From Dawn to Sunset 1937 Vintage Chevrolet Workers Film

This classic example of "capitalist realism" depicts a day in the life of Chevrolet workers in the U.S., while attempting to convince them that their own fortunes were inextricably linked to the fortunes of General Motors.

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[firstwave2]

This is when America was America! now it's hell!

[HOLYWOODANGEL]

METROPOLIS

[390merc65]

i cant believe this..for the last 2 weeks i have been looking for anything on the buffalo chevy plant ..my aunt lived around the corner from this plant in buffalo..i distinctly remember passing a huge chevy plant on the way to her house as a boy in 1970 .her back yard ended next to this plant..i have only been there once , but i remember passing this place and walking past it with my dad for an afternoon walk ,,geeze i was 5 then, we drove from pa to buffalo in my dad's 65 mercury montclair

[jvarela965]

:) Thanks for posting these videos ! They are like a XMAS present.

[bobcheckingin]

It was a good life, not perfect but good. Now family values are out, vice is in and the people all want a free lunch. So goes Rome so goes America.

[trickymutha]

edybeast- it does scream for MST- it will make you laugh and make you cry. Sad thing though, is, look at all those people working! I have lived in Michigan my entire life, and perhaps as hokey as this film is- it shows me why the economy here is so crappy. Nothing has replaced all those factory jobs. This film, I understand, was created after the 1937 UAW sit down strike.

[longfade]

Wow - the narrative most definitely overplays its hand, but I love the footage. The propaganda is just too obvious for me though.

[timan6]

Great Video, Great History Lesson when the US was still recovering from the great Depression, like today, the Great Resesion.

[SFConifer]

When Americans had jobs

[edybeast]

This screams for MST3K treatment.