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Here are all the films
and newsreels that make up this historical General Motors film collection:
From Dawn to Sunset (1937)
  
Learn more about the men and women who build your Chevrolets
in this short film. It follows a variety of people in the
workplace and at home so you can see how they work and how
they enjoy their leisure time after a satisfying day at the
factory building new Chevrolets for everyone in America.
Producer: Jam Handy Organization
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 24:56
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General Motors News Parade
  
This is a newsreel showing the contributions of General Motors
during World War II. It includes teh celebration of GMs 100,000th
Detroit Diesel engine, a look at GM war machinery circa 1944,
the 2500th Wildcat plan being christened by Mary Martin and
many other interesting clips depicting GM during the war.
Audio/Visual: sound, B&W
Run Time: 17:05
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Achievement USA (1955)
  
General Motors celebrates the production of its 50 millionth
automobile with a presentation of the car as it is being built
and rolled off the assembly line and a parade through GMs
hometown of Flint Michigan with a variety of fascinating GM
car-centric floats.
General Motors celebrates production of 50 millionth automobile
with a parade through Flint, Michigan.
Producer: Sound Masters
Audio/Visual: Sd, C
Run time: 10:45
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Design for Dreaming (1956)
  
General Motors, in one of its Motorama productions, shows
futuristic cars and the kitchen of the future.
Producer: MPO Productions
Audio/Visual: Sound, Color
Run time: 9:16
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A Touch of Magic (1961)
  
This 1961 General Motors Motorama film presents the latest
cars and appliances and a glimpse of what is coming in the
future.
Producer: MPO Television Films, Inc.
Audio/Visual: Sound, Color
Run time: 10:35
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To New Horizons (1940)
  
This film documents General Motor's contribution to the worlds
fair - GMs Futurama exhibit in its Highways and Horizons pavillion.
It showcases the wonderful future world of 1960 - which given
the mental state of the American people during this time of
war was quite a marvel and momentary escape from a world that
had just rolled from a depression to a war.
Producer: Jam Handy Organization
Audio/Visual: Sound, Color
Run time: 22:59
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