# "WHY TAKE A CHANCE?" 1950s GENERAL TIRE AUTO ACCIDENT SCARE FILM w/ ART GILMORE 75994

Featuring actor Art Gilmore -- who narrated the 1950s TV show "Highway Patrol", this scare / sales film by General Tire presents the various features of the brand's advanced Nygen cord nylon tubeless tires -- including a pressure lock and water squeegee tread that was revolutionary in its time. The film is notable for showing a variety of sensational car accidents including a car driving off of a cliff (6:40 mark) that might have come from the stock footage library of "Highway Patrol" itself. The film ends with a ridiculous stunt in which a car is dropped off of a ten story building, to demonstrate what a 70 mph impact -- the same as a head-on collision of two cars at 35mph -- looks like. The General Tire and Rubber Company is an American manufacturer of tires for motor vehicles. General Tire was founded in 1915 in Akron, Ohio, by William F. O'Neil. The company later diversified into a conglomerate, with holdings in tires, rubber compounds, rocketry and aeronautics, entertainment and news, and real estate. The film emphasizes the critical importance of tire safety, highlighting that every 3 seconds, someone in the U.S. is injured or killed in a traffic accident, with one-third of those fatalities linked to tire-related issues. It underscores the high demands placed on tires today, such as high speeds, rough road conditions, and the need for quick stopping power. The video introduces General Tires' tubeless tires, showcasing their four-way protection system: resistance to…

- Kind: Educational
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/75994WhyTakeAChance)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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