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Das Vorwartsstrebende Detroit (The Forward Movement of Detroit) Part 1

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Prince Ferdinand coming out of Ford plant, climbing into Ford car, driving away - Prince Ferdinand standing with another man next to Bird CK biplane, NC791Y, climbing into cockpit, taking off - aerial views of downtown Detroit, waterfront, buildings-General Motors, Fisher Building, Henry Ford Hospital, Lincoln plant, Packard car plant, Hudson auto plant. Railyard, trains, tracks, railroad station - automobiles in front of railroad station, close-up of entrance, pedestrian traffic - Detroit business district, pedestrian, automobile, double deck bus traffic - views of Second Boulevard, automobile traffic, water truck cleaning street, large building in background - large bridge over Detroit River between U.S. and Canada - Detroit Art Museum - Detroit Library - ore freighters in the Detroit River - loaded ferry boat moving from dock - aerial view of Belle Isle Park. [1929]

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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

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Date
1929-01-01
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