1955 Dynamic USA in Color!!! 1 of 3

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The Dynamic American City (1955)
Sponsor: Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Producer: Frederick J. Baskaw




Advocates urban redevelopment and renewal, 1950s-style. Supports many planning strategies which are criticized today: the destruction of "blighted" neighborhoods in the name of progress, autocentric planning and construction, and suburban sprawl. Some good shots of 50s cars on urban streets; an especially good one contrasts 50s automobiles with a turn of the century horse-drawn bakery wagon of Boston ("Albert Duplain - French Bakers") in a wistful juxtaposition of eras. Rare footage of interurban streetcars / trolleys rolling through semi-rural areas; charming Victorian looking railroad station for "Ant Hill". Freeways. Traffic. Dams.
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Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Car-Culture
• US-Cars
• Automobile-History
• Suburbia
• Suburban-USA
• Vintage-Freeways