In the Service of America / New Ford Cars Part 1

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Henry and Edsel Ford sitting on wall, building under construction in background - sign on building, ‘United States National Defense Willow Run Airplane plant, Dedicated June 16, 1941. Designed and Erected for Bomber Production by Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford Founder-Edsel Ford president’ - [B-24] Liberator bomber flying over field as seen from another airplane above - group of workers posing outside plant with bomber - group including Henry Ford II and Army officer with bomber - Ford II driving tractor hauling B-24 out of plant - Ford II signing name on side of bomber, several others signing, women workers signing - crowd around bomber - aerial views of plant - views of plant buildings, exterior and interior, buildings under construction, workers flying plane, picking up tow line of [CG4A] glider, pulling glider into air - plant interior, tank motor decorated with flags, sign, ‘25,000th tank engine, 500 h.p.’ - tank on rough terrain. [1946] b. Plant entrance - cars full of people moving through - automobile road test track: dirt, water, bumpy road, and railroad tracks - car leaving plant. “The End” [1947]

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