Drive-Through Bank in Los Angeles 1937 Chevrolet Leader News Newsreel Vol. 3 No. 3

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'Superimposed newspaper headline indicating "Motorists Bank on Wheels; Safe Deposits Made Easy."

CU foot pressing concealed pedal. CU iron gate being lowered (building in BG). VS automobiles driving into entrance of drive-in (sign indicating "Entrance: Drive In"). VS cars pulling up to teller window. Ext. Security First National Bank building; car pulls into drive-in entrance. CU driver removing key from ignition, unlocking glove compartment and removing small, white sack; CU man placing bank book and sack into dumbwaiter. Male bank teller removing bank book from dumbwaiter. ECU dumbwaiter turning. Man in car retrieves bank book from teller and writes in book. Car drives off and peddler pushing vegetable or fruit pushcart rolls up to teller (bypassing car on line). Chubby, Italian vendor (with stereotype thick moustache, scarf and worn hat) runs around cart and places small sack into dumbwaiter; makes hand gestures to driver of car he bypassed; retrieves bank book, glances at it and places in pocket. Cars exiting drive-in bank (sign indicating "Exit Only."'

Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-through

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A drive-through or drive-thru (a sensational spelling of the word through), is a type of service provided by a business that allows customers to purchase products without leaving their cars. The format was pioneered in the United States in the 1930s by Jordan Martin, but has since spread to other countries. The first recorded use of a bank using a drive-up window teller was the Grand National Bank of St. Louis, Missouri in 1930. The drive-up teller allowed only deposits at that time.

Orders are generally placed using a microphone and picked up in person at the window. A drive-through is different from a drive-in in several ways - the cars create a line and move in one direction in drive-throughs, and normally do not park, whereas drive-ins allow cars to park next to each other, the food is generally brought to the window by a server, called a carhop, and the customer can remain in the parked car to eat. However, during peak periods, to keep the queue down and avoid traffic flow problems, drive-throughs occasionally switch to an "order at the window, then park in a designated space" model where the customer will receive their food from an attendant when it is ready to be served. This results in a perceived relationship between the two service models.

Drive-throughs have generally replaced drive-ins in popular culture, and are now found in the vast majority of modern American fast-food chains. Sometimes, a store with a drive-through is referred to as a "drive-through", or the term is attached to the service, such as, "drive-through restaurant". or "drive-through bank".

Drive-throughs typically have signs over the drive-through lanes to show customers which lanes are open for business. The types of signage used is usually illuminated so the "open" message can be changed to a "closed" message when the lane is not available...

In 1928, City Center Bank, which became UMB Financial Corporation, president R. Crosby Kemper opened what is considered the first drive-up window. Shortly after the Grand National Bank in St Louis opened up a drive-through, including a slot to the side for night time deposits. Westminster Bank opened the UK's first drive-through bank in Liverpool in 1959, soon followed by Ulster Bank opening Ireland's first in 1961 at Finaghy.

In recent years, there has been a decline in drive-through banking due to increased traffic congestion and the increased availability of automated teller machines and telephone and internet banking.[citation needed] However, many bank buildings now feature drive-through ATMs...