First diesel-powered passenger car completes test run from New York to California

High angle shot diesel-powered sedan drives past crowd on both sides of road / high angle shot man driving and waving from car with words "First Diesel Powered Passenger Car" printed on door / car on road driving toward camera / car stops at stop sign that also says "Los Angeles City Limits" / man exits car / man rolls out from under car pushing bucket with him, another man standing by car picks up bucket and walks to back of car / man pours crankcase oil into funnel in car's tank / hand points to engine and explains how it works / two men squatted down by exhaust pipe, one leans further down to smell exhaust / sign reads: "Gas 18 cents Diesel Oil 5 1/2 cents" / hand shows how pistons work as voice explains process / Note: exact month/day not known
High angle shot diesel-powered sedan drives past crowd on both sides of road / high angle shot man driving and waving from car with words "First Diesel Powered Passenger Car" printed on door / car on road driving toward camera / car stops at stop sign that also says "Los Angeles City Limits" / man exits car / man rolls out from under car pushing bucket with him, another man standing by car picks up bucket and walks to back of car / man pours crankcase oil into funnel in car's tank / hand points to engine and explains how it works / two men squatted down by exhaust pipe, one leans further down to smell exhaust / sign reads: "Gas 18 cents Diesel Oil 5 1/2 cents" / hand shows how pistons work as voice explains process / Note: exact month/day not known
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DETAILS

Editorial #:
2217869345
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
01 January, 1935
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Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:01:40:18
Location:
Los Angeles, California, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr006644_01_02