DISCOVERY ‘67: “THE AGE OF MECHANICAL MARVELS” FORD GREENFIELD VILLAGE, DEARBORN MICHIGAN XD30482
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This 1967 color installment of “Discovery,” a syndicated program for young viewers hosted by Bill Owen and Virginia Gibson pays a visit to Dearborn, Michigan’s Greenfield Village (now part of The Henry Ford) to examine and demonstrate early 1900’s mechanical innovations and historical automobiles (TRT: 21:52).
ABC color opening logo (0:07). Montage: An apple peeler, a nutcracker, an early automobile (0:18). Animated “Discovery ‘67” opening titles (0:43). A red 1909 Ford Model T touring car rolls to a stop. Our hosts introduce themselves. A horse-drawn carriage. A penny farthing bicycle (1:12). The Model T drives around the campus of Greenfield Village in autumn (2:03). Bill Owen releases the handbrake of the Model T in closeup, then engages the clutch and turns a crank handle (2:36). Our hosts pantomime driving against an unmoving background. A 1909 sports car races by (3:11). A player piano in closeup shows automatically depressed keys, a scrolling roll. Pull back to reveal Virginia Gibson in a turn of the century costume, pumping the pedals (3:51). An early vacuum cleaner is operated by pulling a manual handle (5:15). A sewing machine operated by a foot pedal (5:55). Kitchen innovations: An ice box with a large ice cube. (6:24). An antique butter churn is demonstrated alongside a modern churn driven by a lever. Gibson tastes a glob of butter (7:14). A sausage making machine is demonstrated. A sausage casing is filled with meat (7:58). A novel apple peeler rotates, then fails (8:38). A cast-iron nutcracker in the shape of a lion (9:10). A washing machine, soap shavings, a bucket of hot water. Gibson spins the agitator wheel (9:43). Outdoors, Owen approaches a grazing goat, the original lawnmower. Then, he demonstrates a mechanical push mower (10:25). Cranking the Model T, Owen reappears, now in period costume. A horse and buggy. A replica of a saddle shop (11:19). Gibson enters a “Millinery & Fancy Goods” shop for ladies hats. A historical interpreter helps her to try on an assortment of bonnets and decorated head coverings. She settles on a wide brim with floral embellishments (12:05). A cobbler shop offers a number of uncomfortable looking options (13:16). Montage of other shops at Greenfield Village: Combs, locksmiths, wood, hardware, tinsmith, candlemaker, and pewterer signage (13:56). An apothecary style drugstore. Three Flowers face powder, Dr. Dillingham’s Plant Juice, Dr. Pedro’s Sasparilla Syrup and a sponge, all totalling $3 (14:21). A blacksmith works at an anvil. A violin shop. A crystal radio. An Edison cylinder phonograph. An antique upright music box automatically changes and plays a rotating disc, offering piano or banjo settings for playback (15:04). Owen and Gibson regroup back at the Model T, which backs up in reverse, then drives away (17:42). Our hosts and the goat sum up outside the Wright Brothers reconstructed Ohio workshop. Book recommendations for young readers: Little Britches, Sky Pioneers, A Lemon and a Star (19:25). End credits. Executive Producer and director Jules Power. Produced in cooperation with the National Education Association, ABC News and Public Affairs (20:35).
Greenfield Village opened to the public in 1933, offering a look at the reconstructed past via historical interpreters and reenactments, staged in a “village” of relocated historic homes and shops, including buildings from the 17th century to the present.
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What I liked about Discovery when I was growing up is the way they never talked to me like a child. Discovery was a children's program aimed at the adults we were expected to become in the future. As a result, Discovery has a unique place in history as a childhood introduction to the meaning of civilization.
Thank you for bringing back a cherished childhood memory. I used to look forward to Sunday to watch this show. The introduction song and the art (the little bird was my favorite) always got me ready for another fun and educational adventure.
How I wish things like this could still be done today...
I remember seeing this when it was first broadcast, I had to get up and manually change the channel with a small dial with the twelve numbers of the channels on it - though there were only four actually on the air. Then fine tune a bit with the outer dial on that channel changer after having moved the rabbit ear antennas around to tune in the station and turn the volume up with a small knob turning it to the right.. Then just as I had it and went to sit down I would have get back up - go over and adjust the horizontal hold so the black stripe moving from bottom to the top of the screen would quit. Man we had it good.
Hard to believe there was a time when Michigan was one of the greatest production areas on earth. It seems like another world now. Sad and disgusting.
Yep, that's capitalism. American workers realized what they were worth, unionized, and then the capitalists decided to move production to areas where workers have no power.
This is better than 100% of what's on TV these days.
Thank you, thank you, thank you compared to the horse feathers being dished out to the citizens now aday's this is a beautiful respite.
"This is an ABC color presentation." LOL. I remember our first color TV. It was in a cabinet as big as a Subaru.
On Sunday mornings, I remember watching this show, I always found it to be quite a fascinating bit of information that most kids & adults would enjoy, too bad they don't have a show like this anymore, it's a changing world, but what is it changing into???
On CBS on Saturday mornings, they have a show about technology called Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation, which is similar, although host Moe Rocca tries to add humorous wordplay & puns to each feature.
Hard to believe going from 1967 back to Model T’s is the same as nowadays going back to the First Gen. Mustangs.
Boy, they don’t like ‘em like this anymore! Very informative, all things considered, but I did feel as though at any second I was about to be offered a fantastic deal on a brand-new Ford.
man, i'm still crackin' nuts the old fashioned way. not with a dog shaped tool but inside a dog suit
the modern age of instant everything makes me feel nihilistic and BORED...but holy heck i'm glad i didn't live at the turn of the previous century or before then.
Man at 8:16 I got as excited as that sausage.
DEARBORN..before the refugee islamation of Michigan..😒
congrats on the stupid comment!
@@WSNO not stupid if true
@@WSNO ..and officially a 💩hole
@@WSNO thanks..truth hurts..
@@WSNO Congrats for being a commie .
How does diversity strengthen the bill of rights and
Constitution?
president humphry bogart...ta daaaah
this nice lady making sausage is dead now