Down the Gasoline Trail (1935) How Fuel Goes Through An Engine

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  • čas přidán 7. 06. 2010
  • Great film of how a gasoline engine works.
    Cartoon showing what happens to a drop of gasoline from the time it flows into the gas tank to when it is exploded in the engine cylinder. This "fantastic voyage" through a glisteningly clean Chevrolet engine is an excellent example of the soft-sell industrial, where the product that's promoted is hardly ever mentioned by name.
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Komentáře • 253

  • @josephabraham4058
    @josephabraham4058 Před 5 lety +254

    "No drops of actual gasoline were harmed during the production of this film."

  • @lanedexter6303
    @lanedexter6303 Před 5 lety +74

    Love the fact that the pump is set for less than 20 cents a gallon. I recall needing to buy new gears for our pumps during the 1973-4 fuel crunch, because they would not go higher than 49.9 cents.

    • @buddyrojek9417
      @buddyrojek9417 Před rokem

      USA should have nuked them. Showed the arabs who is boss. Imagine how good life would be if arabs still lived in tents

  • @jatigre1
    @jatigre1 Před 9 lety +446

    I can't believe they killed just for this movie that poor little droplet of gasoline.

  • @rene253
    @rene253 Před 5 lety +274

    So the sound a car makes is just the gasoline screaming while it’s dying, that’s why electric cars don’t create sound.

    • @jameshendrix1593
      @jameshendrix1593 Před 5 lety +19

      Exactly gasoline has a soul in it is sad that we think electric cars are ever guna be......

    • @roysterfutrell8889
      @roysterfutrell8889 Před 4 lety +51

      Electric cars run on the already dead bodies of millions of tiny coal particles that were already killed at an electricity generating plant miles away. So you cant hear the screams.

    • @blackblastgaming1381
      @blackblastgaming1381 Před 4 lety +2

      Lol

    • @NB-nz7qn
      @NB-nz7qn Před 3 lety +2

      @@roysterfutrell8889 EXACTY

  • @panduwidagdo7051
    @panduwidagdo7051 Před 5 lety +358

    Better than Emoji Movie.

  • @billbright1755
    @billbright1755 Před 6 lety +187

    That drop was killed after he exhausted all possibilities.

  • @buddyrojek9417
    @buddyrojek9417 Před rokem +4

    Just seeing such a shiny new motor from an old car makes me happy

  • @robertct06
    @robertct06 Před 7 lety +111

    #RIP drop of gasoline. You will be missed

  • @dstrdm
    @dstrdm Před 7 lety +103

    A drop of gasoline swimming in a river of gasoline :-p

  • @chetananam475
    @chetananam475 Před 3 lety +13

    The droplet didn't just drive the car engine but also the idea of how things work into our brains easily & with a smile. More films like this ? We are waiting for every little drop of such content rich videos.

  • @goyeabuddy
    @goyeabuddy Před 4 lety +79

    that drop of gasoline gave his life so you could go to the liquor store to buy more beer!

  • @mitch832
    @mitch832 Před 7 lety +163

    Oh my god, they killed Drop of Gasoline!

  • @jbjumpback
    @jbjumpback Před 14 lety +36

    Gasoline -12c per gallon was expensive in the 30's.

  • @josephcote6120
    @josephcote6120 Před 4 lety +7

    A lot of commenters are mentioning leaded gas. It was added to the gas as an octane booster to prevent engine knocking, same thing is done today but with different chemicals (Knocking is when the gas in the cylinder ignites just from the compression of the fuel/air mixture. Octane boosters make the ignition temperature higher.)

  • @micromachine7954
    @micromachine7954 Před 7 lety +34

    RIP little buddy!

  • @VanquishedAgain
    @VanquishedAgain Před 3 lety +2

    Another classic from the Jam Handy Organization

  • @krayzeejojo
    @krayzeejojo Před 7 lety +38

    You ever get a chill down your spine seeing a cute drop of American gas get killed in a 30's cartoon for doing his job, only because soon after this message could get lost in German translation?

