WEB PREMIERE! Lost and Found: New Zealand
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Dodge Motor Cars (ca. 1917)
Production Company: Dodge Brothers Motors. Transfer Note: Copied at 16 frames per second from a 35mm tinted print preserved by the Academy Film Archive from source material provided by the New Zealand Film Archive. Running Time: 28 minutes (silent, no music).
In the 1900s, John F. and Horace E. Dodge of Detroit became the major suppliers of drive trains to the Ford Motor Company. They achieved such a stellar reputation for quality that when they decided to manufacture their own automobiles, incorporating as the Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company in 1914, 13,000 dealers registered to sell the new vehicles before a single auto had been produced.
The first Dodge model, completed in November 1914, was an immediate success. It cost more than Ford’s Model T but was thoroughly tested and soon became known for its durability. The vehicles proved so reliable in the U.S. Army’s...
Screening Room
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