11-06-2023, 04:45 AM
This came up in my YouTube feed last night, and I was mesmerized.
You need to watch it all the way through, and don't worry that it's in Japanese. But, don't turn the sound down, because the music and sound effects are some of the best parts.
It's mid-sixties Honda, showing motorcycle production, and not just how the parts are stamped, cast and painted. It shows the workers in their spotless white uniforms and cool hats (I have a reproduction hat, the only Honda-authorized piece of apparel I own), eating lunch, taking smoke breaks, and best of all, using Honda motorcycles to perform leisure activities like hunting and fishing!
There's also a segment showing some kind of Honda amusement park wonderland that is really cool.
Toward the end, a worker is taking a newly-minted Cub onto a test stand, and imagines he's riding one of the Honda racing bikes of the period. The video finishes showing how Honda will rule the world, with endless truckloads of little red Cubs heading out to invade the planet.
Stop whatever you are doing and watch this:
https://youtu.be/4YqG1Z7SbZ0?si=4i_3pi_e3NG8dQiz
This video just made my Desert Island Top Ten Movie List, bumping off Deathrace 2000 (the original, of course).
And, it just replaced my former favorite YouTube video, showing the Trabant factory in East Germany
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rl6dC3jrUM
You need to watch it all the way through, and don't worry that it's in Japanese. But, don't turn the sound down, because the music and sound effects are some of the best parts.
It's mid-sixties Honda, showing motorcycle production, and not just how the parts are stamped, cast and painted. It shows the workers in their spotless white uniforms and cool hats (I have a reproduction hat, the only Honda-authorized piece of apparel I own), eating lunch, taking smoke breaks, and best of all, using Honda motorcycles to perform leisure activities like hunting and fishing!
There's also a segment showing some kind of Honda amusement park wonderland that is really cool.
Toward the end, a worker is taking a newly-minted Cub onto a test stand, and imagines he's riding one of the Honda racing bikes of the period. The video finishes showing how Honda will rule the world, with endless truckloads of little red Cubs heading out to invade the planet.
Stop whatever you are doing and watch this:
https://youtu.be/4YqG1Z7SbZ0?si=4i_3pi_e3NG8dQiz
This video just made my Desert Island Top Ten Movie List, bumping off Deathrace 2000 (the original, of course).
And, it just replaced my former favorite YouTube video, showing the Trabant factory in East Germany
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rl6dC3jrUM
