The Ford Barn

Steve Plucker · 03-04-2018, 02:59 PM

Yes I know...it is just a TV documentary, History Channels "The Cars that made America"...So they introduce the New Car (Model A) for 1928 and what is it...I think it was a 1931 Slant Window!

Geeze!

Pluck

Oldbluoval · 03-04-2018, 03:02 PM

Yep sitting here watching right now and you are right about it being a 31
Kind of makes one question the accuracy of all else!

emf · 03-04-2018, 03:47 PM

There is very little attention paid to accuracy in the Hollywood set. I'll never forget when the story of Henry Ford was put on TV, the movie started with the camera moving slowly through the assembly plant as if the viewer was walking toward the office. Voices could be heard in the distance discussing the new revolutionary engine that had an enclosed transmission that share the same sump as the crankcase. The camera then came into focus on the brand new engine for 1909, only it was a 1926 engine with the wide pedals. It went down hill from there...

Frank

Steve Plucker · 03-04-2018, 05:04 PM

I agree guys...But with at least 4 Ford historians giving talks...one would of thought that they had reviewed the series...Then when they were talking about the Model T...views of the Model A assembly line would show up...Oh well...that is Hollywood and so it goes....!

Pluck

Bill G · 03-04-2018, 06:05 PM

....And not only that, but the Western Electric model 302 telephone was not introduced until 1939. Repeatedly, they show Henry using that style telephone before the Model A was introduced in 1927.

jimalabam · 03-04-2018, 07:53 PM

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SOME historians bend the facts to suit the occasion, then there are editors who EDIT the material for final presentation, fact is many of these editors don't know the difference between true facts, and something someone else just thought it sounded good. I have been viewing misguided facts since I started my Ford assembly plant history searches in 2004. Find some errors every time I research a particular question. Even the memoirs recorded in the Ford Motor Archives are full of misrepentations, and are memories recorded years after a particular event...

katy · 03-05-2018, 10:02 AM

A while back I watched a movie about Charles Lindbergh. In a scene about his takeoff for his transatlantic flight (May 1927), they showed some people arriving in a Model A.

CarlG · 03-05-2018, 12:24 PM

I watched that as well. Lots of inconsistencies. The really big one to me was that a 55 Merc was shown as an early 50's GM prototype. Lots of stuff was chronologically incorrect.

Del in NE Ohio · 03-05-2018, 01:21 PM

Ther whole series was produced in the UK. If you noticed, even the steam locomotives resembled Thomas the Tank Engine cast.

Jeff/Illinois · 03-05-2018, 02:22 PM

Pluck that happens a lot on the alledged 'History Channel' and they get away with it because basically, people are too ignorant to know better. I see it all the time. More fake news. It is a real turn off. History Channel has really gone down hill it is full of innaccuracies.

About as bad as the Bonnie and Clyde movie they aired a year or so ago that is on Netflix now. Bonnie and Clyde were killed in May, 1934 but in the opening scene they show their car being towed into town behind a 1936 Ford ton and a half truck

Beautiful truck I did like seeing it though!! Oh well I guess most people wouldn't know or really care.

Worst part of that show was that Glasstique "Model A" Phaeton they were using for a while, the one that Clyde would lay his jacket across the steering wheel to try to hide the modern accoutrements, etc. What a nasty looking POS for a Model A Ford scene

Dave Young · 03-05-2018, 02:43 PM

I'm a bit of a maritime history buff and I watch all the documentaries on the subject that I can find.

The producers of these shows are the worst offenders of all. You guys think the car shows are awful because they're off a year or two ... while I realize the producers of the maritime pieces have to use whatever stock footage of sailing vessels they can get their hands on, they're often off by two or three hundred years!

03-04-2018, 02:59 PM	#1
Steve Plucker BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Walla Walla, Washington USA Posts: 6,066	Now why the heck couldn't they get it right? Yes I know...it is just a TV documentary, History Channels "The Cars that made America"...So they introduce the New Car (Model A) for 1928 and what is it...I think it was a 1931 Slant Window! Geeze! Pluck

03-04-2018, 03:02 PM	#2
Oldbluoval Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Signal Mtn, TN (SE TN) Posts: 2,371	Re: Now why the heck couldn't they get it right? Yep sitting here watching right now and you are right about it being a 31 Kind of makes one question the accuracy of all else!

