Riding The Film (1937)

Motorists really ride on a film of oil, because all the moving parts of the engine are kept slipping over each other by a thin film of oil.

[@draytonPW]

Back when USA wanted their citizens to be educated.

[@GoldSrc_]

This is an ad lol. Which makes you think about our current stupid ads that don't explain anything, and how some people still believe in a flat Earth.

[@nifru1072]

Now most of these people are under educated snowflakes

[@mechanicalnature2884]

I fail to see your point.

[@GoldSrc_]

@StealthyMonk I thought it was weird for me to receive a reply about flat earthers from a video about cars, then I came and saw my original reply and it all made sense lol. Hearing about Galileo reminded me to get back my telescope mount from being repaired, time to see Saturn for the first time in my life :D. Anyway, this went a bit off topic lol.

[@keegan341]

Give me a fucking break. You've never been able to access more education and research now than any point in history, half the kids before aged 13 were working in factories especially in 1937. These are just well designed videos, fuck off with your hipster bullshit.

[@thekommandantvulpes]

Anyone else binge watching these? I'm starting to realize our modern education system is pretty crap.

[@sughua200]

Facts

[@TheDavo10001]

Yep

[@p.s.9261]

Sad but true :)

[@Salvavideocrack]

you red my mind

[@LowescC]

10-4

[@alienlatino2945]

These old films teach me in a simple manner how an automobile works, something that modern videos can't teach me clearly. I can also see that english was spoken clearer in the 1930's than today. Thank you for uploading these videos.

[@exoticcar5482]

It's funny you say the English was clearer because it was standard practice at the time for people to use transatlantic accents when acting or narrating in films

[@georgemartin1436]

Yes. These are great. Loved the transmission video..

[@magnusgranskau7487]

yes now everyone makes jokes and etc, here there is nothing but plain information, and then the funny stuff is put apart in the begining and end.

[@Mikael5732]

Yes, look for the incorrect spelling and poor sentence structure in the comments.

[@riproar11]

A certain kind of trained talent was hired to narrate instructional films to keep the dialogue consistent without a US regional accent.

[@travisdylan6613]

Found the video about the differential and now I'm binge watching all of them

[@mohammadeesa7997]

Travis Dylan same happened here

[@popaul_feur]

same... but now I really want to build a DIY car (and I know I will not because I can't)

[@raffic4715]

Me too mate

[@randomboitime4221]

2 years later and so did I- same video-

[@christophermcconnell1689]

same

[@TheChach]

Two minutes in and I know how ice skates work. 10/10

[@buxadonoff]

My mind was blown

[@2011littleguy]

I never knew that.

[@redrackham6812]

The problem is that that may not be how they work. Scientists are still debating the issue: curiosity.com/topics/there-is-still-hot-debate-around-how-ice-skating-actually-works-curiosity/.

[@waverley1-113]

@@redrackham6812 Well if they still haven't found a concluding answer to this debate then I am perfectly happy to ride a film of water on my ice skates. I will change from water to what other medium once they give an answer

[@redrackham6812]

@@waverley1-113 Okay.

[@Erics5th]

I love how the narrator speaks in perfect english. A lost art today.

[@nikoappsmuggred7220]

for americans mainly. and hay your old as shit, your comment was made so many years ago.. maybe you should be proud to be a part of history.

[@TotalTuxedo]

Teh fuh nah talm bout fam ima fuq u up cuh fo sayin dat... smh

[@usapennyhunter4315]

@@TotalTuxedo Do is smell burnt toast?

[@ammarsiddiqui3602]

@@TotalTuxedo did you have a seizure

[@kamrankhan-lj1ng]

transatlantic english. american version.

[@scavi]

Damn Even in 1937 they pushed for ten minutes just to get that ad revenue

[@fullout7484]

Xavier Althoff lmao😂

[@manitoba-op4jx]

that isn't funny.

[@Cam-im8io]

Shut up with your shitty humour little bitch

[@mugammadbenjamin2597]

@@Cam-im8io who hurt you?

[@Ryan-fy3ww]

@@Cam-im8io where did they touch you?

[@notallthatbad]

This was the absolute best explanation of how oil works in a car that I've ever seen. Pretty much the best explanation I've seen, period. They let you see the inside of the engine from several shots, provide a diagram of engine flow, show you where the parts are and why oil is important. Excellent! Wish they made more of these in this exact format, 1930s style and all.

[@Texassince1836]

Chevrolet phased out this style of oiling in 1953, BUT this is an excellent video of how it was done.

[@td3993]

Yess!!!!

[@whalesong999]

I began 1st grade in 1947. Virtually all instruction films of the era were like this, clear, authoritative and simple. It was a comfort to see things presented without trickery and gratuitous complication. You felt that it could be trusted. Today is a lot different and while advances in the technical arts can be appreciated, it's actually a bit overwhelming. There is no wonder that over the years, the attention span of youngsters has suffered because the presentations are too theatrical.

[@Olivia-W]

@@whalesong999 Old textbooks are so good. They're small, clear and concise. The diagrams are informative and clean. I benefited a lot from a math textbook from the 50s. So much better than the giant paperweight in High School.

[@manhoot]

This film is pretty slick.

[@gdhammr8113]

Get out

[@manhoot]

@@gdhammr8113 I'm here

[@gdhammr8113]

manhoot no u

[@manhoot]

@@gdhammr8113 sup Holmes?

[@gdhammr8113]

manhoot E?

[@UjangBoyor]

Clear english speaking, very clear explanation and demonstration... 1000 out of 10 ! I hope these day video can explain things like this

[@nicolausteslaus]

Yes. I like clear English. Nit African American

[@eduardobarros6562]

I never knew oil flowed so fast and so freely inside the engine. I always thought it was a tiny controlled amount, but it makes more sense this way since it also serves as a cooling method and is easier to control.

[@lichking3711]

gas comes out in tiny controlled amounts, oil is supplied in large quantities because the damage that would occur from insufficient oil pressure is very, very expensive and often irreparable

[@90morfeo]

there is an old polish saying "YOU WON'T LUBE, YOU WON'T RIDE". it has so many meanings and purpose ;)

[@AlexandruPirlogea]

:)))

[@user-cb2lz8yy9s]

Very wise 😂 both mechanically and humanly.

[@enderlaptopminecrafter390]

😏😂..

[@Teddy_Bass]

These videos are brilliant. Far better than that trash the turn out these days. All the concepts can be applied to all modern day mechanics

[@finndahuman57]

Except automatic Transmission but hey this is 1937 it was some good days

[@Bartonovich52]

Are you kidding? I can think of at least half a dozen KZbin channels that are better than this... and made by private individuals with donors and sponsors not a multi billion dollar corporation.

[@finndahuman57]

Bartonovich52 name me 3

[@VinnyMartello]

@@finndahuman57 It's been almost a year. You're not getting your answer.

[@mariusclouard6302]

@@Bartonovich52 Answer him

[@phoenixmistertwo8815]

When I was a kid learning to work on cars, from my dad, we never had videos like these or even books that went beyond the Chiltons and Haynes manuals. My dad instead, had kitchen table and shop discussions about how and why engines work. It's great to see these technical videos and compare them with my own mental visuals and understanding. One thing I never realized is how important splash is for the engine internals and that the oil ring scrubber also delivers oil to the rod pins.

[@boonekeller5275]

Remember, lube is important

[@rodneykinder9441]

Dont get the drys

[@calvinlaudrensio415]

If not, it will get hot and melt, and weld you two together for the rest of your life.

[@johnnydoggs]

Do u get lubed?

[@nikoappsmuggred7220]

Lube is not needed if your not circumsized

[@danfors1333]

@@nikoappsmuggred7220 In the future when world run out of oils, we can instead fill the engines with baby foreskins.

[@MuaathBadeebyemen]

When I sew this, I felt like we're going backwards. The amount of information and knowledge put in this video is better than nowadays education system

[@MachineOverlords]

These MUST be shown in school science classes. I don't care if the kids think it's old fashioned because I bet they'll remember them and actually learn. Truly brilliant effort to educate people of the time.

[@VinnyMartello]

Yeah... but... the use of proper English might be a difficult concept for them to grasp. XD

[@reubendapiton573]

The amount of engineering required to make this is mind boggling

[@nick540g]

Remember, the Romans had trained engineers too. Designed and built roads, bridges, and aquaducts -- some of which are still in use today.

[@xenosmoke8915]

Hundreds of revolutions per minute. Oh boy, if only they knew how fast the engines of the future would be. It’s must have been an exciting time for innovation.

[@zorans5200]

I'm pretty sure the engine back in the day still spun at 2-3-4,000 RPM it's the only way they could make power... Unless it was a ship engine that was the size of a building and turned at 150-RPM and making 30,000 HP. With like 15,000lbs of torque... Such as the Titanic... Engines back in the day had to rev high to make power because even the strongest engines for vehicles back then we're not making more the 100-150HP

[@Texassince1836]

The engine in this video is just fine running 4,000 rpm. They usually ran in the 3,000rpm range on the highway due to a lack of overdrive.

[@Texassince1836]

At the time Tachometers were commonly listed in hundreds of rpms, so 40 would be 4,000 rpm. This could probbably explain why he said hundreds instead of thousands.

[@gapf2010channel]

If you don't care for winter sports, just go to 1:29 where real video starts.

[@Freakmenn]

Thanks.

[@kaljasalama]

You missed 0:37 where you realize what kind a party is going on.

[@td3993]

@@kaljasalama 1936 German winter olympics. ...so naturally swastikas were seen.

[@lr8198]

No

[@andrejonahdimaunahan9955]

no

[@DJzSith]

I am going to change my oil now.

[@ruanrocha3093]

dont forget to change the filters too

[@galilool6053]

@@ruanrocha3093 ye I think you're a little late there buddy

[@TheTundrawolf]

Non pressurized conrod lubrication, wow. I know lawnmowers and small engines use splash, but in 1936, trucks used it, too!

[@td3993]

My 1951 Chevrolet used it. It worked decently. Idled at 5 psi. The bearings wore out more quickly than in modern engines.

[@td3993]

I believe that I had almost .006" of clearance at 100,000 miles. They put shims between the caps so that you could periodically re-adjust the bearings. Kind of absurd. My 1999 Saturn SL2 had .003" of clearance at 220,000 miles, and the cylinders had their original crosshatch. I cleaned the pistons, lapped the valves, and threw in new rings and bearings without any machining at all. Still going strong at 360,000 miles with perfect compression. My Chevy had cylinder taper and all sorts of things wrong at 100,000 miles.

[@davewolf8869]

@@td3993 we have come so far! Someone once told me the older trucks sometimes pulled hard right or left and "that's just the way it was"

[@td3993]

@@davewolf8869 mine never did, and I can't imagine good tires and an alignment job not fixing that, but I suppose anything is possible. The old suspensions were rather loose, though.

[@Texassince1836]

1954 was when they finally went to a full pressure con rod bearing on the 235 and 261.

[@montey1017]

its cool, that even though the technology in these films are obsolete, the principals are still relevant, and these films are so well put together and explained that they are still relevant.

[@Minecrafter-uh6qv]

None of this is obsolete

[@robotlegs]

Except the hilarious oil dipper on the connecting rod

[@mikhailjairnisbett441]

@@robotlegs small engines still have those today

[@jsg1469]

I found this video and made my wife watch it to show her the importance of taking care of her car engine. I work out of town and she's terrible when it comes to changing her oil.

[@mx_nana_banana]

You know what's strange? What's strange is that car engines have pretty much always been the same, apart from computers, and different valves, but still they've pretty much been the same since the 1950s.

[@jellyfrosh9102]

Well injection has changed a lot too.

[@mx_nana_banana]

@@jellyfrosh9102 yeah that too, but honestly other than that, and engines being more efficient and reliable, they really haven't changed.

[@ashtonhartley2662]

What about the Wankel rotary engine?

[@mx_nana_banana]

@@ashtonhartley2662 well with the rotary it's basically the same thing, only the combustion chamber is shaped differently.

[@badasshuh69]

@@ashtonhartley2662 yeah, the fuel economy .....fssshhhhh

[@sullybiker6520]

How is this film better than anything made today? These old instructional films had a way about them, a clarity and precision that teaches so well.

[@firehawk895]

Let's take a moment to appreciate the hand animated work that has been put into this.

[@VinnyMartello]

I've seen a few of these vintage commercials and educational presentations and I love the production quality. They are so clear and concise and so... well... educational! "They don't make em' like they used to!"

[@Creeperboy099]

Because of videos like this, I feel like I could be put to work as a mechanical engineer already as a teenager

[@fctoashton]

Keep it up, this world needs more engineers and a lot less of everything else.

[@Creeperboy099]

Random. Agreed, but one problem: the school system is a big impediment by trying to shove useless work and information in my face... that also needs to change

[@dougbross2]

@@Creeperboy099 while although theres a lot of useless information in school, especially High School, the farther you get along in your degree path the more useful stuff you learn

[@fctoashton]

Creeperboy and friends there’s no such thing as useless information, schools need to stop teaching to a test and start teaching to educate... gg bush jr. no kid left behind, more like let’s test to the lower common denominator

[@Creeperboy099]

Random.guy that’s what I meant by useless, our work is only for testing not education.

