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VIDEO: Vintage promo film made for Detroit's 1968 Olympic bid reveals city's precipitous decline

We often think of the 1950's as being the heyday for Detroit's fortunes, but even in the early-to-mid Sixties, it remained something of a modern marvel, thanks largely to its world-leading auto industry. This archival video was apparently commissioned as part of a failed bid for the 1968 Summer Olympics (which went to Mexico City instead). Reportedly filmed in 1965, Detroit – City on the Move shows the area in full bloom – a startling contrast to the shell of an empire that remains just 44 years later. With the harmonies of ... Read more →

So Cold in the D: Motown student pleads for auto aid in documentary Jonathon Ramsey

Nicole Pentis is a high school junior in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan who has been making videos for five years. When C-SPAN sent out a call for students to make a video address to President Obama and ...

VIDEO: Vintage promo film made for Detroit's 1968 Olympic bid reveals city's precipitous decline 5 months ago on Autoblog

We often think of the 1950's as being the heyday for Detroit's fortunes, but even in the early-to-mid Sixties, it remained something of a modern marvel, thanks largely to its world-leading auto industry. This archival video was apparently commissioned as part of a failed bid for the 1968 ...

So Cold in the D: Motown student pleads for auto aid in documentary 8 months ago on Autoblog

Nicole Pentis is a high school junior in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan who has been making videos for five years. When C-SPAN sent out a call for students to make a video address to President Obama and tell him what they thought were the most pressing issues facing the U.S., Pentis grabbed her camera. ...






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