Your Future Car: 1924
New for January 2026
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12m
This film was shot at Durant Motors in Leaside, then a suburb of Toronto. Technology and the organization of production varied significantly between plants and manufacturers in this period, when the industry was still relatively young. This record of production is sufficiently detailed to document hazards and capture how the organization of work was based on gender and age.
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