Transportation
1950s General Motors Propaganda Film: Solution to Congestion Is More Roads
More parking, lane miles was the automaker's prescription at mid-century, with a cameo from Robert Moses.
Via TheAtlantic.com's Video channel editor, Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg, comes this amazing 1954 propaganda film produced by General Motors on the subject of traffic congestion, Give Yourself the Green Light.
There's a lot to parse in this classic pro-sprawl piece, which starts out with the narrator lamenting the hectic state of the American highway system: "We're running out of roads! We didn't dream big enough," he explains.