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Bathing Beauties Boudoir Express 1936 Chevrolet Leader News Newsreel Vol. 2 No. 4
🕑 Added 2019-11-18 23:17:42 +0000 UTCmore at http://quickfound.net/
NEW CANVAS VEHICLE PERMITS BATHERS TO CHANGE CLOTHES EN ROUTE TO BEACH.
'Title Card: "Hurry! Hurry! Last Call For the Boudoir Express" over women huddled in carts.
Women changing into swimwear in dressing rooms on wheels. VS (from above) women changing clothes (and in stages of undress) while being pulled in dressing rooms on wheels; carts rolling passed hotel with palm trees. Automobile pulling carts (from above). Women, wearing swimsuits, reclining in carts (from above). Carts in front of cabana; women (wearing swimsuits) exit carts and run toward camera. Women running on beach (umbrellas, palm trees, ornate Spanish-style hotel in BG). Beach; women run to water and as tide comes in they turn and run away.'
Promotional newsreel featuring models wearing 1936 fashions in front of a 1936 Chevrolet at Miami, Florida.
From Chevrolet Leader News Newsreel Vol. 2 No. 4, produced by Jam Handy.
Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Standard_Six
Wikipedia license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
The Chevrolet Standard Six (Series DC) was launched in 1933, initially as the Chevrolet Mercury, by Chevrolet as a lower priced alternative to the 1932 Chevrolet Series BA Confederate that became the Eagle in 1933 and Master from 1934. It was advertised as the cheapest six-cylinder enclosed car on the market.
The Standard was offered in three body styles all on a 107-inch wheelbase: coach, coupe and coupe with rumble seat. All bodies were by Fisher and featured 'no-draft ventilation'. All models were powered by a 181 cu in (2,970 cc) six-cylinder valve-in-head engine producing 60 bhp (45 kW; 61 PS) at 3,000 rpm and 125 lb⋅ft (169 N⋅m) of torque giving the car a top speed of between 65–70 mph. This engine had first appeared in a Chevrolet in 1928. The car had full instrumentation. A clock, heater and a radio were options.
In 1935, a larger 206.8 cu in (3,389 cc) six-cylinder engine was offered in lieu of the 181 cu in (2,970 cc), producing 74 bhp (55 kW; 75 PS) at 3,200 rpm and 150 lb⋅ft (203 N⋅m) of torque.
For 1936, the Standard Six received a wide range of improvements and a wider choice of body styles including cabriolet and sports sedan versions. It was built on a new box-girder frame with a wheel base of 109 inches. With an increase of compression ratio from 5.6:1 to 6:1, the standard 206.8 cu in (3,389 cc) engine now produced 79 bhp (59 kW; 80 PS) at 3,200 rpm and 156 lb⋅ft (212 N⋅m) of torque which was now shared with the Master Six. The spare wheel moved from its external rear trunk location to a new compartment under the trunk. Brakes were 11-in drums. The steel roof was new.
The Standard Six was discontinued for 1937 when the Master range was joined by the new Master Deluxe...
