Video Parts (4)
This clip is Part 1 of a 4-part film.
Last Ford Tank / Henry Ford and General Arnold / Henry Ford and Old Time Engine / Henry Ford at Wheat Harvest / King Peter of Yugoslavia Visits River Rouge / Breaking Ground For Willow Run Plant / Motor Transport School / Navy Celebration on Henry Ford's 80th Birthday / U.S.O. Mobile Service Units Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Men, including Charles Sorensen and Henry Ford II, standing in front of tank with sign, ‘Last M-4A3 Tank, Made September 15, 1943’ - tank in doorway of factory - men talking and posing - Army officers, civilian, and WAC officer posing in front of building - officer and party inspecting formation of troops, including WAC’s, talking to WAC and soldier in ranks - panorama of formation of soldiers standing in front of B-17 Flying Fortress bombers. [1943] b. Close-up of Henry Ford and General Arnold seated in front seat of car, 11/9/44. Group of officers and civilians standing beside cars parked near ‘Base Operations’ building - Henry Ford II and officers talking under wing of Ford built B-24 Liberator - Henry Ford getting out of car, being introduced to group of officers and civilians - Ford, Arnold, and other officers posing beside cars - Arnold, officers, and civilians inspecting B-24, landing gear, and nose cockpit. [1944] c. Henry Ford and old time engine. [1941] d. Henry Ford at wheat harvest. [1940] e. King Peter and party being introduced to officers outside plant, 7/1/42. King Peter, officers and civilians, including Edsel Ford and Charles Sorensen, posing outside plant. [1942] f. View of steam shovel and crane loading dirt into dump trucks, road grader leveling land, man looking at operations [4/18/41] - bulldozers leveling land - group of men, including Charles Sorensen, studying aircraft plant blueprints - close-up of men - men posing in front of crane - Edsel Ford and men walking from road down to crane, Ford climbing into cab of crane, posing at controls with driver - Ford, Sorensen, and another man posing in cab of crane - Ford talking with man and woman. [1941] g. Army paratroop exercises [7/4/42] - many demonstrations on ground, sham battle - airplanes in flight and on field - large crowd of military personnel and civilians helping themselves to food on long table - planes in formation, paratroopers jumping and landing, taking off chutes, running across field - views of crowd at edge of field - officer using radio - officers conferring and watching demonstration - plane taxiing, taking off - jeeps on field. [1942] h. Henry Ford looks down at cake shaped like Naval Training School - sailors march by cake - Ford mingles with people, signs autograph. [1943] i. Large USO flag - sign, ‘Mobile Service Club No. 5’ - sign, ‘Donated by Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Mich.’ - view of building with flag flying over it, USO vans parked outside entrance - views of vans with signs, ‘USO Mobile Service Club No. 5’ parked at curb - men, women, and officers standing beside vans, posing. [1943]
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