Documentary Films

In order to fulfill the Historic Vehicle Associations’s mission of sharing America’s automotive heritage, the HVA produces documentary films on cars that have shaped American history, life, culture and technology. These films primarily focus on cars added to the National Historic Vehicle Register but also include a series we began in 2012 called “This Car Matters.” This Car Matters was a documentary project designed to collect, preserve, and share stories that celebrate the automobile’s historic impact on modern culture and the lives of everyday people. The movement aimed to show the automobile’s significance to the American experience through member-submitted stories and photographs, as well as curated films and personal documentaries. View our This Car Matters short films here. Below, you can view our documentary films featuring the stories behind the vehicles of the National Historic Vehicle Register.