Video Parts (3)
This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
Henry Ford Camping Party / Ford Patriotic Rally / Testing Military Tanks / Henry Ford Camping Party / Ford Construction Activities / Henry Ford Greets Naval Inspection Board / Fordson-Drawn Hay Wagon Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Guests seated around outdoor tables, eating - Henry Ford in the cab of a railroad locomotive, Ford leaves cab, converses with John Burroughs, and Harvey Firestone, Sr. - men with parked, touring automobiles - tents and outdoor fire - row of tents. [1919] b. Parade with men carrying American flags, British flag, signs, ‘Ford Patriotic Rally,’ ‘This War is Our Business,’ ‘Put the Iron Cross on the Man Who Makes the ‘Double Cross,’’ ‘Hang the Spy,’ and ‘Hell Is Too Good For the Hun’ - band of men with signs including, ‘There’s No Bridge Over the Atlantic But There are Thousands of Ford’s Boys.’ [1917] c. Tank, M1918, drives into deep ditch, fails to climb out - workers dig around tank. [1918] d. Guests seated around outdoor tables, eating - Henry Ford in the cab of a railroad locomotive, Ford leaves cab, converses with John Burroughs, and Harvey Firestone, Sr. - men with parked, touring automobiles - tents and outdoor fire - row of tents. [1919] e. Construction workers dump loaded wheelbarrows, men building a frame house (accelerated action) truck on construction site - worker carrying timber and power shovel digging a wide ditch - Ford Eagle boat in dock - Fordson tractors pulling equipment - Henry Ford and guest walk along behind tractor - muddy road. [1918] f. Henry Ford greets guests getting out of automobile. [1918] g. Fordson-drawn hay wagon crosses a field. [1918]
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