[FORD MOTOR COMPANY WORLD WAR II ACTIVITIES] Part 1

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Flag waving in breeze - sailor blowing bugle. “Navy Service School.” Sailors marching, smokestacks of River Rouge in background - sailors with instructor in several different departments of River Rouge plant, instructor explaining machinery - Henry Ford addressing officers and sailors at dedication ceremonies - ships engaged in battle - battleship, several smaller ships at anchor in a row - submarine under way, submerging, surfacing, sailors on deck - ‘mosquito’ boats maneuvering off the coast of Florida - Edsel Ford digging in plant yard - panoramic views of plant - dive bomber on field, taking off, in flight - Ford with others inspecting B-24 Liberator bomber for which Ford Motor Company will make parts - huge Willow Run plant under construction - airplane assembly lines at Vultee airplane plant, Downey, California - assembly lines at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California, bomber and pursuit plane production - Boeing B-17B Flying Fortresses lined up for inspection at Hickam Field, Hawaii - Lockheed [P-38] Lightening taking off, in flight - jeeps being driven over very rough terrain - freighter being loaded by huge crane - close-up of locomotive wheels turning - River Rouge plant - foundry, sparks flying, molten metal in large ladle being moved by crane, metal pouring into smaller ladle - close-ups of machine, crankshafts on conveyor, crane hooks, machine, worker punching time card, feet of workers walking in plant yard, automobile traffic - discussion of safety glass - new car, close-up of grille - several views of car. [1941]

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