Wheels of Progress

Synopsis: Few technological developments so captured the popular imagination during the first half of the 20th century as did motor vehicles. Using archive film from Germany and the United States the film shows how in the 1920s and 1930s cars and roads were projected as the successful harnessing of technology for people’s everyday lives. They symbolised progress and in both Germany and the United States this new technology was sold to the population as a key to a marvellous future.
Series: Science, Technology and Everyday Life 1870-1950, Course A282
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.
Year of production: 1989
Availability: OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
Subjects: Technology
Keywords: cars; Germany; history of technology; motor vehicles; United States of America

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