GM Archive film - Shipping cars from 1970

[MailOrderMotion]

An interesting GM promo film about shipping from 1970.

https://archive.org/details/74672GMLogistics

[SS69chevelle]

very cool. thanks for posting. shame we dont have access to the data bank mentioned.

[Tommy]

The C10 pickup on the back of the hauler at 12:42 in the video is sweet!


Tommy

[Mr. Chevy]

Looks funny, you don't see any desk top computers on the desks of the workers at the logistics center..

Rich

[Vern B]

Looks funny, you don't see any desk top computers on the desks of the workers at the logistics center..

Rich


Noticed that, that mainframe computer in the room was as big as a dump truck.

Was that silver Camaro at the 11:15 mark a COPO with the big spoiler.

[70 copo]

Don Kissinger will attend MCACN this year as a Norwood Ambassador. He ran Rail load out at the plant during this period....should be interesting.

[TimG]

Wow, it appears lots of vandalism and damage to cars in transit. This film certainly is a reply to dealer complaints about that damage and shipping delays.

[Keith Seymore]

I remember those old steelcase desks like that; all of ours at Chevrolet had "AC Spark Plug" property tags on them.

And those GM work day/holiday calendars (8:41) - still look exactly like that.

K

[enio45]

1970 Supply Chain Management at its best!!

Very cool video

[scuncio]

Great video. Thanks for posting.

[cam69aro]

looks to be a 442-W30 about the 9:30 mark

[442w30]

looks to be a 442-W30 about the 9:30 mark

Just to be clear, this is based on the time stamp on the film and not on the video plug-in (is that what it's called?).

[cam69aro]

the time on the original video and the plug in are almost identical, so whatever one you choose is going to be close enough

[ZiggyL78]

Great stuff.Thanks for posting.

[southernfriedcj]

Loved the video.

Not much diversity in the workforce back in those days. No fat people either.