Documentary: The 1956 Joie Chitwood Hell Drivers
The Joie Chitwood’s Hell Drivers show started just after the Second World War in the USA as a traveling spectacle seen by hundreds of…
Films
1961 U.S. Air Force Training Film: Helicopter Rescue Operations
Editor’s Note: This film has since been removed from YouTube, we’ve left this post up for archive purposes. This is a 1961 U.S. Air…
Nautilus Submarine: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
This is a model of Nautilus, the legendary submarine from the Jules Verne classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It was created by Harper…
The Jeep + Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet – 1956
This is the original Jeep and Robby the Robot (suit) from the exceedingly influential 1956 science fiction film Forbidden Planet – Amazingly they’re coming…
Documentary – Chuck Yeager: Breaking the Sound Barrier
Chuck Yeager is now 94 years old, and amazingly he’s very active on Twitter – where his famously fearless personality is on full display,…
Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber From Return of the Jedi
This is one of Luke Skywalker’s original Lightsabers from Return of the Jedi (Star Wars: Episode VI), it was used in the famous escape…
Documentary: Jaguar At Le Mans In 1953
The 24 hour endurance race in 1953 at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France was a comeback year for Jaguar, after…
Documentary: Gasoline For Everybody
Gasoline For Everybody is a 1947 film that teaches the process of making gasoline, from searching for crude oil right through the refining process…
Steve McQueen’s Race Suit From “Le Mans”
This is the original Steve McQueen race suit and helmet from his now legendary 1971 film Le Mans. The last time it came up…
Documentary: The Meyers Manx Story
The Meyers Manx Story is a look back at the man (and the car) that revolutionized beach buggies in the mid-1960s. Bruce F. Meyers…
Mystery Of The Buried Ferrari Dino Solved
The story of the buried Dino Ferrari is fascinating, and until 2012 it was incomplete. That is until Jalopnik Senior Editor Mike Spinelli did…
1960 USAF Training Film – Dogfighting In Jets
This original USAF training film from 1960 gives a 20 minute introduction to the art of dogfighting in fighter jets – otherwise known as…