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This black & white advertising film is about the construction of the new Nash Airflyte automobiles. Copyright 1951. This film was made by the Nash Motors Company, which was was an American automobile manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the United States from 1916 to 1937. From 1937 to 1954, Nash Motors was the automotive division of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation. Nash production continued from 1954 to 1957 after the creation of American Motors Corporation. The aerodynamic 1949 Nash "Airflyte" shown in the film was the first car introduced by the company after WWII. It was designed by Finnish-born Nils Eric Wahlberg and featured cutting-edge aerodynamics. The factory shown was in El Segundo, California on Nash Street, which today is used by the Boeing Co. for satellite development.
Opening titles: Nash Motors presents "The Story of Airflyte Construction" (:07). A car drives through a wall of flames as part of the Lucky Lee Lott Hell Drivers stunt show (:18). Other car stunts including: car drives over a ramp, a car leaps six cars, a man has a car run over his body (:27). Nash Airflyte cars drive in the stunt show (1:00). Body and frame of a car (1:51). Nash Airflyte cars perform stunts (2:03). Animation of a modern plane (2:52). Nash Airflyte car frame (2:56). Inside a Nash Airflyte frame (3:22). Lucky Lee Lott Hell Drivers stunt show (3:40). Nash Airflyte car pulls up to a suburban home (3:53). A woman sits inside a Nash Airflyte car (4:21). Men work on giant machines in a factory; the assembly line (4:41). Men take sheets of steel and place them into a machine (5:09). Roofs and windshields are made (5:41). A rear quarter panel is trimmed; a dash panel is made (6:00). Nash Airflyte car pulls up at a golf course (6:21). Car parts made on the line (6:39). Inside a Nash Airflyte , the dashboard and panels (7:05). Steel pieces are formed on the assembly line as the Nash Airflyte is created (7:24). A side panel is crated for a Nash Airflyte (8:35). Nash Airflyte car pulls up near a tennis court; the trunk is opened (8:55). Final assembly for a Nash Airflyte car in the factory (9:19). Roof panel is placed on the line (10:29). The complete shell of a Nash Airflyte on the assembly line (11:16). A Nash Airflyte car drives down a road (11:46). Trunk space is very roomy (12:10). A Nash Airflyte car shell moves along the line (12:15). Primer coat is applied to a Nash Airflyte body (12:42). A Nash Airflyte pulls out of a driveway; drives down a road (13:23). Nearing the end of the line, a group of Nash Airflyte cars are being worked on (13:46). Engines and transmissions being connected (14:27). Body and frame placed together (14:42). Nash Airflyte car drives (15:00). The end of the assembly line for the Nash Airflyte (15:23). Testing the wheels for the car (15:52). Men work on the Nash Airflyte cars (16:23). Nash Airflyte car drives off (16:48). Nash Airflyte car is displayed on the showroom floor (17:06). End credits (17:22).
Lucky Lee Lott shown in the film had a traveling "Hell Drivers" stunt car show from 1935-1955. He crashed, smashed, trashed, jumped, burned, rolled over, and destroyed 17,981 cars, trucks, boats and motorcycles during his long career. Many of the cars he used were from the Nash Co. which was his exclusive supplier for many years.
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