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This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
Ford Exposition of Progress / Ford Parade Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. ‘Ford Exposition of Progress’ hall, traffic, people entering and leaving building - hall interior, crowds, groups of school children, some with teachers - group of crippled children, some in wheelchairs, some on crutches - exhibit, ‘Simonds Saws are the Best’ - children watching worker at bench operating machine - Quadricycle on display, ‘Henry Ford’ tinkering with it - display, ‘First…Built by Henry Ford…’ shop interior, ‘Henry Ford’ working - display, Quadricycle, ‘Henry Ford’ tinkering with it - group of children on stage singing, orchestra behind them, audience - couples including children on dance floor, square dancing - view of exhibit hall, crowds, exhibits including, ‘Goodrich Safety Silverton’ tires, ‘Goodyear,’ and ‘Standard Oil’ filling station. [1933] b. Close-up of group in stands - people in judges stand above crowd on ground - parade, bagpipers, Ford V-8, other cars - close-up of man - V-8 and motorcycle on racetrack - V-8 and horseback rider on track - V-8 crossing finish line ahead of motorcade, crowd, stands - crowd around car, motorcade, horseback rider - bagpipers parading through street of town, spectators, parked cars - close-up of small child in kilt parading with man, pipers passing - cars with ‘Watch the Fords Go By’ sign on sides - parade of different models of Ford Cars and trucks with names of businesses on them. [1934]
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