The Davis Car
The Davis Car
Master 1 - Tape 1 The Davis car, a failed compact three-wheeled "commuter car" of the immediate postwar period. A mother grabs her young daughter and pulls her into the front seat of the parked Davis convertible. The mother moves over, closes the driver's door, and starts the car. She appears to have great difficulty maneuvering the stick shift. As she drives away, we notice that it is a three-wheeled oddity. She does a three-point turn in front of the garage and drives away with the girl standing in the passenger seat! They are both aware of the camera, and smile at times. The car looks something like a Citroen, but with only three wheels. A few shots of the mother driving by herself. She is definitely having trouble with the car. This gets to be very, very funny, b/c as the woman continues to do anything but make three-point turns around the driveway, she retains this shell-shocked perma-grin. She smiles at the camera as if to say "AAAAH, help me! I'm in a 3-wheeled car!" There are other reels on the Davis car in the library.