Many of these films (certainly not all) were commissioned by GM for their Chevrolet division and filmed by the Jam Handy company.
There is a certain feel in these films that modern attempts at film making can’t match. They ooze with Civic Pride, Company Pride, confidence, quiet patriotism, and all the while they manage to be informative and seem to state that the future will be the best future possible.

Just shove everyone into Agenda 21 style shoe-box houses and cities and restrict their ability to travel and you won’t need all that useless infrastructure and the expense of repairing it!

Yes, of course that’s barely any form of a joke.
But some people try to argue that the US is overpopulated, and they also try to say that those in favour of more infrastructure expenditure just want to see the landmass paved in concrete from sea to shining sea. They argue that less is more. And in some regards they are right. But only 6% of America’s landmass is developed, only 3% is urban, and 77% of Americans are already living in those urban areas!

But I get the awful feeling that those who will win in the end are those arguing for ‘more less’ than ‘more more’ or even just plain better.