The Trip, 1940's chevrolet car commercial vivid Technicolour

[theredarrow78]

My parents had a 1940 Chevy, so my first car ride was in one of these cars.

[UnbreakableFury1]

i wish i lived in the 40s

[igottwopeepees]

Screw this time era. The chicks were so ugly.

[HallucigeniaIV]

Why do people in the 40's talked like that?

[TimeOutGirls]

Those were different times. To me, better times. Now America faces horrid times with Obama and his Socialist wrecking crew out to destroy America. Good luck to us all.

[themredweirdoshow]

Yes, America WAS coming out of the Depression in the late 1930s. Many wrongly claim WWII did it all a bit later, but no, we could have done just fine without it. And why were we recovering so well? Because FDR had big business paying 90% of it's tax obligation, that's why! (These days it's more like 40%.) Oh, for the good old days of the rich having to pay their fair share.

[fromthesidelines]

That's because this was a THEATRICAL advertisement, 'sand' (most of them were filmed in Technicolor, especially these auto ads)- television was still in the "experimental" stage, and didn't really begin until after World War II. Even then, there were no color broadcast facilities [NBC was the first national network to telecast color shows, on a VERY limited basis, in late 1953- the other networks didn't "catch up" with them until the mid-'60s]. Color commercials were seen sparingly in the '50s.

[Fawkhall]

Its a beautiful car - Im sure that people in Europe with Hitler's bombs raining down on them - must have thought life in America was idyllic . . . it certainly appears so from this commercial . . . . . .

[darkwhitedirewolf]

Hello onstar? Hello? hello? Oh crap no satellites yet.

I like this car better than my SUV anyway. :)

[tripjet999]

And put on your seat belts that GM fought not to include.

[globehunter2]

This was a beautiful family oriented era` where the mother wore

a dress and the father wore pants.Everything was in order with

less crime and social unrest.

[paulwade101]

@globehunter2 yeah ecept for jack lol

[Jsd8675]

@globehunter2 Ummm.. Jews were being starved and burnt, and blacks were being lynched and discriminated against. Think again.

[globehunter2]

@Jsd8675 No era is or was perfect! by you being black

or jewish? I understand your anger and pain. But this film

focused on loving family that just happen to be white.Dont take it personally.

[MaximusNYC]

@globehunter2 That's how it looks in films. Doesn't mean it was like that in real life.

[AnimeStar567]

I wish I could go back in time and see what life was like back then

[markape1]

I agree GusTheBus82! I would luv to go back in time to this era...but only for a day. To walk thru the city and watch people moving around all attending to their own matters. It would also be fun walking in a shopping centre of the day with no computers or tvs or ipods or ipads or dvd players etc. I think life would have been much happier back in those good old days!!

[dudemantwo]

that is a nice car

[fuhrman66]

I would have left Rex at home

[hwy61media]

What a great car. I love the styling. Thanks GJNCA for sending this to me!

[TrandomnesstwO]

Oooh color...

[meatwad260]

Up-most economy,that's right,folks!Almost 5 miles to the gallon of gasoline,how do you get better than that?

[gorrockman]

:30 I cracked up the girl kept hitting him and hes all awake already lol

[SandShinobi535]

I find it very odd that commercials around the 1950s-60s didn't show any color whatsoever and commercials in the 1940s did..

[irishdanceok]

This is just a guess but it's probably in color because it was shown in the movie theater and not on TV. Not many people could afford to own a TV at this point, and alot of people used the movie theater for entertainment. Therefore, much of the advertising was done before and after movies in the theater. Color films were shown in the movie theater before there was color on home televisions.

[Borschtschow]

Because this is a commercial for cinema!

[617AV86892]

It was shown in movie theatres. Television was so rare in 1940 that only a couple of thousand people had it. And color television did not kick in until the mid fifties.

[MrEnignok]

@SandShinobi535 Color was available before the 40's the reason it never became mainstream until latte 60's - early 70's is because it was costly.

