Auto-Lite on Parade 1940 Vintage Automobile Film

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15 жыл бұрын

Tour of an auto parts and accessories factory climaxing with a stop-motion product parade.
The Electric Auto-Lite Company Presents

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@danfhowe 10 жыл бұрын

In fact my grandpa is in this video from 13:11 to 13:14. This is amazing to see. My thanks go to the uploader of this video. Dan

@danfhowe 10 жыл бұрын

My grandfather was a Tool and Die Maker in the La Crosse, Wi. plant. The local people called the plant "The Gage". Dan

@CarlosLopez-ew5uv 9 жыл бұрын

The good o'l days when we had jobs and we made everything.!!!!

@tarstarkusz 4 жыл бұрын

Well, if you makes you feel any better, autolite spark plugs are made in the good old US of A in Northern Ohio

@MACC8092 3 жыл бұрын

My Father-in-Law, Troy Smith was a Tool and Dye maker in the Fostoria Plant.

@longfade 14 жыл бұрын

"Auto-lite" always reminds me of Harlow Wilcox's ads on the old Suspense radio programs....."And remember - You're always right, with AUTO-LITE".

@dmoore7519 2 жыл бұрын

The voice of the operator, would say “You’re always right with Autolite Goodnight” at the end of the show.

@-oiiio-3993 2 жыл бұрын

Was thinking the same as I binge listened to _Suspense_ a couple of months ago.

@cyoungso 8 жыл бұрын

"From bumper to taillight, you're always right, with Autolite"

@WAQWBrentwood 8 жыл бұрын

+1!

@danr1920 4 жыл бұрын

My Dad worked at the La Crosse WI plant after he got out of high school in the late '30. After serving in the Army in WW2 he came back and worked until 1959 when the plant closed.

@missmermaiid 9 жыл бұрын

I love the whole thing, especially the ending! :) Thank you very much for posting.

@micmac99 12 жыл бұрын

The theme music in the closing "parade" sequence is from the Marches Militaires, March No. 1 in D major by Franz Schubert, which can be found elsewhere on KZfaq.

@XNY556-Apple Жыл бұрын

I love it. It's much better than the crap music of today.

@eduardocolinresendiz 11 жыл бұрын

I WISH I COULD HAVE WORKED AT AUTO-LITE THOSE DAYS.

@lilmike2710 Жыл бұрын

I wish manufacturing would come back to the USA period. All Americans benefited from it. But our "make them pay their share" friends in Washington are the ones responsible for most of it now happening elsewhere. 👎 It's difficult for someone to support a family working at a fast food joint or at Walmart. Anyways... Yes I bet that was a fine job to have back then.

@CinnamonGrrlErin1 3 жыл бұрын

I love the music in these old films

@bisenbart 12 жыл бұрын

This video is awesome! Back when America built something!!! People had jobs!!

@johnbockelie3899 3 жыл бұрын

Back when workers took pride in their work.

@johnbockelie3899 3 жыл бұрын

Back when there were NO foreign cars in America. We made our own.

@johnbockelie3899 3 жыл бұрын

The ending NO CGI !!! Done in stop motion Animation. Takes time to do this.. Original 1933 King Kong style.

@fjbutch 10 жыл бұрын

Yes, and thanks to Automation today, all these jobs are goooooone!..We might have gotten smarter, but shooting ourselves in the foot at the same time.. Well done progress !

@donaldb3628 3 жыл бұрын

So was the coal shoveler on steam trains!

@JDAbelRN 3 жыл бұрын

Time marches on, bjbitch!

@vincentsnow8436 2 жыл бұрын

@@donaldb3628 Yes Donald, a lot of physical jobs disappeared.. and so began the fattening and sickening of Americans.

@saxongreen78 Жыл бұрын

Ah - but most of us are _dumber._ One was required to actually use one's brain on a daily basis...often just to avoid death or injury...designers really had to _invent and innovate_ - today, we simply refer to data we access on our phones.

@banditblue 14 жыл бұрын

fascinating - speaking as an ex jig and tool designer at Lockheed Brakes and Borg and Beck clutches

@jimmyp6443 Жыл бұрын

Ending is the best

@ggwhale 12 жыл бұрын

Sweet memory of a time when you could work on your own car and not have to pay a guy $100 to tell you what is wrong but yet he can't fix it till he tries three or four different parts @ $200 apiece? Wow, we have come a long way. Was that song Boy Scouts on Parade?

@johnbockelie3899 3 жыл бұрын

Back in the day when you couldnt goof off in the rest room to waste time.

@Zluka_iz_luka 6 жыл бұрын

It's funny to see an ad of 1940s being interrupted by commercials of 201x.

@HayTatsuko 10 жыл бұрын

19:36 is where the stop-motion fun begins! superb vintage advertisement!

@MrShobar 8 жыл бұрын

+J.R. Caldoon Franz Schubert - "Marche Militaire"

@HayTatsuko 8 жыл бұрын

+MrShobar thank you very much! i was wondering what piece I was hearing there. :)

@1938dmkdz 12 жыл бұрын

I remember these times and they were great great great!!!!!