  • @DonziGT230
    @DonziGT230 Před 4 lety +38

    Death is never easy, especially of one so young, but I take comfort in knowing that at least you had a relatively peaceful journey. No high pressure fuel pump squishing you and whipping you around, no injector nozzle blasting you out at high velocity. You didn't have to suffer taking the EGR path where you'd see all your buddies in their last throws of life just to be burned some more, and then you peacefully lofted out into the air without being incinerated in one of those evil catalytic converters. Had you lived to a ripe old age you would have suffered much more.
    RIP Drop.

  • @ytugtbk
    @ytugtbk Před 8 lety +23

    This is the way I think of gasoline whenever I fill up.

    • @kueapel911
      @kueapel911 Před 5 lety +2

      "yess, get in there bitches... pour into your demise and death"

    • @Lightblue2222
      @Lightblue2222 Před 4 lety +1

      Especially that 1 single drop out of 12 gallons.

  • @26TptCoy
    @26TptCoy Před 4 lety +6

    This looks like an apprentice training film. Back then apprentices could be very young hence the cartoon format.

    • @2idiot2animate28
      @2idiot2animate28 Před 3 lety +3

      Man, cartoons in those times were intented for adult viewer....

  • @MrClassiccarenthusia
    @MrClassiccarenthusia Před 11 měsíci

    God speed little fella! 😢
    Mankind owes you a great debt, for your work helped us build our world, and allows it to function effectively.

  • @ThePiquedPigeon
    @ThePiquedPigeon Před 5 lety +19

    6:56 - Press F to pay respects

  • @gdhammr8113
    @gdhammr8113 Před 4 lety +25

    0:50 so we just gonna ignore the fact that the gasoline drop just wasted a crapload of other droplets?

  • @carltorjusen558
    @carltorjusen558 Před 5 lety +15

    he's loaded...with Pb(lead)...l remember in those good old days scrapping burnt lead deposits off top of pistons and repolishing cylinder heads.

    • @zOiNhUh
      @zOiNhUh Před 5 lety +2

      Wait... Didn't leaded gas became more common after the war? You know, there were so many flathead engines with low compressions, rendering them suitable to lower octane ratings.

    • @Bartonovich52
      @Bartonovich52 Před 4 lety +1

      The really old flatheads like the Model T had such low compression that they could run on anything. Gasoline, kerosene, diesel if you could find it.
      But by the time of the flathead V8 compression ratios had risen from 4:1 to well over 6:1 requiring higher grade gasoline. It was still difficult (and expensive) to make high octane fuel so lead was used even in gasoline well below 87 back in the day.
      Of course it’s not the good old days for me. Aviation fuel still has lead. It’s 100 octane but even 80/87 until it was discontinued was leaded. Lots of time spent digging lead deposits out of spark plugs with a dental pick.

  • @jameshendrix1593
    @jameshendrix1593 Před 5 lety +4

    Best show i seen in a while 😌

  • @vijaygautam1406
    @vijaygautam1406 Před 3 lety +3

    Superb explanation and animation. Thanks for uploading.

  • @MrPlumber27
    @MrPlumber27 Před 4 lety +5

    Imagine having that old car brand new today

  • @jonathanschomer6853
    @jonathanschomer6853 Před 3 lety +2

    He got angel wings!

  • @KCOCAEP67
    @KCOCAEP67 Před 5 lety +9

    beautiful educational film. well done jam handy

  • @sierranevadahiker4440
    @sierranevadahiker4440 Před 6 lety +15

    Interesting video. I feel sorry for that little drop of gasoline though, he got burned up so the car could run.

    • @spacesoarer3627
      @spacesoarer3627 Před 6 lety +1

      Kristina The Mountain Traveler, My exact thoughts as well.

  • @juancarlosmora9922
    @juancarlosmora9922 Před 5 lety +14

    I wish life was still simple

  • @cowerdnerddespacito9518
    @cowerdnerddespacito9518 Před 2 lety +2

    I can’t believe they just killed off our favorite character like that,
    At least he went out with a bang

  • @Trident_Euclid
    @Trident_Euclid Před 6 lety +32

    @ 6:52 You were good son. Real good. Maybe even the best.

  • @supertrinigamer
    @supertrinigamer Před 7 lety +3

    Best example ever.

