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Few technological developments so captured the popular imagination during the first half of the twentieth century as did motor vehicles. Using archive film from Germany and the United States this f...ilm shows how in the 1920's and '30's 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.
Few technological developments so captured the popular imagination during the first half of the twentieth century as did motor vehicles. Using archive film from Germany and the United States this f...ilm shows how in the 1920's and '30's 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.
| Module code and title: | A282, "Science, technology and everyday life 1870-1950" |
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| Item code: | A282; 04 |
| First transmission date: | 1989 |
| Published: | 1989 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:37 |
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| Producer: | Nat Taylor |
| Contributor: | Richard Bessel |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Automobiles; Model T Ford; Road transport; Volkswagen |
| Subject terms: | Automobiles--Social aspects; Technology--History |
| Master spool number: | HOU5693 |
| Production number: | FOUA240A |
| Videofinder number: | 3025 |
| Available to public: | no |
