[Film footage of Lear Motors steam-powered bus demonstrations and speeches]

Title

[Film footage of Lear Motors steam-powered bus demonstrations and speeches]

Description

Film footage of Lear Motors steam-powered bus demonstrations and speeches, recorded at the Leareno Stead facility, Nevada, circa 1970s. The first segment of the film features the bus on display near a Lear hangar. The footage is silent until 00:00:28, when audio clips from an interview between William P. Lear and Dave Brown of Channel 10 begin to play. Lear comments on the features and utility of his steam engine, as well as his plans to develop his Reno operation. The second segment, beginning at 00:03:26, features clips from speeches made by William P. Lear and an unidentified speaker about the development of the Lear Motors steam engine. Moya O. Lear is also present during these scenes. At 00:04:47, the footage returns to the interview between Lear and Brown. The film ends with a close-up shot of the bus's engine.

The footage is in color and contains a mix of silence and sound.

Date

1970s circa

Extent

1 film reel (6 min.) : silent and sound, color ; 16 mm

Rights

Bibliographic Citation

The William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2000-06-20_AV_006_01