YOUR TOWN, U.S.A.
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Duration: 740 ft.
Year Published: 1948
Format: 35mm
Color: B&W
Sound: sound
Description: Shows the Importance of heavyduty trucks in the life of a community.
Complete Record: YOUR TOWN, U.S.A. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by General Motors Corp., Chevrolet Division. 740 ft., sd., b&w, 35mm. Summary: Shows the Importance of heavyduty trucks in the life of a community. © The Jam Handy Organization, Inc.; title, descr., & 11 frames, 15Nov48; MU3530.
Transcription
[Music] you [Music] Dawn comes to your town USA and at the same moment to hundreds of other towns to the North and South to thousands of communities to the east it has already arrived those to the West still lie in darkness yes day comes as it always does already the town's people are [Music] stirring Johnny Everton mama says you've been in there long enough 1 2 1 2 1 2 [Music] 1 Elmer [Music] breakfast as the day grows the town itself comes to life morning Jeff KL good morning nice [Music] day okay cross on the lights red again and I'll tell Miss heny I'm War you bye mom Elmer mine now you hurry right home after school okay Mom hey Johnny slow up for me and so your comes to life the story of any one day in this community is a story of small talk over back fences of big talk over conference tables of merchandise bought of merchandise sold of Bill's render of Bill's pain of life [Music] ebbing and of Life beginning but the story of one day and your town is also a story of movement a story of moving materials from one place to another in and out of town and within the town itself without this continual moving of things life in your town indeed your town itself would be pretty static for instance consider the part the big Husky motor truck plays in a single sunto Sun period in the life of this one Community long before the town had fully awaken awakened loads of fresh vegetables had already covered miles of state and County Roads heavy loads riding on heavy duty trunks food for today food for tomorrow food for the folks of yourtown the school bus on time as always gathers the most precious of all caros from the outskirts of town all right now take your time future Town Mayors council members Civic leaders and outstanding businessmen transporting this cargo to the Township school for today's session of learning Precious Cargo delivered safely an architect sketch of a building is one thing blueprints still another but before either of these can become realities thousands of cubic yards of dirt must be moved a job only heavy duty trucks can do a job heavy duty trucks do reliably day in and day out good load Joe good truck and to the gaping hole in the ground a seemingly endless supply of heavy materials must be brought naturally the job of hauling again goes to the heavy duty truck a means of transportation that is dependable and economical gravel too is important to your town and its growth gravel for new buildings gravel for New Roads and again heavy duty trucks are responsible for getting it to where it is needed and wanted take it away M here's a job that takes unusual Trucking power stamina and strength the choice of building contractors is also the choice of the Wholesale grocery house down by the railroad delivering food stuffs is a year round job a big job tonight's evening meal depends on today's performance of the grocery wholesalers heavy duty trucks and just as the hauling of food stuffs is a job for heavy duty trucks so too is the daily delivery of refreshing beverages especially when hundreds of cases are hauled at a time GP look at all the coke refreshment wherever you go thanks to the heavy duty truck but as the day wears on all trucking is not moving new materials or merchandise for on this day as on practically every other day changes of addresses are taking place what's the matter shorty getting weak and every change of a dress requires the moving of beds Pian couches refrigerators and all other things that help to make a house a home and here again the heavy duty truck plays its important part a means of moving the valuable possession smoothly and surely to the new home on the other side of town 24 hours a day reliable firefighting service any day every day another important service of the heavyduty truck to this community thus behind the wheels in comfortable cabs of heavyduty trucks men of your town carry out the many moving tasks so necessary to the community's life whether it be a coal truck a fuel oil truck a Furniture truck or any of the many other types Each heavyduty truck does a job no other vehicle can do better and so one day comes toward an end it's a different town this evening from what it was this morning each new construction job has grown one day's worth one day's worth of new materials and new merchandise has been delivered one day's production has been unloaded at the railroad yards one day is worth of progress one day's work done and heavyduty trucks like every other important part of the community have today helped to make your town a little better place in which to work and a little better place in which to live than it was when the sun came up this morning a
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