[FORD ANIMATED WEEKLY,1916-1918] Part 2
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: 1. Automobile. Workers assemble motor - plant interior - wheel rims painted and stored - automobile leaves snow covered driveway into street - man and woman enter automobile, drive away - series of visitors are driven to covered porch at side of home, leave automobiles and enter home. 2. “Washington, D.C. Secretary of Navy Daniels, and Henry Ford, of Detroit, leaving the White House after conference with the President.” Ford and Daniels pose for the camera. 3. Liberty Bond Parade, Detroit. Women marchers with signs, ‘Win the War,’ on their dresses - decorated float. 4. U.S. Army Training. Military officer poses, salutes - recruits drill, board truck, leave truck, fall in, present arms. 5. World War I Armistice Parade, Detroit. U.S. Army units, Navy units, float, civilian carrying American, French flags, victory signs - military band member poses with women, military officer and civilian - crowds mill around marching service men, Red Cross workers flanked by soldiers - troops lean out windows of passing railroad passenger car. 6. “Detroit, Michigan. Michigan Troops return from Mexican Border. Cold breezes, and blinding snow storm greet boys of the 31st as they arrive at Fort Wayne from the sunny Southland.” Troop train pulls into station, troops alight - soldier holds puppy, another soldier holds small American flag - troops march along street. 7. World War I Liberty Bond Parade, Detroit. Civilian and police marching units, band, floats, decorated automobiles. [1918]
Read more