VWs in Movies / Films / TV / etc.

[EverettB]

Nice screen captures.

I think there was a Blue Bus with a white roof near the end too?

I watched it but forgot to pay attention to the time index when only part of it was visible for a split second.
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Some Super Beetle sedans:

1976 movie "Cannonball" starring David Carradine-

Movie "Freebie and the Bean" (1974), filmed in San Francisco, California:

The blue one at left is a Super; the others ? though the one in the distance is also likely due to the front-high stance.

Orange '73 Super Beetle with custom rims, TV show "The Streets of San Francisco", season 2 episode 4 "Before I Die", 1973.

In the 1975 movie "Sheba baby", main character private detective Sheba Shayne (pretty Pam Grier) runs past a parked Bright Orange '72 Super Beetle. Filmed in Louisville, Kentucky.

German TV crime show "Der Kommissar", '71/'72 Super Beetle (1302), "Fluchtwege" (escape routes) S4E9, 1972.

[jtauxe]

I did a search of this thread, but found no reference to this T2a double cab appearing in the background in the movie Billy Jack. Movie time stamp 1 hr 25 min.

I also sneaked my DC into a recent indie film: Tiger Eyes (http://tigereyesfilm.com/). All you get to see is the very nose of it, so you can't tell that it is a DC. I know though, and I thought it would be kind of fun to park it in the background of a shot. Look for the nose of a late '70s Neptune Blue Type 2 with a wide red Irish license plate on it, in the scene where Davey and Jane are walking across the pedestrian bridge on Davey's first day of high school.

It was especially fun because that High School is where my kids go and my wife teaches, and I have some close personal connections to the movie and its subjects.

Here is the screen shot (Bluebird's nose in the extreme upper right):

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The Getaway (streaming on Nebula for now) uses a late bay throughout the show as their getaway car:


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Rear of a parked green Ghia Coupe among a row of Beetles at the "Culver City Dismantlers" for Volkswagen, TV show "CHiPs" S2E3. Bonus red Porsche 356 B Coupe in background.

White '70/'71 Ghia Cabrio parked in background, TV show "CHiPs" S3E5. Gold '74 Super Beetle Karmann Cabrio (Sun Bug special edition?) parked in front of it.

Rear of a '60's Ghia Coupe at end of a parking lot row, TV show "Delvecchio" ep. 6 "The silent prey" (1976).

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Triple composite shot of two-toned Ghia Coupe driving in background in 1 direction, then in the other. 1970's TV show "Police story", episode not recorded.

Grey Ghia Coupe with ivory roof on freeway, YouTube video "Los Angeles 1950s 1960's freeways in color".

Yellow '60's Ghia Cabrio driving past a city tram, YouTube video "Travels in Europe 1967 and 1971".

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White '70 Ghia Coupe (do I see the door lock stem on the passenger side?), YouTube David Freiburger channel "Route 66 road trip and junk hunt", located in Amboy, California (Jan. 2025). It's on the south side of the road, east of the Post Office, at the "clothing post".

Rear of a black Ghia Coupe, TV show "The man from U.N.C.L.E" season 2 episode 25 "The king of diamonds affair" (1966). The two small cars are rear-engined British-built Sunbeam Imps (sister car to the Hillman Imp under the Rootes Group). The Ghia's black wheel centers can be a mid-year '64 model year or a '65. Missing rear bumper wrap-around upper towel bar could make it an early lowlight Coupe, since this scene was likely filmed at the US TV studio lot.

Front of a '60+ Ghia, German 1960's crime drama TV show "Das Kriminalmuseum" episode "Der Brief" (the letter). I don't know if that dark piece of the roof is the corner of the cabrio top, or part of the vehicle behind it. The small car to the right is a German Goggomobil.

[Cusser]

Walkabout, 1971 film (Australia)

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Two-toned Ghia Coupe, German 1960's crime drama TV show "Das Kriminalmuseum" episode "Akte Dr. W". Scrolling forwards a few seconds to reveal the passenger headlamp, it's a '60+. Car behind it is a Citroen DS19 Break (station wagon).

Composite photo of a parked gray '70/'71 Ghia Coupe, TV show "CHiPs" S3E5.

White late '60's Ghia Coupe in toy store parking lot, TV show "Police woman" S3 episode 11 "Father to the man" (1976).

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Silver 411 Sedan in a far lane, TV show "The streets of San Francisco" episode "The 24 carat plague" (1973).

Green Type 4 Wagon passing by at far right background, TV show "The streets of San Francisco" episode "End game" (1975).

Triple composite photo of an ivory 411 Wagon. South African movie "More, more" (1973).

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Green Splitty camper in Venice, California beach parking lot, TV show "CHiPs" S5E12 "Mitchell & Woods" (1981).

Grey Spllttie dual cab pickup, TV show "American Restoration" at Bodie Stroud's shop in California, episode "Pony up" (2016).

Ivory Barndoor in German junkyard, German 1960's crime drama TV show "Der Strassenfeger" episode 6 (translated "the street sweeper").

[Cusser]

In the film "Hitchcock", Janet Leigh (played by Scarlett Johansson) drove a VW Beetle.

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bbc 'the gold' series 2

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Orange Ghia Coupe with 2-toned black roof, or Cabrio parked at left, TV show "CHiPs" S4E8. Main characters Ofcrs Baker and Poncherello on their patrol motorcycles.

Grey '60's Ghia Coupe, TV show "Delvecchio" ep. 5 "Wax job" (1976).

Faded red Ghia Cabrio parked in background, TV show "The streets of San Francisco" episode "No badge for Benjy" (1973).

Green late '60's Ghia Coupe driving by in background, TV show "The streets of San Francisco" episode "The 24-carat plague" (1973).

[finster]

couple more vws in series 2 'the gold'

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oval spotted in 'the boston strangler' 2023 movie

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Quad composite of dark green late Ghia Coupe on California freeway, TV show "CHiPs" episode "Kidnap" season 3 episode 18 (1980).

Dark green late Ghia Coupe at right, TV show "Police story" S1E17 "The hunters".

Two-toned Ghia Coupe driving by in background, German TV crime drama show "Der Kommissar" episode 9 "Geld von Toten kassieren" (translated Collect money from the dead).

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Composite shot of a turquoise Karmann Ghia Coupe in background, TV show "Highway to Heaven" season 4 episode 12 "With love, the Claus" (1987).

White ~ '70 Ghia Cabrio, YouTube "Bullitt 1968 Filming locations then and now 2012" (2023). Famous movie starring Steve McQueen which was filmed in San Francisco, California.

Orange Ghia Coupe parked at left, TV show "Tenspeed and Brown Shoe" ep. 13, "Sierra Madre" (1980).

From the same episode, a green late Ghia in background behind co-star Jeff Goldblum.

[EverettB]