@fromthesidelines 11 жыл бұрын

Auto-Lite sponsored "SUSPENSE" on radio from 1948 through '54 (and the TV edition from '49 through '54).

@JDAbelRN 3 жыл бұрын

Good show, still is presented on XM Radio.

@docbipe 14 жыл бұрын

DID ANYONE SEE THE DISTRIBUTOR CAPS FOR THE 16 CYLINDERS?

@dmoore7519 3 жыл бұрын

At 11:40 notice 6 volt batteries 12 volt systems came about en masse in the late 50’s.

@BigEightiesNewWave 2 жыл бұрын

my 61 Bug was 6-volt and had a generator...dim lights at idle.

@ivanleterror9158 3 жыл бұрын

Always enjoyed these commercials back then. Didn't know then that some years later I would be one of the guys who was installing those parts. Reminds me of marching to and from class at St Rose of Lima Catholic School to John Phillip Suza music. Can imagine everyone being a spark plug or whatever. NOTE: There was also a tobacco company that used a similar type of advertisement with cigarette packs and I'm not sure if I remember match books in the "parade" also.

@osopardo76 14 жыл бұрын

awesome!!!

@ricardorodrigues7304 Жыл бұрын

muito interessante, cada pessoa tem a sua função ,parabéns.

@lilmike2710 Жыл бұрын

Indeed. It was Henry Ford who imagined the assembly line when thinking of a way to be able to manufacture his cars so that everyone could afford one across all socioeconomic classes. His idea revolutionized all types of industry. 👍

@l337pwnage 11 жыл бұрын

The class-warfare types were always around.

@micmac99 12 жыл бұрын

Back when Americans actually made American products for Americans to use.

@WAQWBrentwood 8 жыл бұрын

From films I've seen, The electrical industry employed many women in manufacturing. (Auto-Lite, Western Electric, Westinghouse...) To hear it today, except for war time, women didn't do any "real" work untill the '70s. But then people thing "Leave it to Beaver" represents the '50s, As accurate as thinking "Friends" represents the '90s.

@JustChiminin 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, the girls never got the recognition they so well deserved back then.

@dixiemay1996 10 жыл бұрын

21:24 for the 16 valve distributor(s)

@sonicstep 7 жыл бұрын

Assuming the engine has one plug/cylinder, it is 16 plugs less the centre high tension connector/s in the middle (not sure what the adjacent connector is to the typical central one. Perhaps supplementary high tension). Valves most likely 32 (multi valve engines were in existence prior to then. For example Peugeot L76).

@billruss6704 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like they hired Ray Harryhausen for the end sequence.

@BigEightiesNewWave 2 жыл бұрын

Ford/Autolite GM/Delco was the way it used to be.

@tempest411 9 жыл бұрын

I wonder what sort of engine the distributor cap shown at 21:25 goes to?

@72polara 9 жыл бұрын

tempest411 Distributor is for a Nash Twin Ignition 8. I have a friend who was a Nash mechanic many, many years ago...

@ericbivins8014 2 жыл бұрын

And I thought they only made spark plugs.

@wgoldenny 8 жыл бұрын

tempest411 they appear to be aircraft radial engine distributor caps

@johnnyhawkins43 5 жыл бұрын

I always thought that they were owned by Ford?

@JeffDeWitt 5 жыл бұрын

Ford bought it in 1961 and owned Auto-Lite until being forced to sell it in the early 70's because of an antitrust suit.

@lindathrall5133 2 жыл бұрын

MY MOTHER WORKED IN CONTINENTAL PLASTICS AS A INJECTION MOLD WORKER AND MADE GOOD MONEY

@femtoman2357 10 жыл бұрын

H'mm, where are the safety glasses?

@trplpwr1038 4 жыл бұрын

Don't need no stinking safety glasses

@acdccarnut 11 жыл бұрын

boy that's is when you make 5 to10 dollars a day and a starter cost 10 dollars just think today you can make 100 dollars a day mow a starter cost around 100 dollars boy those were the days everything was every thing was so cheap

@wgoldenny 8 жыл бұрын

Too bad that the only thing I see with the auto-lite brand name are spark plug anything else are NOS parts if you can find them.

@15701middy 10 жыл бұрын

Today? you would need an minimum of at least a Bachelor of Science degree to work in these places.

@manhoot Жыл бұрын

The autolite sta ful battery needs water only 3 times a year in normal car use

@wettex60 10 жыл бұрын

Sweatshops.

@georgestringe9682 10 жыл бұрын

yur all wet, tex

@johncoit4570 3 жыл бұрын

You have know idea what you are talking about

@VintageVaughnVehiclces Жыл бұрын

Today's job industry is insurance selling it and claiming on it a vicious cycle all types of selling and claiming on insurance. We have health Home Auto Dental life burial pet and the retail sales and shipping and distributing of Chinese Goods. What a country thanks Mr Clinton you shipped all the jobs to China oh they call that sourcing sounds like sorcery to me