Auto Show 1953 at The Waldorf Astoria in New York. Easter Parade Of Stars. Collector automobiles. 

The Studebaker was the best design

I remember when America had class, nice to see it again. 😅

They don't show GM or Ford models because they don't use Auto-Lite parts--but eight years later Ford would acquire AutoLite (and make it one word)

Studebaker, Kaiser Frazer, Nash, Willys, Desoto, and the finest of all, Packard, all gone.

Thanks for digging this up. The picture and sound quality are excellent. A wonderful slice of Americana, the likes of which we'll never see again.

When new models almost brought my little burg to a standstill in city-wide anticipation. One could look at a car back then and id it by model and year.

Irene Dunne's affected upper class accent is amusing. The DeSoto and other Chrysler cars were dated by 1953 and it wouldn't be too many years before they came out with the really big fins. All in all this is an entertaining piece of history.

I adore automobiles! The only thing that could have made this perfect, is for it to have been colorized. Just wonderful. People today, just can't know how exciting each new car year was. Or a family in one's neighborhood having bought a new car. The neighbors would all "just happened to be taking a walk" right past the new owners home. Children, too, wanted to admire the new features. It was the best time to be alive.

Irene Dunne ! Ms. Dunne had basically retired from films at this time , but she was A BIG STAR from 1930 to 1945 . She was about 54 at this time .

I wish America still had this kind of spiritnand dedication. Earlier saw how my town use to go all out at Christmas time in the 1950's to seeing this car extravaganza. Everything seemed so respectful and classy back then.

What a treat to see one of my 53 Rambler convertibles and one of my 53 Willys Aero! I’ve always been a fan of the orphan car company’s and they are well represented here! Fabulous show!

How great it would to have been there. The Studebaker was considered one of the best designs ever. My dad had a 53 Plymouth. It was a dependable good car and one of my favorites.

My 51 Chevrolet still motors on 73 years after her first start up and roll off the line. Original dip and splash oil system thrift master 216 cubic inch ( in line) six cylinder. Overhead valve and liquid cooling of block and head. Deluxe cab has climate control heater installed. ( cowl vent forward of windshield split and door vent windows for summer comfort at speed ). Tri Co of Buffalo New York vacuum wipes still operating fine for inclement weather operations. Starts on touch of the start button six volt electric system. Four on the floor manual transmission equipped with sealed torque tube final drive. Still operating with out attention other than occasional top of gear lube due to slight leak. 40 degrees below zero or 110 Fahrenheit. Fuel miser one barrel Rochester carburetor ( down draft manual choke ) gives economy yet rated at 90 horsepower. Time proven quality. Made in the U.S.A. 🇺🇸

Studebaker in so many ways.

Notice the drip pans under each car. Ah ! The good old days !!

Amazing! Thanks for sharing this.

Ah yes, true Detroit sleds. I had a 53 Ford, 53 Studebaker, 53 Chevy, 53 Plymouth when I was a kid because they were 15 years old and cheap, not to mention easy to work on, especially compared to now. 1953 was another world.

This was very unusual, entertaining and informative. Thanks! I'm also enjoying the comments here. RIP Studebaker.

My dad had a '53 Dodge Coronet with the Red Ram V8. It hauled ass!

The 53 Plymouth is a tank. I had a 53 Cranbrook that was hit at 60 mph from behind when I was 17. Slight bumper damage was all that happened. It was hit by a 56 Ford that was no lightweight either. Valley Cab in LA had a fleet of them and they held up well. That "Hi Drive" was a weird system. You would drive like a 3 speed manual if you wanted but once going could pull up to a light and just stop like an automatic. You did need to shift manually to use reverse. My mom had a 52 Chrysler that had it. My car was a regular 3 on the tree.

Absolutely beautiful! When people and cars had class and self-respect! :Lovely, very distinctive and exciting automobile designs! Completely unlike the ugly, look-alike and very boring auto designs of today!! Irene Dunne is beautiful, classy, sweet and very glamorous!

Great quality! If it came that way, great, but if it was processed, it was a fine job. Pleasure to watch that way. In 1958, my Grandma traded in her '39 Plymouth for a '53 Plymouth Cranbrook. I remember riding in both, but I liked the '39 better.

