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This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
Twenty Millionth Ford: Long Beach and Richmond Branches Part 1
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Twenty Millionth Ford Car, Long Beach Branch. Side of canyon, blast for Boulder Dam tunnel goes off, dust rolling down cliff side - group around Twenty Millionth in canyon. Twenty Millionth Ford at Boulder Dam, Boulder City, Nevada. Officials of the Six Companies Inc., dam builders, are present at tunnel blasting. Twenty Millionth taking part in the Labor Day parade at Las Vegas, Nevada. Parade, band, marching units, some carrying signs through small town business district - group in Spanish costume stopping Twenty Millionth Ford beside sign, ‘California State Line’ - group including highway patrolmen posing with Twenty Millionth and sign . Twenty Millionth Ford Car, Richmond Branch. Motorcade moves through business district - group with Twenty Millionth in park, man signing log [San Jose, California, the Twenty Millionth parading through town to the Civic Park where the City Manager and other dignitaries sign the log book. Twenty Millionth Ford on football field, players, scrimmage, pose with Twenty Millionth - car driven around field. Stanford College football team at Palo Alto, California, inspecting the Twenty Millionth. Looking down on town from high point. Great Highway of San Francisco at Beach Resort. Police escorted motorcade climbing hill, beach in background - motorcade passing building on promontory. [1931]
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