Trial By Torture (sound)

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Description: Sponsored film about the quality of Plymouth automobiles and the multitude of stunts that Plymouth engineers perform to ensure the safety of their cars. Print incomplete and lacks end title or any mention of production company.

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Subjects: Industry; Automobiles; Safety

Tags: torture; branding; man tied to stake; cars; performance stunts; tests; Lucky Teter; Jimmy Lynch; stunt driving; slow motion; stunt drivers

Film Sponsor: Plymouth Motor Corporation

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Mogull Bros.

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: ca. 1936

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Geographical Location: USA

Genre/Form: sponsored

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Film Format: 16mm film

Element: positive, release print

Color: b&w

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Sound or Silent: sound

Film Soundtrack Type: optical, variable density

Edge Code: square circle

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 316

Complete Record: Description: Sponsored film about the quality of Plymouth automobiles and the multitude of stunts that Plymouth engineers perform to ensure the safety of their cars. Print incomplete and lacks end title or any mention of production company. Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit http://www.prelinger.com. Subjects: Industry; Automobiles; Safety Tags: torture; branding; man tied to stake; cars; performance stunts; tests; Lucky Teter; Jimmy Lynch; stunt driving; slow motion; stunt drivers Film Sponsor: Plymouth Motor Corporation Creator: Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Mogull Bros. Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: ca. 1936 Release Date: Geographical Location: USA Genre/Form: sponsored Language: Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: positive, release print Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: sound Film Soundtrack Type: optical, variable density Edge Code: square circle Frame Rate: 24 fps Length (feet): 316

