Video Parts (3)
This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
Shark Fishing / Boats on Lakes and City Streets / Making Silverware Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Fishermen hauling in nets - haul shark aboard using block and tackle - worker making leather billfold - workers stretching sharkskin - shaving sharkskin, pressed - workers making leather goods - fitted sharkskin case, purse - fishing boat on water, sharks, sting rays hauled aboard - fish breaking water. [1920] b. Woman in front of house under construction - man on porch washing clothes by hand - two men and dog in rowboat on lake - dam, water flowing through spillway - front of house, two men enter, one leaves - shots of pedestrian traffic on city street taken through car window. [1920] c. Worker operating metal die. “A bread tray and meat dish are soon put in shape.” Worker operates dies for shaping metal. “Stamping sauce plate.” “Sawing off flange of basket, and shaping cream pitchers.” “Casting side of basket.” “Spinning a coffee pot.” Shaped from flat metal disc turning on lathe. [1919]
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