Autobiography of a Jeep

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The Prelinger collection preserves ephemeral films that document everyday life, instruction, commerce, and popular culture. This entry is cataloged as Autobiography of a Jeep.

Describes the designing of the Jeep to meet military needs of being compact, light weight and maneuverable over rough terrain. This film appears to be a wartime promotional or informational film told from the first-person perspective of a Jeep . The narration describes how the vehicle was developed for the Army, tested on rough roads and “roller coaster” terrain, and proven to be light, strong, versatile, and dependable. The Jeep explains how it learned to handle mud, hills, towing, speed, and extreme climates, becoming useful in many theaters of World War II.

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