March 14th, 2012 at 4:16PM

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A Classic 1950s Propaganda Film Makes the Case for Superhighways

“This is the American dream of freedom on wheels. An automotive age, traveling on time-saving super highways,” begins the narrator of Give Yourself the Green Light, a 1954 film funded by General Motors. “But we’re running out of roads! We didn’t dream big enough,” he explains. This first half of the film outlines the problem posed by the growing number of cars and commuters, and includes fascinating footage of 1950s life on wheels — classic cars, a school bus, the main street of a small town, etc. Watch the film in its entirety at the Prelinger Archive.

What a wonderful (dystopian) future they created…

(via theatlantic)

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    A Classic 1950s Propaganda Film Makes the Case for Superhighways “This is the American dream of freedom on wheels. An...
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    how did we go from “build more highways” to “bail us out, b”?
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    Amazing, what shows up.
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    1954 propaganda film (funded by General Motors) extolling the need for more highways and parking lots. Lots of gems in...
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