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Packard's new Ultramatic model introduced in the middle of the 1954 model year was officially called Gear-Start Ultramatic Drive, offering a new selector sequence on the column shift: 'D', for Drive, placed in between High and Low, with High now represented by a simple dot (PN•DLR). In this new DRIVE range, it would use the low ratio and ...
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Calamity Jane and Sam Bass: George Sherman: Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart: Western: Universal: Canadian Pacific: Edwin L. Marin: Randolph Scott, Jane Wyatt, J. Carrol Naish
April 26 – June 21 – Ealing comedies Passport to Pimlico, Whisky Galore! and Kind Hearts and Coronets are released in the UK, leading to 1949 being remembered as one of the peak years of the Ealing comedies. November 15 – Following the prior year's Supreme Court decision in United States v.
Packard caught up with the Ultramatic, [47] offered on top models in 1949 and all models from 1950 onward, but its perceived market reputation now had it as a competitor to Buick. [46] Designed and built by Packard, the Ultramatic featured a lockup torque converter with two speeds. Early Ultramatics normally operated only in "high", with "low ...
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Release date Title Notes January 5, 1950: Sons of Matthew: U.S. distribution only as The Rugged O'Riordans; co-production with the Greater Union Organisation: January 6, 1950: Woman in Hiding: February 8, 1950: Francis: Outside the Wall: February 14, 1950: The Astonished Heart [N 1] U.S. distribution March 1, 1950: The Kid from Texas: Buccaneer ...
January 12, 1949 [1] 3: January 19, 1949: Words and Music [2] 4: January 26, 1949: The Snake Pit: The Snake Pit reached number one in its 11th week of release. [3] 5: February 2, 1949: Joan of Arc [4] 6: February 9, 1949 [5] 7: February 16, 1949 [6] 8: February 23, 1949: Command Decision [7] 9: March 2, 1949: Whispering Smith: Whispering Smith ...
Automatic Drive was the trade name for Studebaker Corporation's first automatic transmission, designed in conjunction with Borg-Warner's Detroit Gear division. Studebaker was one of two independent American auto manufacturers to invest in development and tooling for automatic transmissions, the other being Packard with its Ultramatic product.