FLOWING ROAD, THE Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The footpath of adventure and discovery. The river --” Views of river flowing through valley, trees, houses, hills in background. “Mountains may tower aloft, but gradually little streams make rivers and bear off waste until they are worn away.” Mountain views, mist, snow, trees. “Then leaving the mountain top, drop by drop, and gathering at the foot of my cradle.” Stream in valley, man walking along bank of stream, mountains in background. “So began my career downhill and winding through the pine woods.” River and pine trees. “Resting in the sheltered hollow of the hills and they called me a mountain lake.” Lake, mountains in background. “Restless, I overflowed my banks and ran downward and onward, over rocks, leaping, gurgling, splashing.” Panoramic view of water flowing over waterfall, through rocks, down mountainside. “Gaining momentum, they soon called me a river.” River flowing through gorge, boat running rapids. “My course guided the steel trail through the west.” Train moving on tracks in Royal Gorge, beside other rivers. “Finally I came out of the forests and slowed by journey through the waste lands.” Horses and covered wagon fording stream in woods - river flowing through wooded area - small waterfall. “Man caught me and dammed me up and down, making a reservoir of me.” Views of Roosevelt Dam from above, reservoir. “Finally gaining my freedom, I took to the woods.” River flowing through wooded area. “Broad valleys, I have seen, are most attractive for human settlement.” River flowing past house, car traveling on road beside river, man in rowboat on river - cows wading stream. “Fish were sheltered in my bosom.” Men fly fishing in stream, house with flagpole in background - close-up of fisherman. “I forced man to use his creative power.” Small waterfall under bridge - view of bridge in city, building in background. “And I gave man a ‘playground’ for summer when I traveled and in winter when I rested.” People swimming in river - speedboats racing on river - people ice skating - iceboat. “I gave part of me as a relief against the sweltering heat of a summer, months away.” Men cutting ice on river. “In places I served as power for manufacture and commerce.” River flowing through large city, waterfront, sign on building, ‘Gold Medal Flour.’ “On and on, under bridges, past cities, docks, and ports, until I finally reached a harbor and looked into the sea.” View of river flowing under large bridge, tugboat moving on river - large ship under way. “Ceasing to be a river, I helped to make the waves that climbed over ships, and breakers that roared against the rocky coast.” Waves breaking on rocky shore. “With plenty of time for reflection.” Boat on quiet river - moon shining over river. [1920]
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