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This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.

[DETROIT PARADE] Part 1

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Men in kilts boarding bus, little girl - kilted men coming out of building, sign in stained glass window above door, ‘St. Andrews…Society’ - bus in front of St. Andrews Society Hall, automobile, pedestrian traffic - girls coming out of building, one in kilt - interior of bus, passengers in kilts - kilted band in street, spectators, members carrying ‘Ford’ pennants on bagpipes - policemen standing by horses, car passing - kilted bagpipe band unit in parade, spectators sitting on high walls - drummer unit passing through residential area - women’s band in white uniforms - military band - kilted band, little boy in kilt holding drum major’s hand - close-up of little boy - three cars with U.S. flags mounted on front bumpers and sign, ‘Watch the Fords Go By’ on the door - car with sign, ‘Ford Mountaineers watch the Fords go by’ - little boy in costume riding front fender of panel truck, truck with ‘Pfeiffers Beer, an Old Time Favorite’ painted on side, men in back - AAA tow truck with man hanging in crane over back end of truck - spectators sitting in grandstand - crowd gathered around raised platform with roof - kilted band marching, open car with sign, ‘V-8’ on door and two men sitting up on back - close-up of man beside car - car and motorcycle racing around racetrack - car and horse racing around track - car racing around track, spectators - motorcycle and car - boy on horse - speakers platform - horse, motorcycle, parked cars, filling station, large Mobilgas storage tank - American Legion float - girls on ‘Schalm’s Beauty Shop’ float - dog pulling boy in two-wheeled cart - kilted band marching - two girls sitting on back of open car. [1934]

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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
1934-01-01
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2:50