  • @thunderhead786
    @thunderhead786 Před 7 lety +4

    This is awesome

  • @MinecraftPro97k
    @MinecraftPro97k Před 2 lety +2

    They managed to make an educational video entertaining

  • @thelaneman
    @thelaneman Před 5 lety +6

    I cried like a little bitch...thank you for your service 'lil drop!😭..#neverforget

  • @HARIKRISHNA-zj3nj
    @HARIKRISHNA-zj3nj Před 5 lety +1

    beautiful video

  • @jvarela965
    @jvarela965 Před 13 lety +7

    My grandfather said that Steam was the best power source for cars. He owned a 1912 Stanley Steamer and predicted in the 70s Steamers would come back.

    • @roysterfutrell8889
      @roysterfutrell8889 Před 4 lety

      Strictly functionally, steam engines still actually work better for certain uses (like drilling oil wells) but are never used because of the cost. Reciprocating steam engines are extremely simple and eady to troubleshoot when they have a problem. They are enormously powerfully with 100% torque even at zero rpms. They need no transmition. But again, they cost too much to operate.

    • @hotjazzbaby
      @hotjazzbaby Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah. And steam airplanes too!

    • @sonicmastersword8080
      @sonicmastersword8080 Před 8 měsíci

      You need a better energy source to make them viable. Even so, you would want an energy source that can be activated almost instantly and then the steam can take over.

  • @manhoot
    @manhoot Před 14 lety +1

    Great film!

  • @johnbee1574
    @johnbee1574 Před 3 lety +2

    They killed him, brutal . Also that has to be the most vintage thing Iv ever seen

  • @domingodeanda233
    @domingodeanda233 Před 4 lety +2

    That was so cool.

  • @142maj
    @142maj Před 12 lety +2

    cool video thanks

  • @neilpirelli9240
    @neilpirelli9240 Před 5 lety +11

    this is so sad he died im crying

    • @Lightblue2222
      @Lightblue2222 Před 4 lety +1

      My tear drops weren't gas so I couldn't relate.

  • @racer67
    @racer67 Před 5 lety +12

    Should of never got rid of the glass bowl, so u can visually see whats in your gas!

    • @Someguy6571
      @Someguy6571 Před 5 lety +3

      You realize how extremely dangerous that was having a glass bowl under your fuel pump?

    • @tjlovesrachel
      @tjlovesrachel Před 4 lety +5

      Someguy6571 welll ... it’s technically before the fuel pump ... and honestly... it’s really not that dangerous

    • @ohchord9573
      @ohchord9573 Před rokem

      @@Someguy6571Asking out of curiosity, How is it dangerous ?

    • @Marcy53Volkswagen
      @Marcy53Volkswagen Před rokem

      @@ohchord9573 well you know glass. it sometimes breaks. so engineers made it preventable to not break open if the oil were leaking a fire would break out on the automobil

  • @gabrielvieira6529
    @gabrielvieira6529 Před 2 lety

    So Nice

  • @saarcful
    @saarcful Před 4 lety +1

    Wowww! The Chevrolet fleetmaster my fav car!

  • @jeremy4192
    @jeremy4192 Před 2 lety

    What a fucking show. EXCELLENT

  • @evanspader6762
    @evanspader6762 Před 5 lety +25

    “There goes the ghost of our drop of gasoline. Thanks to the engineers he has given perfect account of himself. He has lived a fortunate life than other drops” is this gasoline communism?

    • @lucianene7741
      @lucianene7741 Před 4 lety +2

      Gasoline communism means that you have to wait in line for your monthly ration of 20 liters or so, to burn it into an obsolete engine that's underpowered and wasteful. And yes, the gasoline is leaded and there's a lot of dirt and water in it too.

  • @MythicSuns
    @MythicSuns Před 5 lety +1

    A part of me feels bad for that gas droplet, but another part of me is glad he died doing what he loves and didn't go all depressed like that cat Felix did 14 years ago, man, some toons had it rough in the early 20th century.

  • @ClintsTractor
    @ClintsTractor Před 2 lety +1

    No gas was harmed in the making of this video...

  • @Tard1s2
    @Tard1s2 Před 4 lety +2

    Rip gas dude 8000 BC - 1935 AD

  • @Badge1122
    @Badge1122 Před rokem

    Cool, I want one.

  • @domingomendoza7665
    @domingomendoza7665 Před 4 lety +1

    Me encantó este video . aunque no entiendo el ingles es muy explicativo hasta un niño lo entendería. ..