[igottwopeepees]

@SandShinobi535

Yah technicolor........for some reason technicolor scared me as a kid. Today it just gives me the heeby jeebies

[VinterbroProductions]

The first Olympics being brodcasted on TV was the 1936 Beriln..

Unimportant fact of the week! :D

[327caprice]

At :29 WAKEUP GODAMMIT !!!!

[yaachb]

at 0:27 they almost hit a horse

[2009jimmy2009]

ha, because the drum brakes where so bad!

[legorret1]

It was very modern advertising because it was in color. I think that it is rare.

[OKStudios]

I HATE THIS CAR I HATE THIS CAR

[Airking11]

hahahaha they called it modern and safe yeah right!

[lettingitflow]

But it wasn't worth a crap until the 50's and then it went bad just after the end of the 80's. Now, it's just complete crap.

[uniculCSM]

television was invented in 1926

of course they had TV's in the forties

[kandizoe]

noobs

[GusTheBus82]

i wish i could live in that time era, it seems like everything was more calm, and innocent, all the family sat down together to listen to radio or the tv!no internet, cell phones, laptops, twitter,myspace to complicate life!!

[megaluisdeth]

How is the internet complicated?myspace? cmon man!

[ethicomm]

@GusTheBus82 I hear you. Imagine going to a diner or coffee shop for an old school meal instead of a trendy meal. N Starbucks for a biscotti cookie and latte but an ordinary cup of coffee No trendiness, simple things ruled.

[Ragrog105]

@ethicomm Yup. A monster open face roast beef sandwiches, mashed potatoes, gravy and a coffee or coke for like a buck twenty-five. All without preservatives or chemical enhancers. Now you cant find a decent burger for under four bucks. Starbucks? Who can afford designer coffee anymore?

[MaximusNYC]

@Ragrog105 Food portions were actually smaller back then. And people weren't as fat!

[dhart1977]

@GusTheBus82 I absolutely agree! I wish I was back in that time, but it would still be nice to at least have YouTube. :)

[Masikoira]

@GusTheBus82 yea you are right. I appreciate that kind of life too!

[omgallusuck]

@GusTheBus82 pff that commercial is like a "perfect american family" life was much more shitier

[JulioMEX4EVER]

was it just me or did it look like the white box hit the kid in the face in the commerciaL:

[legomaxmania]

tvs were invented in the 20's look on gogole!

[ushakov7]

If tv's were invented in 1920's why would not a single person buy them during that decade?

[Gabster1990]

Too expensive. In fact, a man wanted to trade in his mom for a t.v.

[megaluisdeth]

who doesn't hahaha

[daakuivory]

Um, they didnt have T.V in the 40s

[prettybrch]

exactly.

this is fromt he 50's

[skot66]

1939

[skot66]

yes they did

[camaros65]

they had the movies

[cardboardboatarmada]

they did have TV in the 40s idiot. do some research. the first real one was invented in the 30s

[daakuivory]

I asked my grandpa, they had the movies. This was from the movies =/ Don't try and be smart, cause yer not. =D

[cardboardboatarmada]

they had tvs. they were too expensive however for most people. $395 to be exact which is like $6000 in our economy's money. i am smart :)

[Andrewthevideogamer]

Well yes this was from the movies because its color but they did have TVs in the 1940s but it was too expensive.

[skot66]

This is the way life should be. People had class back then.

[prettybrch]

u cant belive everythign u see on "tv"

[camaros65]

Ya right safety

[prettybrch]

lol

[formerice]

My dad had a 40 Coupe and a 40 2 ton farm truck. I owned a mint 40 coupe (barn find) in the 1970's Well made vehicles. I was surprised to see a 1957 Toyota truck in S Korea that was a clone of the Chevy.

[ParkJongBum]

Really? 1957 toyota truck in MY COUNTRY?

maybe not today. 30 years ago?

[gwenzini]

little did they know that the 40s would only be worse than the 30s, considering WWII. I think the 50s were the first decasde since the 20s to be really good, then the sixties were full of civil unrest at home, the seventies were cool but don't know how the economy was, the eighties were good for the economy, nineties were ok, and now we are in a shitty period again.

