[FORD CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WAR EFFORT] Part 1

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Jeep is driven over rough terrain, up and down steep hills, driver and two passengers, Edsel Ford and Army officer - Ford built M-10 tank destroyer driven through field and on road, over rough terrain. Demonstration of Jeep, no passengers, then with officer and Edsel Ford as passengers - large number of Jeeps and trucks driven over rough field and uphill - tank over field, on road, over rough terrain. Map of Pacific Ocean, newspaper headline, ‘Japs Attack Pearl Harbor’ - news commentator at ‘Blue’ microphone - woman sitting at kitchen table, rises, listens to radio - man in car listening to radio - man and woman in living room listening to radio newscast concerning beginning of war - Ford freighter at dock, cranes, Ford plant area in background - fleet of jeeps driven away, jeep demonstration - M-4 tank - amphibious jeeps driven down ramp, into river - rows of covered Army trucks parked - M-8 armored car pushing down trees - plane taking off towing CG4A glider, aerial view in flight - supercharger on B-24 engine - anti-aircraft directors - plant interior, airplane engine assembly, workers. [1944]

Collection

Ford Motor Company Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects