1964 press camara wagon

[Gone Autos]

I had a copy of that 16mm movie which had some great lead in footage from previous years i.e the Hindenburg crashing at Lakehurst, New Jersey around 1937, swaying bridges in high winds,etc. Along with the footage of those '63 Wagonaires it is certainly a nice 16mm short to view if you can find a copy.

Quigley,

Yes, that's the film. Exactly!

Besides that amazing footage of a fleet of Wagonaires and the accompanying cameramen, I found it interesting that this film was made at all. 1963 is a late date to be promoting newsreels. By then, television had already been popular for about 13 years. Many film companies would stop making newsreels by 1970.

It's like making a promotional film for your typewriter business in 1985.

----Todd Ruel

[comatus]

About 15 years ago, when American Movie Channel had a format similar to what TCM has now, I saw that film, wrote to the show's host asking about access, and he kindly sent a VHS copy. The retrospective was a salute to the newsreel cameraman profession, and was probably made as a goodbye message as Movietone planned the closing of their operation.

[Bordeaux Daytona]

I did a search and found that movie here.....
http://www.movietonews.com/fox_movie...reel_story.mov you can right click this link and "save target as" instead to save it.
It's a large size so it takes a while to load.

I was able to save it by right clicking on the word "here" about halfway down where it says "To view a short film on the history of the Fox Movietone newsreel click here" and then left clicking on "save target as" to save it.
Site with link here.....http://www.movietonews.com/the_fox_m..._newsreel.html
It's in quicktime and it took me about 10 minutes to download. 42.4 MB.
It might be somewhere else on the internet. I tried Youtube but didn't see it, but it might be there.

John V.

[Bordeaux Daytona]

No Stay-bars(is that what they called them?) on this one, they just rolled the window to keep him from falling out. If you watch the movie the car is moving.
You'd think they would have put that accessory on them.
I suppose the window went up farther than the bars did.

[(S)]

King 5 news in Seattle has footage of these that they used in one news commercial about the history of King 5. I hounded them for more than just a glimse and finally gave up. Maybe they need more people asking for it.

It was some very good shots of the cars with camera men driving around and I bet there was more than just the 5 seconds they showed......

[8E45E]

King 5 news in Seattle has footage of these that they used in one news commercial about the history of King 5. I hounded them for more than just a glimse and finally gave up. Maybe they need more people asking for it.

Mike, did you try YouTube? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfmFJTUWUqE

I'm here at work, and our work computers have disabled Flash, and therefore, cannot check them out myself to see if it shows up.

Craig

[studegary]

No Stay-bars(is that what they called them?) on this one, they just rolled the window to keep him from falling out. If you watch the movie the car is moving.
You'd think they would have put that accessory on them.
I suppose the window went up farther than the bars did.

My 1963 Daytona Wagonaire had Sta-Bars from the factory. They were two bars that split the rear window area into thirds. They were meant to keep packages and small children in the car when the window was down. They wouldn't have helped at all in the case of this photographer.

[(S)]

King 5 has a video archives that is searchable, never did find it. I have gone there recently and notice you can buy clips, stories etc. I put in a request. Wait and see.

I did try U tube, never saw it but that was over a year ago when I was searching.

Does anyone have a stay bar kit, instuctions, or a picture for sale??? I will take any or all in any condition.

[studegary]

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Does anyone have a stay bar kit, instuctions, or a picture for sale??? I will take any or all in any condition.[/QUOTE]

IIRC, my 1963 Wagonaire "Owner's Manual" had a separate insert with the wagon specific items.
The "1964 Accessories" booklet has two pages on wagon items, including the Sta-Bar kit with picture.
The Sta-Bar kit is AC-3489. It consists of two spring loaded chrome/stainless tubes that go into receiving inserts in the sides of the wagon.
I would imagine that you would have a "1964 Accessories" booklet there. It is 20 pages and I do not see any item number on it, such as on sales brochures.

EDIT: I just checked and the "1963 Accessories" booklet has one page for wagon items and does NOT include the Sta-Bars. This booklet is also 20 pages.

[8E45E]

Does anyone have a stay bar kit, instuctions, or a picture for sale???

Here's a pic I took of a '64 Commander wagon with Sta-Bars:



Craig

[studegary]

Here's a pic I took of a '64 Commander wagon with Sta-Bars:

Craig

That is unusual. I do not believe that I have ever seen a fixed roof wagon with Sta-Bars before. No reason that it can't have them.
I see that this wagon has a dealer plate. Is it for sale?

[(S)]

I should have been more specific. I have one NOS stay bar and I think it is missing something that holds it together. It is 2 shafts and a spring, and I was hoping these came shipped loose, and there are 'assembly pictures' out there somewhere. My bar just falls apart when not in use.


UTube does have this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeAtqszKcJ0

[studegary]

I should have been more specific. I have one NOS stay bar and I think it is missing something that holds it together. It is 2 shafts and a spring, and I was hoping these came shipped loose, and there are 'assembly pictures' out there somewhere. My bar just falls apart when not in use.


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The bars are held together by the sides of the wagon. The two ends of the bar go into the receivers/inserts that are mounted on the sides of the wagon. The spring pressure holds the bar in place in these receivers.

[Gunslinger]

They look like spring loaded shower curtain bars. Maybe stronger but the same concept.

[studegary]

They look like spring loaded shower curtain bars. Maybe stronger but the same concept.

The same concept, except smaller and not as strong.