All we are is dust in the wind

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Lately, we’ve had our fair share of wind here in our little part of the world. But it must have been a mild breeze compared to the typhoon that overcame stars Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson in the silent movie The Wind, filmed in the scorching Mojave Desert in California in 1928. As far as we know there are no cars to be seen in this production, but we did come across this lovely image, shot on the set.

Packard

After the British Rolls-Royce and French Bugatti camera cars seen here recently, this is our third film vehicle in a row. This one's from the US and is said to be a Packard, with its V12 chassis dating back to somewhere between 1920 and 1923, and made for film company Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Quite a car, and quite a daredevil of a cameraman to stand on that platform and at speed, too! There’s another vehicle in the background, with a long flatbed, and it seems to be carrying a massive wind machine. That surely would make sense.

We tried to find out what they were actually filming and think we've managed to do so. The second picture shows some of the actors shot in motion while riding horses. When you look closely you can see the tyre thread, which must have been from that impressive Packard surely? Speaking of which — the thread on the Packard’s tyres seems to vary quite a bit!

Words Jeroen Booij. Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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