Watch a comic silent movie highlighting the weaknesses of Henry Ford's Model T automobile
More than any other vehicle, the Model T helped America into the automobile age. The car also became a part of popular culture, the subject of songs, jokes, and this silent film, in which the automobile's well-known weaknesses are played on for comic effect.
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