New Jersey: Car Of Tomorrow Test Model
New Jersey: Car Of Tomorrow Test Model
Clip: 352751_1_1
Year Shot: 1953
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1588
Original Film: 026-485-05
HD: N/A
Location: Princeton, New Jersey
Timecode: 00:11:28 - 00:12:07
Same as catalog # 514872 Amazing model auto which passes other cars, or stops to avoid collision, all by electric impulses, is tested at research center. Tomorrow's driver will be able to sit back and relax. A scaled down car with a ventriloquist dummy sitting behind the wheel of the car with a cigarette hanging out of its mouth. MCUS - Two of the designers lifts up the hood (bonnet) of the car. MCUS - The car is turned on by a switch and the car follows a metal strip that's been placed on the floor. MCUS - It appears that the dummy is driving the car.