Video Parts (2)
This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
Lake Ships Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Freighters under way - ‘Grand Island, the Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Co.,’ ‘George G. Crawford,’ ‘William F. Stifel’ - river shoreline from freighter - ships’ wake from stern - freighter in canal from deck - river shoreline from ship - passenger ship passing freighter as seen from freighter - another freighter and passenger ship passing each other - freighter ‘Queen’ with automobiles on deck - pilothouse, helmsman at wheel and watch at window using seaman’s glass - close-up of instruments - boiler room, furnaces, machinery - machinist using drill press - crew posing on bridge, life ring on rail ‘Benson Ford, Detroit’ - radio room, worker - shoreline from bridge - freighter ‘William F. Wolf’ passing - island, houses and docks along shore - industrial plants from passing ship - ship ‘Benson Ford’ at dock, horizontal crane arm - view of pilot house and bridge of ‘Benson Ford’ - crane moving over deck - huge cranes unloading ship. [1927]
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