Video Parts (3)
This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
Ford Recreational Activities / Ford Employees Gardens / Blast Furnace and Assembly Line Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Badminton games - boxing matches with both men and boys participating - first day issue stamp display - horseshoes - archery - volleyball game - display of First Day Issue airmail stamps, photographs of Henry Ford, airplanes and pilots - man carrying lumber into woods - bridge club receiving instruction - bridge club playing, two men at table clowning around - sign, ‘Ford Yacht Club, No Trespassing.’ [1948] b. Negro women holding electrical appliances, canned goods on tables out-of-doors, sign, ‘Employees Garden Plot No. 1’ in background - man and woman looking at garden supply prizes for Ford Garden Contest - prizes including electrical appliances, garden supplies, and award ribbons on table - women arranging canned goods on table, gardens in background - Negro men and women looking at canned goods. [1948] c. Scenes of molten metal pouring out of furnace - sparks flying from large machine - molten metal - concrete in mixer - workers at assembly line - large machinery - workers assembling small parts. [1948]
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