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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
TELENEWS PRESENTS--WILLOW RUN--IN COOPERATION WITH THE F.P.H.A Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: View of Willow Run plant, parking lot - panoramic views of plant interior, workers - women eating while seated in fuselage - wing section being carried by crane - woman riveting - men working on cockpit, landing gear - landing gear being tested - U.S. flag and War Bond flag flying over plant - workers walking outside plant - cars passing through gate - workers walking through gate - panorama of field - sign in field, ‘War Housing -- A Victory Housing Project of the Federal Public Housing Authority’ - men carrying side of prefabricated house - building prefabricated house - two men standing on hill overlooking project - view of construction of large building - signpost, ‘Holmes Rd. - Q Street’ - sign, ‘Willow Court War Housing -- 20058 -- A Victory Housing Project of the Federal Public Housing Authority’ - panorama of prefabricated houses - woman sweeping porch of house - women hanging out laundry - views of housing development, people walking along streets - dormitory style buildings - sign, ‘Willow Run War Housing Center’ - men and women seated and standing around table, paper spread out on table - two men talking - administration building - people entering administration building - fire truck leaving fire station, followed by sheriff’s car - sign, ‘Lutheran Church (Mo. Synod) Service Center, Arthur F. Beyer, Pastor, Sunday School 9 to 10 a.m., Service 10 to 11 a.m. Pastor available at All Times’ - sign, ‘Rev. W. Morgan Lewis, Presbyterian Minister’ - priest standing in door by sign, ‘Catholic Chaplain, Fr. C.A. Murphy’ - views of infirmary - children running down sidewalk leading from school - views inside school, children posing - people leaving Greyhound bus, walking into building - views inside kitchen of dining area, cooks preparing food - people passing down cafeteria line, sitting down, eating - women in washroom - outside of buildings, barber shop - ‘Willow Run Theater’ - people playing ping-pong - singing - dancing - sculpting - sketching a skull - view of plant at sunset. “The End.” “A Telenews Production.” [1942]
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