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February 03, 2010 | Gunnar | Comments 0

Driving In The City In The Roaring 20s Was Far More Perilous Than It Is In The Cantakerous 10s


By Gunnar Heinrich

CREDIT Jalopnik’s Jalops for finding archival footage of London in the roaring 20s. The City on the Thames appeared a far more civilized venue for automotive travel than the Big Apple.

Which brings us nicely to this film. It’s comedic satire on what it meant to try and get somewhere uptown inside a New York minute.

You and everybody else, pal.

Mind the flapper music and vaudeville-esque gags.

Is that the Babe @ 1:40? Why, yes it is!

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About the Author: Gunnar Heinrich is publisher of Automobiles De Luxe online and is executive producer of the Automobiles De Luxe Television series on PBS member station CPTV.

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