[Terraplane Newsreel] 1932

Les firestein for 17 years known as the Ford man on the East Bay officially delivers to Jack Frost of fox West Coast theaters five new Ford cars to be given away at the fox Grand Lake Fox Senator and state theaters of Oakland and the fox California and fox UC of Berkeley Mr carstein turns the keys of these beautiful new models over to the employees of the East Bay theaters where the cars will be given away in Oakland on August the 5th and in Berkeley August 9th where you may become the proud owner of one of these brand new boards note the beauty of design graceful and compact though roomy how easily they handle in traffic and park on a dime Miss ker and Miss hugel of the Fox Theaters drop into Les firin sales room where he shows them the advantages of the new models explaining that the cars are equipped the shatterproof glass hudai thermostatically controlled hydraulic shock absorbers for greater writing comfort and also that there are 183 Square in of brake lining for safety and as many roller and ball bearings as are used in some cars costing four times as much the board is without question the most outstanding value today and when you couple it with less firein Super Service it is a combination you cannot beat here they come up over the Broadway brick Hill 25 M hour at the bottom she picks up all the way gaining to 35 miles over the top now over the Fish Ranch Road in high gear in a left firein pre-service Ford car at the rate of 30 m per hour ah what a car Mr firein is proud of his service department here are 25 Factory train mechanics repairing and servicing customers cars here too you will find the most modern and upto-date Shop Equipment which assures the most accurate workmanship Mr firin has spent 17 years in the Ford business in the East Bay and by constant study and Endeavor and personal attention throughout all these years has built an organization of train men who know how to serve they know how to keep your car running satisfactorily at the lowest cost and you know that your car is right when finished the volume of business being large the overhead is low consequently the low prices are a delight to the present day economically minded buying public a complete stock of genuine Ford parts is carried at all times as well as tires and accessories or if it's for a Ford you'll find it here Mr firestein invites you and urges you to come to his place or phone for a demonstration ride in the new car and drive it not a hair raising wild ride but a demonstration at the speed you like to travel get all the details of his broad and liberal service policy which saves you money on upkeep so remember every week after the first drawing there will be one of these new Ford cars given away absolutely [Music] [Applause] free [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] la [Music] [Music] another terlan Thriller staged at Muro dry lake especially for terlan display weeks at Fox West Coast theaters you will see pilot laudier fight the terrific air currents of the rarified desert atmosphere 2,300 ft above sea level as JD P attempts to step from the speeding plane to the top of the Essex T plane well the air is pretty bumpy up there he's going to make it no he misses no contact that time let's try again you know a stunt like this is just a matter of perfect coordination and P is bound and determin that he's going to make it well the plane's drifting in Pilot jockey for position closer closer to coming in at 70 mph boy look how close to the Sands the wheels of that plane go all right here he comes go whoops uhoh not quite just a sudden gust of wind that's all that lifted the plane High into the air pate's arms are so exhausted that to keep from falling he grips the wing of the plane with his teeth but they say the third time is the charm let's see if it is yes sir it is and good boy PT you made it here's a closeup of that same shot boy that was a close one just a close shave and also a haircut if you want it let's take a look at the uh construction of the landing platform there's pain just as calm and Serene as though Aqua plating and so the speeding wheels of this great essics have made possible another successful and unequal tlane Thriller the terraplane to be given away at this theater this week is the same model as the car youve seen in this picture