Chrysler Shocks the World With Fastest Car | The Titans That Built America | History

Walter Chrysler takes a huge gamble and mass produces the first automobile that drives like a race car. This daring risk paid off, in this History special, "The Titans That Built America."

The HISTORY Channel’s three-night miniseries event premieres Monday, May 31 at 9/8c and airs over three consecutive nights. From revolutionizing the automobile and erecting skyscrapers to conquering human flight, this miniseries chronicles the rise and intense rivalries of industrial heavy hitters – Du Pont, Chrysler, Morgan Jr., Ford and Boeing. While their fight for control of burgeoning industries results in unintended consequences – The Great Depression -- ultimately, these cunning and innovative titans must unite during WWII to help fight a common evil and rebuild America.

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Out of the ashes of World War I, a new generation of Titan rises…Pierre Du Pont, Walter Chrysler, J.P. Morgan Jr., Henry Ford, and William Boeing. Their fight to rise above the rest will transform America as they compete to dominate new industries—from the highways to the skyways. After years of fighting each other, and FDR, these rivals must unite during World War II to defeat a greater enemy and save the world.

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[dylanhale]

70 MPH with no seat belts, and wooden wheels. Its basically if the Amish built a go kart today...
Jokes aside, just 10 years before, drivers in the Indy 500 where bragging about going 60MPH in purpose built racing cars. About how you could see angels flying beside you, as life flashed before your eyes. 70 miles a hour in the 1920's was booking it.

[pineytreez]

The birth of the "Brotherhood of Muscle" The Chrysler 70...the Hemi will continue it💯

[jerryeskridge]

Elon Musk : At Tesla get Me a pad, sketch paper, pencil taking some notes...

[JamesMayToGoPlease]

My WONDERFUL dad would have enjoyed this, I bet. He was a Mopar man :)

[johnbehneman]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I LOVE THE HISTORY CHANNEL!!! PLEASE CONTINUE TO SHARE YOUR TRUTH.

[RRaptor]

Chrysler was a genius when he made the Chrysler 70. I’m sure Ford and DuPoint were probably thinking that the Chrysler 70 wasn’t gonna sell.

[YourKeysPlease]

Easy to see why this was a revelation at the time. Our 1930 Model-A would only hit a bit over 50, and wasn't happy doing it. To this day... speed still sells!

[mluna]

Pretty cool did my DNA he’s my 11th gen cousin

[J.deVera]

5:09 just like how advertise cars today, a hundred years ago. Amazing👏

[FecalMattur]

And thus the Chrysler brand legacy of death traps began. I mean this with the utmost absolute respect. From the initial model, to the Hemi Superstocks and Daytonas/Superbirds, to the Viper, and Hellcats/Demons/etc.. you've got to love their commitment to cars trying to kill you, I know I do

[broadstreet]

Walter Chrysler was the Lee Iacocca of his day.

[modelafun]

Great video...But you probably should have had them actually working on a Chrysler rather than a Ford Model A

[idontwannabeanonymous]

This gave me goosebumps, and I'm not exaggerating this

[Urban]

Well brown boy from queens Richmond hill made Chrysler very special car by his driving skills all black Chrysler 300s he made your car special in every eye ❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥

[FitzArias]

Just imagine if he had lived to the 1960s to see what his cars looked like and drove like then. Walter Chrysler would've loved them, no doubt.

[edwardpate]

Hey at least they could have cleanup up that rusty cylinder head for the documentary!

[damhanahdamar]

Documentaries about some particular Automobile,

*WITHOUT SPECIFICATION ON THE CAR ITSELF!*

like machine that it has, suspension, body work, and time of development. Really disappointing...

[pbrandon]

Hot rod for the masses. I have a '27 T that will get near 50 on flat ground but it is happiest at 33-35.

[teoflores]

4:41 Chrysler 70 millas por hora, 93 caballos de fuerza