Domain Tools

Although General Motors is a struggling company now and Disney is thriving, ’twas not always so. Once, Disney was the hardscrabble organization and GM was sitting on top of the world. That was the dynamic that existed when the car company commissioned the Mouse House to produce an instructional cartoon that would show people how to use hand tools safely. Below are screen captures from the cartoon, examples of Primitive Pete’s appearance in print, and a picture of Walt Disney checking out the progress of “Fantasia” with “Hand Tools” director Bill Roberts and maestro Leopold Stokowski.

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5 Responses

1. Hrus99 Says:
   March 7th, 2010 at 3:06 am

   Thanks for posting …
   Thanks for posting this! They were still showing this to kids in the 70s. Too bad shop classes are now all but extinct and we’re raising a generation that doesn’t know how to actually DO anything.

2. IcePenguin350 Says:
   March 7th, 2010 at 3:06 am

   very helpful too
   …
   very helpful too
   needed to watch this for industrial tech

3. dycarbon1 Says:
   March 7th, 2010 at 3:06 am

   very educational. …
   very educational. Thanks

4. Deepssara Says:
   March 7th, 2010 at 3:06 am

   Thank you , Very …
   Thank you , Very useful video. Kindly Post more tech stuffs .

5. worldwarfifth Says:
   March 7th, 2010 at 3:06 am

   very useful clip. …
   very useful clip. thank you

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