From 1956, a short from the Automobile Manufacturers of America called “Your Safety First“:
[Internet Archive direct link]
The setting is the “futuristic” year 2000, and there’s plenty of cute Jetson-esque predictions that aren’t even close, but eventually [at 4:31, if you want to skip ahead] it gets to the heart of the matter – a documentary on the historical development of the automobile.
I like this bit because it makes you really appreciate how hard the auto industry works to keep improving their product, year after year.
It also makes you wonder what cars would be like if serving the customer were their only goal, and they didn’t have to keep meeting insane & arbitrary government standards and regulations which only serve to add cost without providing benefits to the consumer.
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I like the commuter van and the work day. When does this happen?
I am very much amused by the insinuation that the dad is going to backhand his son when he starts whining about another cowboy show.
Those bridge playing women passed me today on the Interstate.
gee can’t wait for the cartoon Obama is going to make to promote the Omoblie.
I love the future of the past… high-larious!