Video Parts (2)
This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
Ford Lake Shipping Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ship’s log (speedometer) clamped to side of ship, close-up of dial graduated in r.p.m.’s - ship’s officer checks dial, opens telephone box on deck, speaks into phone, closes box - workers checking ship’s generators - view of choppy water from deck - women on deck looking over side - ship at dock, sailors in Bosun’s chair are swung over side onto dock one at a time - view of ship ‘Benson Ford’ at dock - officer on bridge - ‘Benson Ford’ in canal lock, gates closing, ship rising in lock - plant gate, building in background, dock in foreground - view looking down canal, river in background - ship’s bridge from deck - plant from ship - looking down canal at closing locks, worker on the end of one gate - drawbridge, open span, ship in foreground, span closing - officer reading instrument on bridge, using binoculars, reading other instruments, using sextant. [1927]
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