[@topgun213]

i love these videos! Makes me appreciate what an incredible machine an automobile is.

[@jeremybell2081]

Amazing how a nearly 90 year old animation manages to convey the information better than anything produced today.

[@kitsunekaze93]

flag at 0:37 took me off guard, until i remembered this was before the war

[@natew.5511]

The intro was filmed in 1936 in Bavaria during the Winter Olympics. Yes, the Third Reich (Nazi Gemany) flag with swastika is plainly visible. I'm surprised it was not later edited out.

[@antoniosanastasiadis]

I could make a Lamborghini aventador with these videos only... Nothing can explain things better than these videos.Thank you so much

[@hussainyeamin]

The production quality of these videos are insane

[@novaorbitdragon]

I gotta change my oil

[@edwinmuchiri480]

How someone could actually dislike this baffles me!!

[@ronitsingh85]

I dont think we can in our day and age with CGI match the very accurate, simple animation and cutout view of the engine showed here, truly captures the human heart and imagination, I had to pause to take a better look, so much detail, it was mind boggling! Yes for sure, America was at a higher standard morally than it is today, sad to say!

[@DestroidoTO]

The music from this era is just breathtakingly beautiful.

[@jmp0035]

The song at the beginning is also in a 1930 Walt Disney cartoon called Winter. My kids and I watch it all the time.

[@buck_maize111]

If I was only shown these videos at school.. I would have actually paid attention

[@dremr2038]

Starting music is so soothing, creates the interest in the video

[@danielrosa7122]

Wow this is brilliant in every single way, and not only talking how the engine works but the video it self

[@David-jm3ez]

These videos are literally cool - despite the lack of technology, these videos can stand out as really good examples even today. It's kinda weird to think that almost all of the characters if not all in theses videos aren't alive anymore though.

[@EINRAMODRON]

Because of this video, I am changing my engine oil every 50meters....

[@EduardRitok]

thede chevrolet series from 30's are amazing! the engineering behind the models and precision of explanation is so enjoyable to watch and listen... i learned about cars and engines more from watching a few of these, than from watching modern educational videos

[@stuff8195]

The amount of work to produce animations in these years

[@mindst50mm54]

Thank you for uploading this video! 👍😊

[@thestarlightalchemist7333]

Wow, while watching a video about the lubrication systems of a 30s Chevrolet stovebolt I6, I've discovered rare footage of New York Central locomotives using track pans at speed! Whaddya know!

[@regimate3720]

Seeing the swastika flag at 0:38 felt real weird. I’m pleasantly surprised youtube hasn’t taken this video down just for that. It’d be hard to find gems like this otherwise.

[@Texassince1836]

Video from Hitler's winter Olympics, before Kristalnacht, before the war, a time when Hitler was still on the US good list.

[@ZaHandle]

1936 winter olympics

[@coolbluelights]

3:00 now I have the answer to why my grandparents kept a bar of soap in the dresser.. I always thought it was to keep the clothes smelling fresh

[@MrTheHillfolk]

I thought it was for grandma so she could stuff it in his crack when hes got bad gas

[@mohammadheydari6253]

Years passed and these are the best documentaries on automotive mechanics EVER created 👍👍👍

[@guleiro]

These videos are truly awesome...

[@theovolz3073]

Clear, concise and as relevant today as it was then.

[@tydeze1]

This film reminded me that I need to go change the oil on my Jeep

[@georgefeser6483]

This has actually helped me! I'm taking an automotive elective class here in the fall, so hopefully this gives me an edge up!

[@nfreson]

🤙 thank you for uploading these! This video is ancient and does a perfect 👌 job at explaining how engines lubricate themselves! The same video if made by modern cgi couldn't do a better job!

[@mithuna2005]

Thanks for posting

[@tylerrip11]

I love these vintage films :D

[@rabbit1360]

same :)

[@tylerrip11]

@@rabbit1360 hello person responding to a comment I made half my life ago

[@kyplummer3657]

Why do I love these videos, I’ve always wanted to be from this period, I think I’d give up my smart phone.

[@alexross1816]

You know, I've never understood cars or how they work. I always just treated it as gas goes in, movement comes out and left it at that. Binging these videos about how the mechanics of cars work has been eye opening

[@VinnyMartello]

Just wait till you get your first project car!

[@waldfruchttee]

how can it be that i have learned more in 10 minutes thanks to this video than 2 years in school

[@vinmangob8555]

dam these vids are great, better then anything today.

