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Detroit Iron and The Cartographic Unit

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About this film

Babes, cars, and electric guitars! There's even some stuff blowing up. This new cut has it all! Vintage autos and explosive dance sequences frame the story with additional support from a couple of guys out in the desert trying to make a map. A bunch of cool public-domain clips from the Prelinger Archive at archive.org/details/prelinger were grabbed to put this one together: -- Touch Of Magic (1961) for the couple loving their car -- Caught Mapping (1940) for the two guys in the desert trying to make a map -- Going Places (1948) for the cartoon footage, the cars, and the stuff blowing up -- Styling And The Experimental Car (1964) for the futuristic auto show shots The basic song was figured out in GarageBand, then transplanted into iMovie HD for the video work. Probably close to 30 hours from bootup to release. More Prelinger mashups are available at the Vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/album/2267481 Support programs and initiatives in your area that promote safe walkable communities by balancing development with responsibility.

Directors & creators

Lyndon Lorenz

Subjects

prelinger mashup; automobiles; car culture; urbanism; transportation; car; remix

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