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“Singing Wheels” Film Dramatizes U.S. Trucks – Washington officialdom December 3 viewed the premiere showing of “Singing Wheels,” the first sound institutional motion picture film sponsored by the motor truck industry.

“Singing Wheels,” which presents the far reaching services of motor truck transportation and its inter-relationship with every phase of the country’s social and economic structure, as well as its part in national defense, is being presented by the motor truck committee of the automobile manufacturers’ association.  One of its features is the song, “Singing Wheels,” which originated out of the harmonizing of truck drivers at roadside stopping points.  

“Singing Wheels” was produced in 1940 with the financial support of Roy Fruehauf of Fruehauf Trailer Company.  In the early 1950s Fruehauf would become a member of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Independent Advisory Committee to the Trucking Industry (ACT), assisting the President in his historical program in the creation of the Interstate Highway System.  An ad for the film appeared in Life magazine dated May 19, 1941 and made this observation, “This year, trucks and highways on which they roll assume a new importance in the nation’s No. 1 job—National Defense.”

Although the film is dated, and the trucks are antique, the message regarding the importance of truck transportation to the everyday life and comfort of America’s citizens is timeless. More on the history of “Singing Wheels” can be found in an article in the truckers’ website Overdrive, written by Max Heine on November 15, 2012 -http://www.overdriveonline.com/72-years-later-those-wheels-sing-a-colorful-song/ ​
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  • The Fruehauf Trailer Historical Society - Home
    • The Detroit Historical Museum presents - Fruehauf History
  • Bookstore & Gift shop
  • Classic Trailer Types
  • Company History early years
  • Company History - Later years
  • Fruehauf Inventions and Patent List
  • Military Defense Vehicles
  • The Fruehauf Family
  • Who Really Invented the Shipping Container?
  • What Happened to the Fruehauf Trailer Company?
  • The Internal Struggle for Power
  • Singing Wheels and other movies
  • Author's News Blog
    • Ruth Ann Fruehauf Bio
    • Darlene Norman Bio