Video: 1972 Christmas Party at Cadillac Dealer

[Rich S]

This popped-up on my suggested videos on youtube. It shows a Cadillac dealership party featuring a gorgeous 1973 Eldorado Convertible in Saturn Bronze Firemist with White Leather interior and people enjoying the festivities of the Christmas Party! Here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EonRu0dAWA

[Highwayman68]

Thanks for sharing.

[z3skybolt]

A bygone era..........

[Vince Taliano #13852]

Check out the rare Cadillac Rain Lamp at the 1:33 mark!

[Jason Edge]

That is a fantastic video, considering the year recorded. Someone had some decent video gear on hand for this Christmas party. With a little editing to take out shadow, color fad, brighten and sharpen a tad, this would be really be nice quality.

[Michael Petti]

Great video. A lost era of grace and elegance.

[J. Skelly]

A rain lamp was on Antiques Roadshow (PBS) a few years ago.  I don't recall what it sold for.  As I recall, the owner said it was one on display at the Cadillac exhibit for several auto shows.

[TJ Hopland]

Could you imagine a dealer doing something like that today?

Has that Eldo got the right hubcaps on it?  The resolution isn't very good but they kinda look like 67-68 caps with the big cutouts?   69 and up didn't have cutouts?

The resolution is so poor that its hard to tell what it was originally.  72 there really wasn't home video yet so if it was shot on video it was more or less professional gear, maybe an enthusiast that was able to borrow the stuff from work?  It also wasn't really portable but there isn't a lot of movement in any of the shots where they could not have been teathered to the recorder which the most compact would have been something like a Umatic system.

At some point it was on film, several scenes you can see white spots which would have been dust on a negative.  That doesn't mean it wasn't shot on video then transferred to film then back to video at some point.  That would explain why the quality is so bad.  Both 8mm and 16mm could have had live sound recording in the camera so the apparently synced sound doesn't really help narrow it down. 

[Carfreak]

A rain lamp was on Antiques Roadshow (PBS) a few years ago.  I don't recall what it sold for.  As I recall, the owner said it was one on display at the Cadillac exhibit for several auto shows.

https://pbswisconsin.org/watch/antiques-roadshow/appraisal-cadillac-trade-show-rain-lamp-ca-1968-3xaln4/

[SteveB3155]

What a great video.  My father was the GM of the Cadillac/Olds dealership in Plymouth, MA from 1967-1977.  I'd go in with him on many Saturdays and just hang out in the showroom, literally crawling through the new cars.  A lot of the signage in the video brings back great memories.

[Mike Josephic CLC #3877]

Wow -- talk about a trip down memory lane.  I bought
my 1973 Eldorado in April of 1973, so I know the era
well.  Yes, the hubcaps are correct.  Listening to
the music, looking at the clothes, the "hair" the
dancing, reminds me that I really am 75 years old!!

[TJ Hopland]

Must just be the low res on a small screen landing in the right places that made me think the hubcaps were wrong.  I also didn't go back and watch the whole video looking at ever shot of that car so there could have been shots where they were clearer and I just didn't notice since they would not have looked out of place.