  • @neil6958
    @neil6958 Před 6 lety +24

    The Gas pump say's 17¢ a gallon at 0:24. 17¢!

    • @paulduffey7975
      @paulduffey7975 Před 5 lety +7

      In the early 60s gas wars between stations was common and for a short while I bought gas as low as 14 cents a gallon. Then they wised up, got their heads together and agreed on a price whereby they could all sell gas and make money. It's been uphill ever since.

    • @Helicoptergobrrrr
      @Helicoptergobrrrr Před 5 lety

      After inflation in today’s worth that about $3.12 so it’s still really expensive gas

    • @klol3369
      @klol3369 Před 4 lety +2

      @@paulduffey7975 isn't that illegal?

    • @paulduffey7975
      @paulduffey7975 Před 4 lety

      I have no idea. There were no news accounts that I know of. It was probably a gentleman's agreement. It just happened. There hasn't been a gas war since that I know of though during a crises some stations gouge the public.

    • @Cline3911
      @Cline3911 Před 4 lety

      I'm not sad that drop of gasoline got exploded. He contained lead.

  • @reginaldcarter5341
    @reginaldcarter5341 Před 4 lety +1

    Amazing 1930's technology.

  • @jugalsinghrathore8090
    @jugalsinghrathore8090 Před 3 lety +2

    Better than some crap animations!

  • @jackhewitt7902
    @jackhewitt7902 Před 5 lety +2

    It’s funny people say that old cars are bed for the environment but I’ll bet making cars from the 30s didn’t produce anywhere near the same co2 as c today does and then you have the fact that they don’t last as long and people just scrap them rather then rebuild them back then if you had a car you drove it and once it was warm out you rebuilt it and drive it again what we need to do to save the environment is stop over production

  • @rd4501
    @rd4501 Před 2 lety +1

    Back in the day where car manufacturers educate people of how their vehicles work they were simple, plain, efficient. Now days we have some much in a car "vehicles are smarter" and people becoming stupid by the day.

  • @pepsiccolausa8857
    @pepsiccolausa8857 Před 5 lety +5

    No fuel filters in those days. Just a class jar class. If it gets dirty just open up the bottom and let it dump on the ground

  • @cspparames9446
    @cspparames9446 Před 3 lety

    Educational

  • @EnvyTheRealest
    @EnvyTheRealest Před 5 lety +4

    @6:52 "i dont feel so good"

  • @thewasatch208
    @thewasatch208 Před 4 lety +3

    Every time a Chevy starts, gas droplets get their wings...

  • @Ladyranger
    @Ladyranger Před 12 lety +1

    Bravo

  • @MB-hv3ic
    @MB-hv3ic Před 4 lety

    CHEVROLET 1935
    un sentimiento 💙

  • @aahillakhani399
    @aahillakhani399 Před 3 lety +2

    Welp no warning. Might as well try and swim through a gasoline system myself 😀

    • @kapioskapiopoylos7338
      @kapioskapiopoylos7338 Před 2 lety +2

      this video predates safety warnings for people trying to commit natural selection

    • @7000fps
      @7000fps Před rokem

      Wer'nt enough lawyers chasing deep pockets back then.

  • @alexlogan202
    @alexlogan202 Před 2 lety +1

    God speed little doodle

  • @yankolisboa2740
    @yankolisboa2740 Před 5 lety

    Vídeo maravilhoso

  • @jenniferstine8567
    @jenniferstine8567 Před 3 lety +1

    Am I the only one who thought it was weird the gas drop not only dried himself off, but he did it before jumping into liquid. He even took the towel with him. He gave it up to fit through the filter.

    • @ftroop8462
      @ftroop8462 Před 11 měsíci

      And why was he so spooked by the fuel coming into the filter. Thinking the whole sequence was to show him getting 'cleaned' by the filter.

  • @oscarbender76
    @oscarbender76 Před 7 lety +8

    se murio la pobre gotita :(

  • @kapioskapiopoylos7338
    @kapioskapiopoylos7338 Před 2 lety +1

    yeah the death of the drop can be seen as sad but i started crying the 18c/gal, where i live it's 1,7€/L (~2$/(~1/4 gallon)) which is about 8$/gallon and that is not counting the robbery going on in pump meters

  • @WillAlfredisMapping
    @WillAlfredisMapping Před 5 lety +3

    0:50 if u stop for think, the last drop of gasoline will be crushed by a piston and fired to hell when the combuston of the motor come in.