71yrs later almost all of them brands gone - Chrysler's on life support will it make to the end of this decade ? & Dodge is in the coaches office "needing to lift its game, just not getting them touch downs you use too". The Stude Starlight - 15yrs ahead of it time, wasn't until 65 onwards " Personal Luxury Car" market would truly take off.

Sweet and so innocent 🏁✨

This is the peak of stodgy styling. The Studebaker Commander 2 door hard top (Starliner) really stands out.

wow what a show. to see all of those moguls in one place at one time... how about the dodge music played during the hudson segment. for me i would buy the packard. although i am a great fan of hydrive. the kaiser was beautiful but not a true hardtop. don't discount desoto. that marque had a loyal following. remember all of those cars were re-engineered to cope with the new highways. thank you.

Aesthetic body styling differences among the companies made for a MOST interesting car show. Studebaker was, by far, the most beautiful and innovative of them all. A MOST enjoyable video! 🇺🇸

First 2 things I noticed, progress of automobile and when America was in the driver seat then. The good old roaring 50’.

Nice to hear Willys pronounced correctly, instead of 'Willees'.

I've got an idea. How about Studebaker and Packard get together, with Nash and Hudson and become one of "the big 4". What a sales monster that would be.

Love this presentation 👏

I really wonder how interested Irene Dunne was in this auto show? The conversation is, I am sure, somewhat scripted, and seems forced.

I'll take The Packard and the Chrysler (Esp an Imperial!). But truly I'd take ANY of these. Way cool cars!

The Raymond Loewy/Robert Bourke-designed Studebaker was clearly a standout from the crowd. The Starliner still looks sharp today.

Two features of 1950's televisions, not lost to time (along with Studebaker, Kaiser Frazer, Nash, Willys, Desoto & Packard)... The fall season previews of coming new shows followed within a couple weeks with the fall previews of the coming new models of automobiles. The family would gather in the living room for both.

Interesting ! Selling cars was a lot different from today.

Best Memorial Day Treat 🇺🇲this is when America was still all American 💕⭐had a Buick Special, last yr. for the straight 8 (263cid) first yr. Buick V8 (322cid) 😬

great video enjoyed irene dunn aka mrs thurston howell the 3rd

William Dozer was the Executive Producer. Think - BATMAN and GREEN HORNET. 💋

Great video. I was recently west of Ogden Utah looking at a rusty car collection and was having a difficult time figuring out what one of them was. I now know it's a Packard with a grill exactly like the one in the video. The car is rusty no paint but still solid. It's been sitting for decades but that grill is still gleaming. They really did chrome right back then

Studebaker. WOW!

I’m surprised Groucho Marks didn’t show up for the Desoto 🤣..the early50s were the best years in America…

If all of those independents had combined like originally planned, American Motors Corporation would still exist today.

This is a very interesting deviation from the usual scripted thriller drama format of Suspense.

Notice how contrast and detail are sharper? This was lost when the color standard was introduced. Even though we didn’t have a color tv for years it was always easy to determine when a show was in color (assuming one missed the opening announcement) as the picture was muddy by comparison to B&W .

According to this film, all the cars are wonderful. So how am I supposed to choose? 😂

It should be noted that all of the cars shown in this film used Auto-Lite spark plugs and other Auto-Lite products from the factory (Auto-Lite was the long-time sponsor of "Suspense" on both radio and TV). And the shots of cars in action were taken from contemporary TV commercials. Ford Motor Company used Champion spark plugs, and, of course, GM models used AC spark plugs

Beep Beep! Beep Beep! His horn went Beep Beep Beep!

I was eight years old when this wonderful experience was being watched on TV...

Via Googling Waldorf Astoria strucures from 1931. It's been closed for renovations since 2017. Their web page is really nice. Irene Dunne (1898 - 1990) About age 53 in the promotional film. Miss America 1953 Neva Jane Langley ( 1933 - 2012) About age 20 On the Trumk of the Nash Rambler "convertible" was very heavily promoted as a compact car of interest to women and so the women service members featured at that time. Louis Lane character of contemporary Superman TV series drove near identical car. Clark Kent on screen drove George Reeves personal car in the series, a very rare Nash Healy.

