Its very puzzling that Ford chose not to put white wall tires on this featured Edsel since they were so common and appeared on all other promotional advertising for these cars.
That harmonica playing was well worth waiting for. Oh the pirates life for me. A medley of snappy sea chanteys to put one in mood to buy a new car perhaps an Edsel. Should have been at least two hours longer of that whinny kid and almost no mention of the car itself. Nothing says car sales more than a spoiled brat.
In the 1940s and 50s, Ford produced travelogues for their cars to show them without being a blatant commercial. This film is an example. For sure the Edsel needed all the help it could get, one of the costliest product failures in history.
Ford knew they would drop the Edsel brand before the 1960 models ever rolled off the line. The only reason there were any 1960 Edsels is to fulfill contractural obligations to the wobbly Edsel dealership network, what little was left by then. The brand name was trashed, and no matter how good or attractive future Edsels might be, Ford decided to stop the bleeding and move on.
Ten years later The Dad let The Kid have The Edsel as his first car: What a Mistake! Drove it to a rock concert in Bethel, NY, dropped some hits of brown acid & landed the car up the front steps of a Mr.Yasgur. Met a ditzy chick named Melanie & they tried to roller-skate home. The Edsel? Yasgur got made a brand-new key, backed the car down the steps & it was fine. The kid? No longer driving, just driven. Insane. The Yasgur family still sends a card now & then to The Dad, who thanks them for saving his Edsel from That Damn Kid.
Is there a way I can get a copy of this in DVD? My father has 3 Edsels 58.59.60 he takes them to car shows and would like to have a television looped with this on it. Thank you.
Why did the Edsel Division waste money on this film, and presumably the FL and Tetons ones, too? The family's Edsel plays only a bit part in it, appearing on-screen for perhaps 25 seconds during the whole run. Was this some sort of subliminal performance art or something? An early attempt at "lifestyle" advertising? Their Edsel doesn't even get them out of one scrape; the kid doesn't stretch out in the back seat to show how roomy it is, or nothin'. Many missed opportunities here.
It was common in the 1950's to make travelogues such as this, with the car a background player. But I agree, this is evidence of the folly of Edsel promotion. This film could have done a much better job of featuring the Edsel
Kris: FUN FACT: Ten years on, in 1968, the kid in this film applied to join a revolutionary movement on his college campus. The interview went like this: KID: "Can I join your resistance cell? I want to help destroy capitalism and crush everything my parents stand for."LEADER: "Oh, yeah? How do we know your parents are really clueless bourgeois?"KID: "Well, my old man once bought an Edsel -- one of the big series, yet."LEADER: "I've heard enough, man. You're in."
There's nothing quite like watching a new '58 Edsel floating up and down a midtown Manhattan Avenue..
It's strange, the more I look at Edsels, the more appealing they become.
That's exactly how Ford Motor Company was hoping you would feel about Edsel. Too bad you weren't shopping for a car 60 years ago.
So the best parts of the vacation occurred miles from, and without the use of, the Edsel...
Well, let me just fire up the time traveling machine and I'll see you folks at my local Edsel Dealership.
haha awesome
Its very puzzling that Ford chose not to put white wall tires on this featured Edsel since they were so common and appeared on all other promotional advertising for these cars.
That harmonica playing was well worth waiting for. Oh the pirates life for me. A medley of snappy sea chanteys to put one in mood to buy a new car perhaps an Edsel.
Should have been at least two hours longer of that whinny kid and almost no mention of the car itself.
Nothing says car sales more than a spoiled brat.
Very little mention of the car did not help sales
In the 1940s and 50s, Ford produced travelogues for their cars to show them without being a blatant commercial. This film is an example. For sure the Edsel needed all the help it could get, one of the costliest product failures in history.
Ford knew they would drop the Edsel brand before the 1960 models ever rolled off the line. The only reason there were any 1960 Edsels is to fulfill contractural obligations to the wobbly Edsel dealership network, what little was left by then. The brand name was trashed, and no matter how good or attractive future Edsels might be, Ford decided to stop the bleeding and move on.
That's what the film could have used to spice it up -- bleeding. Otherwise an irrelevant snoozefest.
What a vacation!
That kid was beaten at the end of that video.
Ten years later The Dad let The Kid have The Edsel as his first car: What a Mistake! Drove it to a rock concert in Bethel, NY, dropped some hits of brown acid & landed the car up the front steps of a Mr.Yasgur. Met a ditzy chick named Melanie & they tried to roller-skate home. The Edsel? Yasgur got made a brand-new key, backed the car down the steps & it was fine. The kid? No longer driving, just driven. Insane. The Yasgur family still sends a card now & then to The Dad, who thanks them for saving his Edsel from That Damn Kid.
@@angelsaltamontes7336 I can still hear The Star-Spangled Banner playing in the distance as I was departing.. ツ
Is there a way I can get a copy of this in DVD? My father has 3 Edsels 58.59.60 he takes them to car shows and would like to have a television looped with this on it. Thank you.
Sorry I don't have a way to make a DVD for you
If they only knew how much the world would change. For the worst in my opinion.
Why did the Edsel Division waste money on this film, and presumably the FL and Tetons ones, too? The family's Edsel plays only a bit part in it, appearing on-screen for perhaps 25 seconds during the whole run. Was this some sort of subliminal performance art or something? An early attempt at "lifestyle" advertising? Their Edsel doesn't even get them out of one scrape; the kid doesn't stretch out in the back seat to show how roomy it is, or nothin'. Many missed opportunities here.
It was common in the 1950's to make travelogues such as this, with the car a background player. But I agree, this is evidence of the folly of Edsel promotion. This film could have done a much better job of featuring the Edsel
Kris: FUN FACT: Ten years on, in 1968, the kid in this film applied to join a revolutionary movement on his college campus. The interview went like this: KID: "Can I join your resistance cell? I want to help destroy capitalism and crush everything my parents stand for."LEADER: "Oh, yeah? How do we know your parents are really clueless bourgeois?"KID: "Well, my old man once bought an Edsel -- one of the big series, yet."LEADER: "I've heard enough, man. You're in."