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American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)

Title
Around the Corner
Year
1937
Abstract
How the automobile differential allows a vehicle to turn a corner while keeping the wheels from skidding.
Notes
Produced: Handy (Jam) Organization
Sponsor: Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corporation
Run Time: 9:29
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W
Keyword
Automobiles: Engineering;Physics;Motorcycles;Physics;Motorcycles
Theme
Around the Corner
Review
Jam Handy really did his job well here?he made a thoroughly understandable and even somewhat entertaining film about rear-axle differentials in cars. Unless you're really into auto mechanics, this should be as dull as dishwater, but it isn't. It's even somewhat understandable to non-mechanically-inclined persons such as myself. The amazing trick motorcycle riding scenes at the beginning and the bizarre couple that barrel rolls the rear wheels of a car help give it entertainment value. This film does what an industrial film ideally should do?take a potentially dull and dense industrial topic and make it interesting and understandable.
(Reviewer: Christine Hennig)
Location
A/V room, 2/F