Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 1, No. 1) | Jam Handy | Enhanced and Colorized

1935 promotional newsreel created by the Jam Handy Company featuring a variety of Chevrolet-centric stories.

Story 1: "Tennessee Valley" over TVA project.

Tennessee Valley Authority. High shot construction site in Tennessee Valley with pulleys and cables above. Workers climbing up ladder on wall of dam. VS dam under construction. ECU wheels of anchor cars roll slowly across railroad tracks (walls of dam and mountains in BG). U.S.T.V.A. ambulance parks in front of building; man emerges and walks toward office. Steam shovel pivots, ready to dump load into dump truck. Man welding railroad rail. Steam shovel emptying rocks into truck which sags under the load; truck drives off. Man loading steel rail into bed of pickup truck (tires in BG). CU headlights and grill of pickup truck. VS trucks driving through construction site. High shot construction site in Tennessee Valley with pulleys and cables above.

Story 2: "Mount Clemens, Michigan" over car and ice boat racing on frozen lake.

Automobile and ice boat race across lake. VS automobile and ice boat racing across frozen lake; CU ice boat.

Story 3: "Detroit" over gas sloshing in vacuum gauge

Gasoline gauge mounted on windshield of automobile. CU gas gauge (resembling lantern). CU 2 men talking in front seat of moving automobile, one writes on clipboard as other drives. CU man writing on clipboard, leans forward and checks gas gauge mounted on windshield. Automobile pulls to stop at curb, camera zooms in for ECU of gas gauge.

Story 4: "New York City" over 3 women in back seat of moving car.
Promotional newsreel sponsored by General Motors. Several women driving in automobile; showing off hairstyles. 3 women in back seat of moving automobile. Male hairstylist combing back of woman's hair in beauty parlor. CU women turning around to show off hair styles. Several women, dressed in evening clothes, getting into car (assisted by uniformed men) as crowd looks on; car pulls from curb. ECU blonde woman seated beside open car window. Automobile, with several women passengers, driving on residential street. 5 women in moving car (as seen through front windshield from hood mounted camera).

Story 5: "Dayton, Ohio" over 2 boys building soap box derby car.

Soap box derby competition. 2 boys building (hammering) wooden soap box car in garage; pick up wheels and attach them; turn car over car, setting it upright. Boy picks up rope, cuts it, and both tie it to front axle. Several boys with wooden soap box cars pulling them down crowd-lined street. Soap box cars at starting line; cars take off slowly. VS cars racing down crowd-lined raceway. CU boy seated in car. CU boy wearing goggles. 2 men in speeding soap box car. Dog (German Shepherd) running down raceway. Man waving flag at finish line as cars race by and crowd watches.

Story 6: "San Francisco" over puppy perched on open glove compartment door.

Girl places small dog in glove compartment of automobile. CU young, smiling girl getting into automobile with dog (poodle) in arms; seated in front seat as woman gets into driver's seat. Girl opening glove compartment; placing poodle in it (leaving compartment open). CU pup peering from glove compartment, backing into it, then trying to step out of it. Car pulls from curb in front of fancy house.

Video Modifications:
Resolution Increased
Sharpness and Clarity Improved
Colorized to breathe new life into the film (Not historically accurate)

B&W Video Source from: Prelinger Archives on archive.org
B&W Video Source Rights: Creative Commons Attribution License