Carrying Old Glory to the Seven Seas / Ypsilanti 100th Anniversary / Making a Man-O-Warsman / Carrying Old Glory to the Seven Seas / School Days Part 3
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Students practicing Morse code. Worker rivets bolts. “Putting a battleship in commission, the captain reads his orders.” Battleship with tugs taking it to sea. “Every good ship has a mascot.” Sailors hand feed a goat. [1923] b. Stagecoach with sign on top, ‘On Our Way to Ypsilanti-100th Anniversary-1822 to 1923’ - stagecoach in front of pavilion in park - horses tied to fence with ‘Welcome’ sign on it - building with sign, ‘Welcome-Ypsilanti Stage’ - costumed ladies leave building - horses are fed and harnessed to coach - coach is driven away. [1923] c. “Teaching the recruit how to swim to rescue a drowning man.” Swimming instruction - men play in pool - water rescue practice. [1917] d. “A very short while ago we’d say this chap was driving nails in the Kaiser’s coffin -- but that job’s done, so today he’s helping restore Uncle Sam to his place as a maritime nation.” Riveter at work. “And now the ship’s ready for launching, an event in the life of any ship -- and the community.” Spectators and launching ceremony. “And here is Charles M. Schwab of the Shipping Board, come to watch the double launching for two of the ships take the water at once.” “She’ll soon be speeding -- where? To Australia maybe or the Orient for the path of an ocean tramp carries her to many strange lands.” Ship. “Are you familiar with a ship’s compass, the delicate little instrument that enables the jolly captain to bring you safely into port? Let’s examine one.” “The discovery of the mariner’s compass has been claimed by the Chinese, Arabs, Greeks, Etruscans, Finns, and Italians -- no evidence of Bolshevism, we’re clear on that point.” “And this is the compass card by which the helmsman steers his ship. Upon this card are marked the ‘points’ of the compass -- N-N by E-NNE-NE by N-NE, etc.” “Launching an American dreadnaught.” “Putting a battleship in commission. The captain reads his orders.” Crew at attention on deck - captain reads orders. Demonstration of riveting equipment and techniques - (unrelated footage: cook prepares a pie, little boy eats it). “It remained for future years to determine that, until today we find an incentive in American ship building that bids fair to return ‘Old Glory’ to the Seven Seas.” Shipyard. “And so when the demand came for ships and more ships to help the great war, there was laid the foundation of America’s return to a great merchant marine.” “Throughout the smaller shipyards wooden vessels are being turned out in ever increasing quantities for the sailing ship is finding her own again now that the Hun has been swept from the sea.” Shipyard workers. [1923] e. “…Provides its own Library of fiction and reference books.” Children study in library. “…swimmin’ hole.” Boys swim in pool. Boys set type and run hand press. “…the boy.” Boys in uniform drill. “…become his own architect and build his own house.” Drafting class - boys in wood working shop - orchestra practice. “…healthy in body, strong in voice. How Col. Roosevelt would have loved this sight.” Children singing. “Learning how Caesar built the bridge that enabled his army to conquer the Germans.” Classroom demonstration with model bridge. “…to a man’s heart --” Dining room - people eating and being served from cafeteria line. “…is a continental feast.” Boys eating hungrily. “…with efficiency?” Eating spaghetti. “…Art’s sake.” Art classroom - girl painting fashion designs. “Grandmother made her own clothes -- why shouldn’t the 20th century girl?” Sewing class: girls cut material from patterns, use sewing machines, fit dress on a dressmaker’s dummy. “…a high school education.” Girls making hats - girl tries on finished hat - orchestra practice. “How old Ben Franklin would have envied the boys in this class.” Print shop. “…Clay.” Girl fashions a bowl. Girls run linen through mangle. “Learning how to bake them like HIS mother used to.” Girls in cooking class. “The proof of the pudding is in the eating.” Family at dinner table. “When the future wife leaves for the afternoon she will say to hubby, ‘John, now you have dinner all ready by the time I get home.’” Boys in cooking class, make pie crust, put it in pan, fill it with apples. [1923]
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