Wheels! (1966)

[@reynaldolunajr.6909]

I think that the problem with modern education is that since we grew up watching these kinds of films many people in fact too many people assume that the kids already know this stuff and wouldn't be interested in watching a film like this. Thank you for the work put into the transfer and color correct of this little gem.

[@trainliker100]

The first wheel was actually invented during prehistoric times. But it was square. it had the problem as it moved over the ground of going "bump, bump, bump, bump ... bump, bump, bump, bump ... " and so forth. The first improvement was to change it to a triangle. It eliminated one of the bumps.

[@SoundsLegit71]

Some say the earth is flat, some say the earth is round, they are both wrong the earth is in fact triangle.

[@coreyworthington2797]

Squares go bump, triangles go brap.

[@jeffreybarton1297]

@@SoundsLegit71 I disagree. I think the World is Cone shaped, like my head.

[@leafyleafyleaf]

Then they came up with the di-angle but that was lost in the mists of time.

[@sQWERTYFALIEN2011]

My favorite Scientist was Isaac Newton . He was sitting under a Fig Tree when a piece of fruit it him on the Head . Then he invented a Cookie , the Fig Newton - my Favorite ! . . . . . but what that has to do with Water running Downhill has Me baffled . ? ? ? ? ?

[@mad_wombat]

That would be a greeting in Yorkshire, UK. 'How do wheels?'

[@JamesMossR33]

Hweels are amazing :) Great job on the colour restoration Fran!

[@michaelkrizek6467]

I like these old films. Reminds me of movie day in elementary school. Thanks Fran.

[@rickmaudlin2160]

A fun trip down memory lane. Thanks for the color correction work, much more funner-er to revisit my childhood in color instead of mono-pink.

[@wngimageanddesign9546]

Cool old film that we used to watch as kids. That's what's missing for today's children. Ignorance is bliss when you can substitute knowledge with attitude.

[@GasparinPR]

Going to show this to my nephews and kids!

[@davidg4288]

All the good ideas are already taken!

[@gusbert]

That was a wheely good film Fran!

[@HaakonAnderson]

Even though this was long ago, they were definitely loved

[@brianarbenz7206]

This film still works. Very informative about some obvious but obscure truths.

[@dogmakarma]

"How do wheels? A wheel rolls, and things that roll are easy!" Wisdom in.

[@johnm9285]

Boy, does this bring back memories! Nothing like a Coronet film. I watched countless of these in my elementary school auditorium on Thursdays in the late 60’s.

[@neodonkey]

Kids: "Sheesh dad, this barrel is heavy, what's in it anyway?" Dad: "Just some Fluoroantimonic acid kids, now get back to work." Kids: "Ok...is mum coming back from Canada anytime soon? She's been away an awfully long time..."

[@liquidsonly]

Just a body son. It'll never be found as long as Lake Mead doesn't go dry.

[@brianarbenz7206]

Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel Like a snowball down a mountain, or a carnival balloon Like a carousel that's turning running rings around the moon Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind! Like a tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of its own Down a hollow to a cavern where the sun has never shone Like a door that keeps revolving in a half forgotten dream Or the ripples from a pebble someone tosses in a stream Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind! Keys that jingle in your pocket, words that jangle in your head Why did summer go so quickly, was it something that you said? Lovers walking along a shore and leave their footprints in the sand Is the sound of distant drumming just the fingers of your hand? Pictures hanging in a hallway and the fragment of a song Half remembered names and faces, but to whom do they belong? When you knew that it was over you were suddenly aware That the autumn leaves were turning to the color of her hair! Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel As the images unwind, like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind! -- Michel Legrand

[@johnpossum556]

Oh, sunshine, take me now away from here for I am a needle on a spiral in a groove as the turntable spins and the last waltz begins The weatherman says somethings on the move -- Ian Anderson

[@garethdavies3220]

Lovely to read those words , takes me straight to Faye Dunaway and Steve McQueen ....

[@gregfeneis609]

Awesome! I'm I gonna watch the whole thing? Wheel see

[@markc65]

That was interesting. To the point. Tis true, wheels make it easier. Wheels on sliding doors and windows being examples. On a side note, during the late 70s, my primary school (Australia) had stacked cable drums (of various sizes ) for us to play around on.

[@lordmuntague]

Superb restoration Fran, excellent stuff. 👍

[@cjs1982]

I still have a rotary phone and a manual hand mixer.