[@TopSecretManga]

Old but gold.

[@connerthatdude9369]

This is more entertaining that anything I have seen. Besides cool running. In years

[@halidehelux5221]

Damn....this is so well done.

[@jakobvang3032]

this is very well made

[@pauljackson1622]

I LOVE the animations

[@anirudhram412]

The speciality of these ideas are that these were taken either from nature or from day to day life examples ❤️..

[@zurgboy07]

Taught me more about the subject than any modern video or even school can do. No wonder old people were behind modern inventions.

[@markdraper3469]

1937, "well that explains the idea, now I know why oil is important in my car." 2021, "it's all an animation...must be fake so Big Oil can control your life. Don't change your oil...that'll show 'em!"

[@billgateskilledmyuncle23]

Still a shorter intro than most youtube blog videos.

[@doylehargreaves5057]

This is the best Jam Handy film I’ve seen yet.

[@advanceringnewholder]

Jam handy damn Handy, For me it's the shifting gear

[@touringrc5007]

Great visual explanation back in those older days.

[@cliffis3281]

Production quality is top notch

[@teaplease1000]

Absolutely fantastic

[@themastergambiarraofc7925]

4:36 this is what happens in most fans when the person does not lumbrify the electric motor and use it anyway

[@richardarsenault1471]

Great video

[@gavinslatter]

Interesting, I always wondered how they kept water from going into the propeller shaft.

[@nick600d]

Simple explanations for simpler times.

[@JuliaCV9]

DAAAANG! this is some real quality information!

[@screwsnutsandbolts]

Superb videos ! 😁

[@cartershanklin]

The best part of these old videos is how the announcer doesn't ask you to like and subscribe, doesn't beg for money on Patreon and doesn't tell you to play Raid Shadow Legends.

[@forcom5]

Jam Handy, quite the production.

[@GriffinWilkins]

4:57 did you hear that? 5:02 AGAIN!

[@SanjanaRanasingha]

Hear what

[@ethanbunch3274]

I heard what your talking about

[@ethanbunch3274]

@sbmphr we have a winner!! Its probably just because how old the video is

[@navneet7075]

Yes..but what was that..?

[@coma_flotante]

Yea, those noises scare the shit out of me

[@steptoeandson3554]

Still relevant in 2022. Lubrication is key to engine longevity. A Modern vehicles engine with stop/start driven in City type stop start traffic will wear out sooner than an engine in used for high mileage Highway cruising that almost never stop/starts, due to lack of lubrication on restart. Stop/start is as bad to your engine as flooring the gas to 5000rpm from cold start is on 1st start-up.

[@interanaut31]

This voice automatically alert your brain to focus.

[@YouTubeQuora]

All the Chevrolet documentary show that how they used basic rules for top notch engineering

[@clinton6688]

2020 and still find this amazing and pretty understandable

[@rgion29247616]

Good instuctional video. I like it very much!

[@Neil-Aspinall]

I don't care what anybody says but the combustion engine is a miracle in itself. So many things to consider. Thank God for the autistic engineers who worked these things out, f*cken amazing!

[@vimalkrishna3375]

Very disappointed to see that this much good KZbin channel doesn't get as much subscribers and views that it deserves....

[@kevinowenburress2435]

feel like I have seen this before in color about ice skating. Reminds me of the Charles Shultz museum when i was still too small to ice skate well and had weak ankles.

[@anthonysmith5979]

Doing my automotive apprenticeship I was taught there is no such term as "suction" its called pressure, a negative or positive in relation to atmospheric. Modern stationary engines still are made with big end dippers or scoops

[@fidelcatsro6948]

great documentary!

[@Tiger1x1]

This ad an ad that educates people and then there are today's ads that manipulate people.

[@chris-hayes]

These videos are exceptional. I think part of the reason the quality is so good is because these are basically commercials. If you think about the crazy amounts of money spent today on commercials and apply that instead to an educational video, this would be the result. Leaves a lot to be desired.

[@gasolineisthefuture]

Beautiful.

[@dank_crusad3r]

This would be a much more effective marketing scheme than most car commercials today. You’re gonna teach me about how your engines work and how they get me from place to place? Hell yeah I’ll buy a car from you

[@povichanel4657]

I just love the way he says wheel.

[@mshahid194]

Very nicely explained

[@NoosaHeads]

Jam Handy films were BRILLIANT.

[@danielginther4879]

Great engineering