Ten Millionth Ford / Twenty Millionth Ford Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “Our first glimpse of the Ten Millionth motor is as it comes off the motor assembly line onto the motor test.” “Numbering the Ten Millionth motor.” “See the proud swagger of this Ten Millionth Ford motor as it is conveyed to the final assembly line.” Overhead conveyor carrying motors. “How the Ten Millionth motor looked as it swung into existence on the assembly line.” Workers putting motor together. “Placing the motor on the frame.” “Looking more like a Ford every minute.” Radiator, wheels attached to chassis. [1924] b. Man at microphone speaking - Henry Ford’s first shop - close-up of Quadricycle front end with engine exposed - Ford driving Quadricycle - Ford plant - early model Ford cars and tractors - test driving early model on oval track - Ford plant - early models driven out of plant - Ten Millionth Ford comes off assembly line - crowd in street outside of plant - Ten Millionth driven away - Ten Millionth and Quadricycle - Henry and Edsel Ford examine both cars - parade with Ten Millionth at head - Fifteen Millionth Ford - aerial and ground views of Ford plants - plant interior, assembly lines - putting the finishing touches on the Twenty Millionth Ford - Twenty Millionth leaving grounds - crowd admiring Twenty Millionth. “Twenty million Ford buyers can’t be wrong!!” “The End.” Twenty Millionth on final assembly line, 4/14/31. Officials gather, get in, car driven off assembly - Henry Ford poses beside Twenty Millionth - close-up of Twenty Millionth motor number - Henry Ford driving Twenty Millionth - Ford and others with Quadricycle, Twenty Millionth in background - Fordson tractor, Fifteen Millionth Ford and Twenty Millionth at Greenfield Village. [1931]
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