[@frankowalker4662]

Great colour restoration. I'm surprised you managed to get any colour out of it at all. :)

[@johnpossum556]

I need wheels on an electric trike & this video helped me very minimally.

[@jamesharris9352]

Looks like Fran finally found a movie with no copy rights... I wasn't even 1 year old when this movie was produced... 🤣

[@Thestargazer56]

Seeing the wheel in the thumbnail, I was hoping to see you skateboarding. ( I lived through my sons and now grandsons skateboarding with my nerves frazzled.) I love your scientific and eclectic videos!

[@albertbatfinder5240]

After slaving away in a distant quarry for 3 months, Paleo Pete finally called the tribe in to show of his handiwork. “Look guys! Look at my invention! I call it the wheel, and its gonna change the course of history!” “Yeah, yeah, sure Pete. How are we gonna get it home?”

[@olegadodasguerras3795]

Awesome!!!

[@CARLiCON]

9:42 EDgewater 4-4881 probably the AT&T central office in Chicago. Interesting they were still using central office exchange names in '66

[@simonbyrd6518]

I mean, straight out of the gate: was it "How do wheels (snip)" or "How do, wheels?" "Why, I'm doing mighty fine, thank ye kindly!"

[@prussian7]

No boys were harmed in the making of this movie.

[@trainliker100]

They show how railroad wheels are fixed to the axles and also show the problem fixed wheels have when turning since they can't turn at different speeds. But they don't show the solution. The tread of railroad wheels is tapered. It is a small diameter toward the outer edges and larger in near the flange. As it goes through a curve, the wheel naturally adjusts and shift laterally so a smaller diameter point of the tread contacts the rail on the inner side of the curve and a larger diameter point on the other wheel contacts the rail on the outer side of the curve. So, it acts like two different diameter wheels. On straight track, the wheels adjust to have equal diameter points. Theoretically, if the wheels and track were perfect enough. you would need the flanges. A close cousin to this is belt sanders (or older machinery using flat pulleys and flat belts). The belt sander rollers are crowned in the middle which is the opposite of what many might expect. The belt seeks the high spot and if it goes off center shifts back to the middle. In the case of a belt sander, no "flanges" are needed.

[@garyplewa9277]

To think the Inca civilization grew and built huge structures all without the wheel.

[@CARLiCON]

5:25 appears to be a 1960 Ford Country Sedan, don't see many of those around these days..

[@trainliker100]

In watching this, especially with the water valve handle and then even the "steering wheel", I wonder if those are really "wheels". The application doesn't really require a wheel shape. Some water valve handles just have the two protruding shapes and are little more than a straight bar. Some steering wheels have been oval. Or there have been tillers. Some of these items might be "wheel shaped", but is that enough to define it as a "wheel"?

[@frankowalker4662]

I had the same thought, esp with the water tap.

[@oldkipper]

Thanks Fran! I don't suppose you have anything from NASA about urethane? A youth skateboarding always believed that NASA was behind the wheels we rode.

[@FranLab]

Those skates are clay wheels.

[@oldkipper]

@@FranLab old as I am it was urethane of the late 70s. Alligators, OJS, and Krptonics. That whole youth culture was down to the wheels. And the wheels were down to urethane.

[@CraggRock]

The human race: put men on the moon before they worked out they could put wheels on luggage.

[@55Ramius]

Odd looking engine on that go-cart. It would be interesting to know what it was. My dad , back in the 60s, made me a go-cart from scraps in a junkyard and used a 2-hp engine from an outdoor washing machine.

[@albertbatfinder5240]

Internal combustion washing machine?

[@55Ramius]

@@albertbatfinder5240 Yes. Gas engine instead of electric motor. Back then, many people used the tub and wringer washers and some had no electricity so they used gas engines. : )

[@albertbatfinder5240]

@@55Ramius I remember tub and wringer and ones with special fire pit for warming the water, but not any gas (petrol) ones. Maybe they didn’t make it to Australia. I wonder if they had already invented gas cement mixers, because if they had, I would be using that! Not a whole lotta difference.

[@fallwitch]

Pretty sure I saw this in school.

[@Martinroadsguy]

I've often wondered that myself. How DO wheels?

[@Simcore999]

👍

[@christopherkise]

With a hhhhhwhiiil

[@ScottfromBaltimore]

No notes.

[@brianarbenz7206]

Duly not noted.