  • @SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim
    @SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim Před 4 lety +1

    and this my son is how you were born

  • @f250freak6
    @f250freak6 Před 3 lety +1

    5:35 sounds like he actually hurt his self microphone pop and then he says Ouch

  • @davidthomas8258
    @davidthomas8258 Před 5 lety +3

    These videos are funny. 🤣

  • @tertommy
    @tertommy Před 11 měsíci

    Jam Handy sizzled it, learn more from his toons than modern attempts.

  • @ShannonFreng
    @ShannonFreng Před 4 měsíci

    Was this meant for junior high school students? Its sophistication level would seem to indicate that.

  • @ferrofilos
    @ferrofilos Před 3 lety +1

    6:50 best part

  • @gigilaco
    @gigilaco Před 5 lety +2

    I’m not crying you’re crying!

  • @OneKauz
    @OneKauz Před rokem

    Omg! The ending is so sad 😞😥😢😔😪😭

  • @bwhog
    @bwhog Před 2 lety

    Hrm... I'm gonna say this was Fleischer who did the animation. Things there that are pretty reminiscent of Popeye and Betty Boop but then again, certain tropes were common across studios in those days.

  • @naoeoquevocepensa7181
    @naoeoquevocepensa7181 Před 3 lety

    Funny explain!

  • @andresmunoz2537
    @andresmunoz2537 Před 4 lety +2

    Pobrecita gota de gasolina , se murió 😭

  • @muhammadfarhannaufal9358

    Ford Quadricycle is now 124th anniversary 1896-2020 in 4 june 2020

  • @cowerdnerddespacito9518

    Now I know how a carburetor works

  • @ZaHandle
    @ZaHandle Před 3 lety +1

    Damn i like this anime season 2 when?

  • @elliotmaldonado1591
    @elliotmaldonado1591 Před 4 lety +1

    Oh no😵 the spark plugs killed the little drop and became an gasoline Angel 😝😂🤣

  • @robertdraxel7175
    @robertdraxel7175 Před 5 lety +3

    1935-1937 Oil discovered in the middle east. Before Romanian oil rulled :)))

  • @dennisv9565
    @dennisv9565 Před 5 lety +2

    Stop genocide of gasoline drops! :'(

  • @mountainman679
    @mountainman679 Před 4 lety

    Press f to pay respects to the drop of fuel.

  • @punker4Real
    @punker4Real Před 5 lety

    7:32 where is the black leaded smoke?

  • @Kushb4an
    @Kushb4an Před 3 lety +1

    Better than fast and furious.

  • @BenNotVictor
    @BenNotVictor Před 10 měsíci +1

    rip gasoline drop 🪦

  • @Asukmadik
    @Asukmadik Před 5 lety

    feel bad for the droplet

  • @BM-di4cu
    @BM-di4cu Před 4 lety

    We all float at Chevrolet

  • @nikollatesla6635
    @nikollatesla6635 Před 4 lety

    This wasn’t a science video this was a Disney movie

  • @wills.5762
    @wills.5762 Před 7 lety +3

    It was about 2.5 cents a litre of gas back then...120 cents per litre is common, now. In Canada, anyway.

    • @MrGrandis852
      @MrGrandis852 Před 7 lety +3

      You know there's something called inflation, right?

    • @wills.5762
      @wills.5762 Před 7 lety +1

      The source I used accounted for inflation...I think.

    • @Tadesan
      @Tadesan Před 6 lety +1

      In Japan in 2007 it was 400yen (close to 400 cents) per liter!

    • @carltorjusen558
      @carltorjusen558 Před 5 lety

      and that Chev cost $700

    • @chieftp
      @chieftp Před 5 lety

      inflation = the owners need a little more profit.

  • @CJColvin
    @CJColvin Před 3 lety

    Now if it was a tubular header than that droplet would flowing down even wayyyyyyy faster.

  • @nostalgiaof98
    @nostalgiaof98 Před rokem

    A time when petrol was infinite...

  • @Phenom98
    @Phenom98 Před 5 lety +8

    I come from the future. That drop of gas' great grandson sneaks into Thanos' ass and immolates itself, defeating him painfully.