Henry Ford Camping Party / Henry Ford with Tractor / Henry Ford at Railroad Station and Ford Plants / Ore Ship "Henry Ford II" / Assembling and Testing Ford Automobiles / Ten Millionth Ford / Aerial Views of Ford Plants and Airport Part 1

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Henry Ford with guests at camping party - guests include Thomas Alva Edison, Harvey Firestone, and President Warren G. Harding - views of camp site, tents, bedding hanging on line, outdoor cooking and eating, camp truck, camp equipment - members of the party lounging, chopping wood, cooking, eating. [1921] b. Shocks of wheat in field, town in background - Henry Ford standing by Ford tractor. [1917] c. Scenes with Henry Ford and others at railway station, in front of building under construction, on scaffolding of building under construction, with Mrs. Ford - industrial scene of worker with portable blacksmith’s fire - plant interiors - railway track workers - plant yard with scaffolding and pipes running overhead. [1919] d. Freighter ‘Henry Ford II’ under way. [1928] e. Plant interior - finished Fords - testing motors - Model T Ford automobiles are driven over rough fields and on rough country road - new Model A comes off assembly line - plant interior - rows of Ford chassis - chassis are rolled to another part of plant - motor and radiator and body are assembled. [1927] f. Sign, ‘Ten Millionth Ford, New York to San Francisco, via Lincoln Highway’ - group examines automobile - police escorted motorcade headed by truck with band as it drives through town - street - pedestrians and parked automobiles - Ten Millionth Ford. [1924] g. Aerial view of Ford industrial complex - airport - residential area - open park with ‘Ford’ on ground. [1926]

Collection

Ford Motor Company Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects