in '66. My only thoughts were what for Christmas would be my toy.....✌
@eastcoastrifraf
@eastcoastrifraf 2 жыл бұрын
"The average driver will buy 15 cars and have 13 accidents." Wow... times have changed.
@weskirkland5850
@weskirkland5850 Жыл бұрын
22:02 Marvel Mystery Oil. Hell Yeah!
@johnlynch-kv8mz
@johnlynch-kv8mz Жыл бұрын
19:33 That relationship ended before this film was developed
@LRogersPhoto
@LRogersPhoto 6 ай бұрын
Do tell!!!
@raymondj8768
@raymondj8768 2 жыл бұрын
I STARTED OUT AS A MECHANIC IN MY DADS SHOP AND WOUND UP RACING SUPER COMP DRAGSTERS 800 H.P. 146 MPH!
@johnmay6090
@johnmay6090 5 жыл бұрын
Interesting video. Touch of "On any Sunday" to it.
@herrunsinn774
@herrunsinn774 3 жыл бұрын
29:02 In 1966 "People in Detroit are most involved (with cars) of all. Things have never been better there and Ford executives John Nevin and Don Frey are planning to keep it that way.". ... Oh how the mighty have fallen. Way to drop the ball John and Don!
@Mass_hole508
@Mass_hole508 3 жыл бұрын
40:30 Never has a more truthful statement been made. Just look at a numbers matching yenko or shelby GT 500 for example.
@paulwalker1443
@paulwalker1443 4 жыл бұрын
The more things change, the more they stay the same. But this is an interesting chronicle of what was to be the future. LA, and the entire country has not given up their love affair with the auto, and probably won't in the next decade or two. Nice report from Harry Reasoner, who later was was a 60 Minutes reporter. and also as an ABC Evening news anchor
@nancyyarbrough1445
@nancyyarbrough1445 8 ай бұрын
We used to go to Sebring International every year. We lived in Hollywood, Florida, where US 27 was minutes away. We raced that road every Saturday night, as a teen, with older brothers, 1974. But Sebring was the closest professional event.
@misterwhipple2870
@misterwhipple2870 6 ай бұрын
I live in Sebring in the winter, as a snowbird. I really like US 27, and if I'm going to Miami, that's the way I go. I never take I-95.
@graham2631
@graham2631 2 жыл бұрын
I've still got my toy jeep
@axelrakanursantoso9052
@axelrakanursantoso9052 3 жыл бұрын
I love my car
@damxgopak457
@damxgopak457 4 жыл бұрын
That was awesome!
@RoadRunnergarage8570
@RoadRunnergarage8570 5 жыл бұрын
Fascinating video...
@rocknral
@rocknral 2 жыл бұрын
I'm a '66 model myself and just love the nostalgia in this program. Really like the presenters style.
@williamcole464
@williamcole464 Жыл бұрын
All good till you look deeper into their message. Personal freedom is bad, we need to stop people from freedom of movement welcome to Bidens world. Screw you. Live free or die.
@debtoralive4693
@debtoralive4693 2 жыл бұрын
I can't believe they thought $2,500.00 was a lot of money for a new car back then. They'd be shocked at today's prices. And to think I was alive in 1966. I was 2 years old, so I don't have a lot of memories, but one I do have was when I was riding in the back of my dad's black Barracuda (must have been a '63, '64 or '65 - the one with the bubbleish rear window) with my family while in Arizona in the summertime. It was so hot in the back of that Barracuda that my crayons were literally melting. I'm guessing it had no AC. Oh, the fond memories.
@jamesfranks462
@jamesfranks462 Жыл бұрын
Yes, the Ford Pinto was the last car you could buy for $2000.00. That included an AM radio and a stick shift!
@TheEric5050
@TheEric5050 Жыл бұрын
Usd 2000 is about 18 000 in 2023 dollars.
@misterwhipple2870
@misterwhipple2870 6 ай бұрын
Adjust for inflation, my dear fellow, adjust for inflation. My brother bought a '66 Beetle for $1,100 in 1969, but he made $1.65 an hour at McDonald's. After taxes, that was six months pay!!!!!
@misterwhipple2870
@misterwhipple2870 6 ай бұрын
@@jamesfranks462 The Pinto got a bad rap. The Ford 2200-cc four cylinder was a damned good engine and was used up into the '90s.
@flipflopsguy8868
@flipflopsguy8868 3 жыл бұрын
38:35 Carol Shelby I presume ?
@Loonytunes1961
@Loonytunes1961 2 жыл бұрын
IDK if Harry Reasoner wrote the script or just narrated. Difficult to say. Every line was hilarious. Very well done...
@JJJBRICE
@JJJBRICE Жыл бұрын
Sounds like Andy Rooney type writing .
@tpcoachfix
@tpcoachfix 4 жыл бұрын
Not too many foreign cars in this documentary.
@OOICU812
@OOICU812 3 жыл бұрын
Volkswagens and a Maserati. Did you notice any others?
@majorneptunejr
@majorneptunejr 2 жыл бұрын
This wasn't filmed overseas , that's why .
@Nunofurdambiznez
@Nunofurdambiznez 4 жыл бұрын
F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S video!! alot of the same thing today I can see from back then! It's amazing!
@mr.goodpliers6988
@mr.goodpliers6988 2 жыл бұрын
Truly awesome
@GirishVenkatachalam
@GirishVenkatachalam 3 жыл бұрын
superb, hail american ingenuity
@wmryan9646
@wmryan9646 Жыл бұрын
Great show , it’s so sad what happened to the American automakers.. everything is foreign today.
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