Hacker CinemaDown the Gasoline Trail
Down the Gasoline Trail
1935 · Film · documentary · 8 min
Theatrical cartoon showing the odyssey of a gasoline drop from its entry into a Chevrolet’s fuel tank to its explosive end in the engine cylinder. Down the Gasoline Trail uses humor to leaven the technical explanation of how a fuel system works.
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Yes, "Around the Corner", one of many Jam Handy films made for Chevrolet. They're all on the Internet Archive, where they can be seen without ads.[1]
There's a whole series. "Spinning Levers" (transmissions), "Down the Gasoline Trail" (fuel), "Just a Spark" (ignition), "Tough Friends" (steel), "No Ghosts" (frames), and more.
[1] https://archive.org/details/0141_Around_the_Corner_M00267_08_00_41_00
There's a whole series of those films, all done for Chevrolet.
- "What Stops Them" - hydraulic brakes
- "Tough Friends" - automotive steel alloys
- "No Ghosts" - auto frame design for stiffness
- "Horsepower" - shows exactly what one horsepower is
- "Balance" - system integration of the automobile
- "Precisely so" - measurement and manufacturing precision
- "Streamlines" - air resistance
- "Down the gasoline trail" - from fuel tank to exhaust
All these are in the Internet Archive in the Prelinger collection of industrial films.
Chevrolet really wanted to explain how an automobile works. These films are much better at explaining than most of what we see today.