Film, Video General Motors around the world
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Title
- General Motors around the world
Summary
- Depicts the progress of General Motor Corporation's automotive development in 104 overseas markets, where American-made cars are being sold at the rate of 500,000 a year. In addition to showing an increasing use of American cars abroad, the film shows the development of highways throughout the world.
Names
- Jam Handy Organization, production company
- General Motors Corporation. Export Division, presenter, sponsor
Created / Published
- 1928.
Headings
- - General Motors Corporation
- - Automobile industry and trade
Genre
- Industrial films
- Sponsored films
- Silent films
- Short films
- Nonfiction films
Notes
- - Intertitles in English.
- - Summary adapted from New York Times.
- - Sources used: New York times, January 24, 1928, p. 12, viewed online via ProQuest Historical Newspapers, March 13, 2024; Prelinger, R. The field guide to sponsored films, 2006, p. 38.
Medium
- 1 video file (digital) (approximately 38 min.) : si., b&w.
Source Collection
- Prelinger Collection (Library of Congress)
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2024601054
Online Format
- image
- video