Eisenhower Era.

Driving through the waves at 3:58 and knowing how un-protected the cars where then, i'll bet it had lots of rust issues in 2-3 years.

53 was the first year for the Corvette, probably the star of the show. It didn't have the sponsor's spark plugs, so we didn't see it. Those Studebakers were 15 years ahead of everyone else as far as styling goes! If I had to pick any of these other turds, I think I would just take the bus...

By the end of this model year, 1953, Hudson merged with Nash, Kaiser bought out Willys/ Overland, Packard and Studebaker merged. So long "Little Six". In 1952 Crosley folded. Chrysler ran to the "bank" and borrowed 10million dollars to revamp for the 1955 models and add Power-Flight to its lineup. Reason: Henry the Deuce decided he would overtake Chevy once and for all and dumped Fords onto the dealer lots at cost. It failed 'cause GM could do the same thing, and did. Other manufacturers could not compete. Also GM and Ford had their own financing the little six needed loan companies(Banks) for their customers. Result the "only 2" in 2024. Stellantis owns Chrysler. Honeywell indirectly owns Studebaker. The big get bigger... the small go out of business. Its helps when the Secretary of Defense in 1953 was the former President of General Motors.. Cast Iron Charlie Wilson. Remember his quote, "What's good for GM is good for our Country".

If only irving wilson could see my twin engine zero steer 3 steering wheel 42 desoto lawnmower, he might say , well done ....

This was the year I was born. The cars were sure boxy then! lol

THIS IS HARD ON THE EARS ;) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They all look almost identical.

I thought the Hudson Jet was better than the Nash Ramblers soon to come. I saw one at a car museum and it looked like a well thought out car.

Interesting that Dodge is the only surviving marque (I'm not counting Chrysler b/c they showed a Chrysler Imperial and the Imperial marque didn't survive either)

Plymouth and Dodge were reskinned for ‘53.

Thanks.... Hare Krishna.

The military theme. A country that had been at war for years.

She should have waited till fall of ‘54! The all new 55 Chevrolet!

Interesting how, except for Dodge and Chrysler, all the car models featured in the video have since become obsolete.

I did not see any Fords or general motors cars

That woman drives a stick shift! 😅

Where’s the fords and mercurys? Did I miss something?

all gone except for chrysler and dodge and they will be gone soon, studebaker was the best looking by far

Padded steel dash and no seat belts!

I can see that GM and FOMOCO were skipped from this Auto-Show. No Cadillacs, Buicks, Oldsmobiles, Pontiacs or Chevrolets. No Lincolns, Mercurys and Fords, either!................Why???????????

They didn't even bother to show this rich, clueless socialite an Imperial, Cadillac or Lincoln?!? Someone missed out on a healthy commission lol!

No Cadillac?

No habrá sido fatalidad ese show.."evento jeta"..y curioso todas esas marcas desaparecieron con excepción de Chrysler.. y claro USA perdió la guerra de Korea....si fuese presidente de alguna automotora no llevaría mi modelo a producir ahí.......no se ustedes...........😮😮😮

Where are the GM and Ford cars????

Was somebody's car companies bought out by them

RU-vid ads SUCK!! Stop interupting the video mid-word for some bullshit ad!!!!!

And what? No Chevy Or Ford And Cadillac Lincoln too😳😊

And gas was 25 cents a gallon

19:00: Chrysler prez K. T. Keller infamously didn't like small cars, to wit: "I want a car I can sit in, not piss over."

Talk about hocky

Just incredible, how schmaltzy/corny times were back then...and using the military to sell cars?...Obscene!. Thank God we broke away from that stuffy,corporate BS stuff, and loosened up our society.

Gawd, early 50's Cars were terribly fugly ! I like the Music, tho . and the line up the back of the Stocking !

Have you ever seen so many old white men in your whole life?😮

she was so fake even in 1953

Cringeworthy.

A white undivided America - isn't it great.

Terribly dull cars - but it was a conservative era.

This was just a few years before the automotive industry broke out of its stodgy design era ( although studebaker was already ahead of its time with the loewy inspired starliner...