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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
Fifteen Millionth Ford / Camping / Twenty Millionth Ford / Model A Fords / River Rouge Plant and Freighter Benson Ford / Lumbering / River Rouge Plant / Ford South America / Ford Gardens / Henry Ford and Edsel Ford Inspecting V-8s Part 1
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Henry and Edsel Ford with Fifteen Millionth Ford coming off assembly line, 5/26/27. Fifteen Millionth outside building. [1927] b. Family leaving house, getting into car, others on steps waving goodbye - motorcade on country road - campsite, people around outdoor tables, cars, tents - man in hammock reading. [1919] c. Twenty Millionth Ford on final assembly line - Henry and Edsel Ford posing with Twenty Millionth - several views of Twenty Millionth, Henry and Edsel Ford - close-up of number 20,000,000 on motor - Henry Ford driving Twenty Millionth off assembly line, through gate. [1931] d. Test-driving Model A cars over rough field - three people leaving house, getting into Model A, driving down snowy street, traffic - parallel parking Model A - two men leaving house, getting into Model A. [1927] e. Aerial views of River Rouge plant - freighter ‘Benson Ford’ at dock, River Rouge plant in background. [1929] f. Workers cutting tree with two-man saw - tree falling - tractor-drawn sleds loaded with logs - logs being lifted out of boom by conveyor, entering sawmill - sawmill interior, log being cut by band saw. [1923] g. Huge crane unloading ore from freighter at dock, River Rouge plant in background - close-up of crane, operator in cage, scoop picking up ore in hold of ship - two cranes unloading ship - bloom mill, hot ingot carried by huge tongs dropped into rollers - rolling machinery in operation, ingot gradually becoming a rod - metal working machinery in operation - workers making gasoline tanks - rolling machinery shaping fenders. [1929] h. Several views of map of South America showing locations of Ford Motor Company agencies - views of agencies. [1931] i. Ford workers and families working in garden plots provided by Ford Motor Company. [1932] j. Views of Henry and Edsel Ford and others inspecting Ford V-8’s just off final assembly line. [1934]
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