Bertha Benz: The Journey That Proved the Motor Car
In short: In 1888 Bertha Benz took her husband's Patent-Motorwagen on the world's first long-distance drive, a road test that showed both the car's strengths and its flaws.
A 1:40 short film in the series “Forgotten Stories”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Bertha Benz | Biography, History, & Facts | Britannica”; German National Tourist Board (Germany Travel), “Bertha Benz Memorial Route: memorial to the world's first female driver - Germany Travel”; BBC (BBC Reel; video by Next Stop Stories), “The world's first long-distance car journey”; homo-schwabicus.de (German regional travel/history site; secondary source), “Bertha-Benz-Route — Karte der ersten Auto-Fernfahrt”; de-academic.com (mirror of the German Wikipedia article 'Bertha Benz Memorial Route'), “Bertha Benz Memorial Route”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Karl Friedrich Benz | Biography, Facts, Automobile, & Mercedes | Britannica”; Serious Wheels (reproducing a Daimler AG / Mercedes-Benz press release, 2013), “Serious Wheels :: 1888 Benz Patent-Motorwagen Journey”; Deutsches Museum (Verkehrszentrum, Munich), “Exhibitions - Deutsches Museum”; Nussbaum Medien (nussbaum.de), a regional publishing and local news portal in Baden-Württemberg, “Bertha Benz Memorial Route - Geschichte als Erlebnis | Freizeit & Unterhaltung”; Stadt Wiesloch (municipal website of the town of Wiesloch), “Apothekenmuseum | Stadt Wiesloch”.
Sources used in this film
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Bertha Benz | Biography, History, & Facts | Britannica · View →
- German National Tourist Board (Germany Travel) — Bertha Benz Memorial Route: memorial to the world's first female driver - Germany Travel · View →
- BBC (BBC Reel; video by Next Stop Stories) — The world's first long-distance car journey · View →
- homo-schwabicus.de (German regional travel/history site; secondary source) — Bertha-Benz-Route — Karte der ersten Auto-Fernfahrt · View →
- de-academic.com (mirror of the German Wikipedia article 'Bertha Benz Memorial Route') — Bertha Benz Memorial Route · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Karl Friedrich Benz | Biography, Facts, Automobile, & Mercedes | Britannica · View →
- Serious Wheels (reproducing a Daimler AG / Mercedes-Benz press release, 2013) — Serious Wheels :: 1888 Benz Patent-Motorwagen Journey · View →
- Deutsches Museum (Verkehrszentrum, Munich) — Exhibitions - Deutsches Museum · View →
- Nussbaum Medien (nussbaum.de), a regional publishing and local news portal in Baden-Württemberg — Bertha Benz Memorial Route - Geschichte als Erlebnis | Freizeit & Unterhaltung · View →
- Stadt Wiesloch (municipal website of the town of Wiesloch) — Apothekenmuseum | Stadt Wiesloch · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Bertha Benz | Biography, History, & Facts | Britannica
- Also: German National Tourist Board (Germany Travel): Bertha Benz Memorial Route: memorial to the world's first female driver - Germany Travel
- Also: BBC (BBC Reel; video by Next Stop Stories): The world's first long-distance car journey
- Also: homo-schwabicus.de (German regional travel/history site; secondary source): Bertha-Benz-Route — Karte der ersten Auto-Fernfahrt
- Also: de-academic.com (mirror of the German Wikipedia article 'Bertha Benz Memorial Route'): Bertha Benz Memorial Route
- Also: Karl Friedrich Benz | Biography, Facts, Automobile, & Mercedes | Britannica
- Also: Serious Wheels (reproducing a Daimler AG / Mercedes-Benz press release, 2013): Serious Wheels :: 1888 Benz Patent-Motorwagen Journey
- Also: Deutsches Museum (Verkehrszentrum, Munich): Exhibitions - Deutsches Museum
- Also: Nussbaum Medien (nussbaum.de), a regional publishing and local news portal in Baden-Württemberg: Bertha Benz Memorial Route - Geschichte als Erlebnis | Freizeit & Unterhaltung
- Also: Stadt Wiesloch (municipal website of the town of Wiesloch): Apothekenmuseum | Stadt Wiesloch
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