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foreign [Music] [Applause] was in flower and All Steel tailoring was in fashion the Ancients had their own method of persuading prisoners to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth history calls it the Inquisition but to the third degree Experts of that day it was known as trial by torture by any name it was a drastic means of fact-finding and usually the question he gave up not only his Secrets but also an eye a couple of fingers or perhaps a half a dozen teeth in the bargain brutal and how but unapproached as a method of bringing out the truth today the most modern automotive engineering science has borrowed some of the technique of the Ancient Art of the Inquisition now in the most advanced engineering laboratory of all Notre Dame brutal abuse reminiscent of centuries ago is utilized in the constant quest for new materials and new methods of building finer performing safer and longer lived motor cars to maintain plymouth's preeminence as the outstanding car in the lowest priced field a core of skilled Specialists are always at work putting Plymouth cars to the most punishing tests proving their Fitness and finding new avenues to progress through the medium of the trial by torture to demonstrate to the motoring public the extra margin of strength and stamina built into its cars Plymouth has made a practice of subjecting its products to Performance stunts without parallel in the history of Motoring year after year professional Daredevil drivers have performed Feats with them that have brought Thrills and chills to millions and have brought a new admiration and respect for the ability of these cars to absorb abuse indeed Through The Years Plymouth cars have practically exhausted the imagination of even the most ingenious stunt experts and now with the new Plymouth the peak of perfection finer stauncher and safer than any other car in all Plymouth history it would seem that Plymouth finds itself in the unique position of having no more worlds to conquer surely no motorist could conceive of any test of strength and stamina any program of punishing performance which these cars have not already breezed through ah but you've reckoned without Jimmy Lynch he's mild enough in appearance but actually Jimmy is a direct descendant of that playful fellow you saw with the red hot poker Engineers may have their scientific methods of revealing a flaw or failure but Jimmy's third degree borders on murder this this doesn't count it's just a limbering up exercise a bit of Shadow Boxing before the main boat Jimmy's program was deliberately designed to beat the wheels off to tear up the Springs twist the frame and crush the body into crumpled wreckage and he'll do it if he can most of The Sensational new advancements which the new Plymouth brings to motoring are obvious to all motorists five minutes behind the wheel will give you an appreciation of its glorious power and performance it's remarkable driving and riding ease it's smartness and luxury but no motorist could learn as much about Plymouth dependability and ruggedness in years as Jimmy Lynch can prove in one afternoon for instance what normal motorist would ever consider putting his car to such a test as this indeed who would believe that any automobile could travel across this succession of railroad ties and keep its Wheels now you get a better appreciation of the punishing pounding which tires Wheels Springs and axles must stand every railroad tie strikes a pile driver blow yep the car takes it yes and likes it as a modern expert of the Inquisition Jimmy has no difficulty in making his victim talk and what an inspiring story this car has to tell a story of strength and stamina that stands up even under excruciating torment that a man could perform the succession of stunts in a motor car and live is in itself most remarkable that a motor car could take this beating and live to drive away under its own power is nothing short of a miracle a miracle rocked in Steely strength now for the Supreme test did you ever see an automobile run upside down well watch this here he comes up the ramp there it goes with full weight on its top no up on its Wheels again and Away dented and scratched of course but you'd expect it to be crushed like a candy box you wouldn't believe any car could survive that plunge and indeed Mighty few could it takes the strength of safety steel body tough steel reinforced by Steel to bring you out of a tumble like that well what's the matter Jimmy looks like the driving demon has met more than his match this new Plymouth appears to be able to take more punishment than even his inspired imagination can devise oh but that isn't the end of the trial by torture in fact it's only the beginning here's lucky Teeter the old Maestro of motor car mutilation holder of nine world's records in assorted hell driving probably many of you have seen his daring demonstrations of death driving around the country for years he's been staging his Carnival of crashes always trusting his life to Plymouth now this acknowledged world champion automobile Mueller Rises to new heights of Daredevil tree to give the new Plymouth The Works no automobile ever was built to stand up under such super abuse motor cars are designed for the highway in the boulevard not for such a circus of heartbreaking hammering as this indeed you wouldn't expect even an army tank to survive the twisting wrenching crushing blows which Teeter heaps on this car after a few minutes of watching Kita at his favorite pastime you may have some doubt as to his sanity but you must admire his courage and certainly you've got to take your hat off to the car that can live through this storm of abuse what's this all about probably putting in a call to the nut farm and at that you couldn't blame him much uh-oh look who's here and Small Wonder because when anyone starts turning handsprings with an automobile you naturally expect a finish to slow music and many flowers step on it boys we want to be there in time to pick up the pieces nowadays almost all cars are trying to imitate plymouth's hydraulic brakes but here is a test of plymouth's genuine hydraulic brakes that few cars would dare try every part of the car must share in this brutal program of punishment Wheels axles Frame and Body all are subjected to strains undreamed of in normal watering indeed all the dub drivers in America couldn't give this car as much balling in a year of ordinary driving as lucky Teeter dishes out in this one demonstration of Daredevil tree how much longer can it stand up how long before even this car's Steely strength but yield under the heartbreaking abuse imagine yourself strapped in that car beside lucky Teeter bucking leaping and plunging like an inspired Rodeo Bronco you know and I know that Teeter is not deliberately trying to break his own neck we may and with adequate reasons suspect him of being just a little crazy but he isn't crazy enough to take a chance on a car unless he has the utmost confidence in its ability to carry him through before he embarked on this tour of Torment lucky Teeter inspected the new Plymouth with the critical eye of one whose life depends a dozen times a day upon the unyielding strength and stamina of the car he drives and when you're earning a living by risking your life you become very critical indeed what teaser found in the design and construction of the Plymouth gave him the confidence to put this new car through performance Feats never attempted before with any automobile tough luck boys looks like you've lost a crash customer and you would lose a lot more of them too if all cars were built with the same rugged protection as this Plymouth well this car has brakes that avoid accidents genuine hydraulic brakes perfected by more than 10 years of constant development and Improvement and in the event of unavoidable motoring mishap it Shields its passengers with a mighty armor not merely a metal shell but heavy steel reinforced by Steel welded together into one solid unit of unyielding strength plymouth's famous steel body of course no motorist ever would dare to attempt to duplicate lucky teeter's death-defying program through choice


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