03-04-2018, 03:47 PM	#3
emf Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Hudson, NY Posts: 511	Re: Now why the heck couldn't they get it right? There is very little attention paid to accuracy in the Hollywood set. I'll never forget when the story of Henry Ford was put on TV, the movie started with the camera moving slowly through the assembly plant as if the viewer was walking toward the office. Voices could be heard in the distance discussing the new revolutionary engine that had an enclosed transmission that share the same sump as the crankcase. The camera then came into focus on the brand new engine for 1909, only it was a 1926 engine with the wide pedals. It went down hill from there... Frank

03-04-2018, 05:04 PM	#4
Steve Plucker BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Walla Walla, Washington USA Posts: 6,066	Re: Now why the heck couldn't they get it right? I agree guys...But with at least 4 Ford historians giving talks...one would of thought that they had reviewed the series...Then when they were talking about the Model T...views of the Model A assembly line would show up...Oh well...that is Hollywood and so it goes....! Pluck

03-04-2018, 06:05 PM	#5
Bill G Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Walla Walla, WA Posts: 1,045	Re: Now why the heck couldn't they get it right? ....And not only that, but the Western Electric model 302 telephone was not introduced until 1939. Repeatedly, they show Henry using that style telephone before the Model A was introduced in 1927.

03-04-2018, 07:53 PM	#6
jimalabam Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lee County Alabama Posts: 828	Re: Now why the heck couldn't they get it right? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) SOME historians bend the facts to suit the occasion, then there are editors who EDIT the material for final presentation, fact is many of these editors don't know the difference between true facts, and something someone else just thought it sounded good. I have been viewing misguided facts since I started my Ford assembly plant history searches in 2004. Find some errors every time I research a particular question. Even the memoirs recorded in the Ford Motor Archives are full of misrepentations, and are memories recorded years after a particular event...

03-05-2018, 10:02 AM	#7
katy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Red Deer, Alberta Posts: 5,046	Re: Now why the heck couldn't they get it right? A while back I watched a movie about Charles Lindbergh. In a scene about his takeoff for his transatlantic flight (May 1927), they showed some people arriving in a Model A. __________________ If you don't hear a rumor by 10 AM, start one!. Got my education out behind the barn!

03-05-2018, 12:24 PM	#8
CarlG Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 9,115	Re: Now why the heck couldn't they get it right? I watched that as well. Lots of inconsistencies. The really big one to me was that a 55 Merc was shown as an early 50's GM prototype. Lots of stuff was chronologically incorrect. __________________ Alaskan A's Antique Auto Mushers of Alaska Model A Ford Club of America Model A Restorers Club Antique Automobile Club of America Mullins Owner's Club

03-05-2018, 01:21 PM	#9
Del in NE Ohio Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Columbiana,OH Posts: 461	Re: Now why the heck couldn't they get it right? Ther whole series was produced in the UK. If you noticed, even the steam locomotives resembled Thomas the Tank Engine cast.

03-05-2018, 02:22 PM	#10
Jeff/Illinois Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,789	Re: Now why the heck couldn't they get it right? Pluck that happens a lot on the alledged 'History Channel' and they get away with it because basically, people are too ignorant to know better. I see it all the time. More fake news. It is a real turn off. History Channel has really gone down hill it is full of innaccuracies. About as bad as the Bonnie and Clyde movie they aired a year or so ago that is on Netflix now. Bonnie and Clyde were killed in May, 1934 but in the opening scene they show their car being towed into town behind a 1936 Ford ton and a half truck Beautiful truck I did like seeing it though!! Oh well I guess most people wouldn't know or really care. Worst part of that show was that Glasstique "Model A" Phaeton they were using for a while, the one that Clyde would lay his jacket across the steering wheel to try to hide the modern accoutrements, etc. What a nasty looking POS for a Model A Ford scene

03-05-2018, 02:43 PM	#11
Dave Young Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Womelsdorf, PA Posts: 47	Re: Now why the heck couldn't they get it right? I'm a bit of a maritime history buff and I watch all the documentaries on the subject that I can find. The producers of these shows are the worst offenders of all. You guys think the car shows are awful because they're off a year or two ... while I realize the producers of the maritime pieces have to use whatever stock footage of sailing vessels they can get their hands on, they're often off by two or three hundred years!