[LesmondXX]

I remember when that car came out. I was just a young boy. I was only 8 years old, wow times were so different back then. The women were so pure and inicent. Of course, I wasn't fucking them then but it was a great time to be around. To bad most of you young lads will only here stories about how times were back then.

[harryballz18]

you creep get a life

[LesmondXX]

You fag! Grow some balls you harry pansy ass loser!

[Wenny1963]

I have a '40 Special deluxe just like the one in the video. I wont trade it for even the top of the line mercedes or anything

[ilovemovies20]

so much anger =(

[wickedkewlmommy]

i want a narrator like that in my life

[kylieminogue100]

How nostalgic since GM is going to fold soon... If only they knew...

[Manongjojo]

Yea its sad how a union (UAW) can bring down a big company.

[BigBishop1]

tell it to sean hannity you sicophant toyota drivin worm

[Manongjojo]

Shows how stupid you are. Most of the Toyotas are built in the USA. The funny thing is they are not Union and getting better options then the worthless UAW workers. LOL The funny thing is your missiah is going to put you loosers out of work. Thats hoe and change for ya. Cheers!

[lesliesprinckles]

OMG i think i was reincarnated I mean I remember seing this! I'm Only 12 Though!

[jfkgirl85]

lucky! (:

[cjg51895]

I love these kinds of cars! It's so huge compared to the people!

[smurfswacker]

Back in the mid-1960s I entered a contest GM ran inviting high school kids to design car bodies...they sent diagrams showing maximum and minimum measurements for each type of car. Even at that late date, all the interior measurements assumed the driver would be wearing a hat like the guy in this video. Consequently the interiors were very high by modern standards.

[Brock12186]

Consequently I could give a Shit!!!!

[Gehn]

wow brock, you have issues :S

[jenflights]

Wow....what a classic. The body style, the interior...looks like the room and comfort of a Bentley! Thanks for the summary and wonderful video. Man....those cars were Super Sweet :)

[markcnews]

great old commercial clip from yesteryear I love the old Chevys. There are still some on the road from 39 like the sedan and the coupe.

Thanks for sharing this.

[Zappo90744]

My neighbor has had one in his garage for more than 20 years without EVER opening the garage door cause the spings had broken. It was last registed 30 years ago (January 1978) He recently opened the garage and the car is flawless for its age!!! ALL ORIGINAL with 43k original miles!!!!

[alom1807tube]

very nice- "modern features" 68 years on, that statement is very far from modern! great video though. where did you get this?

[mrgranados]

Wow. When American cars were truly American.

[Wackyland1]

Yeah not made in fucking Japan of Korea!

[rdittmer1717]

thanks for posting this video, it is a great part of automotive history.

[pannoni1]

There were no 1943, 1944, or 1945 cars made in the US.

[ilove1994]

yeah then they ware shiped to the US later on as you menshiond 1943 1944 1945 dering all of thows years they had to make cars in other conturies becuase the car companies in the us ware makeing stuff for the WAR so they shiped them and they ware still the same car brands from the usa lol .

[Kelski1998]

Wow my Grandparents must have owned a car like that too bad they are all gone now but what a find

[steviebboy69]

yeah they probably did have one like that.

i like these old films.

[dillmc7743]

@Kelski1998 those thing where like personal tanks, you'll never find a car made like them agian.

[steviebboy69]

kewl yep same here in north eastern vic

[RobinMetrocolor]

I've heard in History Channel documentrys that the great depression was ending around the time WW2 started, Although The History Channel is hardly a reliable source of infomation. I'll ask my grandma tomorrow (She can remember almost everything).

[steviebboy69]

Yeah,

thanks ask here that.

[RobinMetrocolor]

I asked my grandma, She says that people were still poor, But this was around the time the economy started to improve. She slao noted that WW2 actually helped the economy of the country she lived in, and people were "More Sentimental" and "Optimistic", Which would help explain the commercial

[steviebboy69]

I think that is the reason, for this commercial.

what country did your grandmother live in.

[RobinMetrocolor]

My Grandma lived in Australia (as do I).

[dhkholylord]

yo mama