Lincoln Highway Groundbreaking - 1915
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Uploaded by weirdovideos on Feb 13, 2009
A promotional film for the Lincoln Highway from 1915, this short reel shows a groundbreaking ceremony for Carl G. Fisher's dream project, the first coast-to-coast automobile highway. Conceived by headlight entrepreneur Fisher, also said to be the first car dealer in US history, the man, like many an American, seems to have become a visionary in the eternal quest of making the almighty buck.
In fact, the Lincoln Highway was the first memorial to Abraham Lincoln, predating the monument in Washington, DC by perhaps more than ten years.
Although Thomas Edison and Theodore Roosevelt were active boosters and financiers of Fishers idea, it is hard to say if these are the two men orating in this film. Hundreds of towns across the US lobbied to have the Lincoln Highway pass through their way with songs, articles and public events dedicated to the new interstate. This appears to be one such film.
Ultimately, the highway would follow a historically American path, stretching from Times Square in New York City, along the Chambersburg Turnpike so associated with Gettysburg, then in tandem with portions of the legendary Pony Express, up and over the dreaded Donner Pass and on to the final destination of Lincoln Park in San Francisco, California.
Carl G. Fishers Lincoln Highway would go on to become the major influence of Eisenhowers future Interstate System and Germanys Autobahn.
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Sweet tune!
Beowulfsonur 6 months ago
Just got through watching a PBS special on the highway (a rerun, third time I've seen it). What a great piece of American history that needs to be preserved, something our disposable culture needs to be constantly reminded of.
motownmaniax 1 year ago
Wow... don't let go of the sign! Pretty cool though. I live on the Lincoln Highway and it is something else that defines it!
ligonierlad 1 year ago
Why are they standing in a tree?
sairygampcanoe 2 years ago
A piece of history that's fun to watch
awaseniu 3 years ago
what's he throwing to the people? some kind of weed?
waynealarsen 3 years ago
i give it 5 stars just for the music!
flowerlove79 3 years ago