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This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
Detroit Parade / New Ford V-8s Given Away Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Men in kilts boarding bus, little girl - kilted men coming out of building, sign in stained glass window above door, ‘St. Andrews…Society’ - bus in front of St. Andrews Society Hall, automobile, pedestrian traffic - girls coming out of building, one in kilt - interior of bus, passengers in kilts - kilted band in street, spectators, members carrying ‘Ford’ pennants on bagpipes - policemen standing by horses, car passing - kilted bagpipe band unit in parade, spectators sitting on high walls - drummer unit passing through residential area - women’s band in white uniforms - military band - man speaking from bunting draped stand, crowd - man on horseback - motorcycle policeman - band - floats - man in tiny burro-drawn cart - car with dignitaries in it - band, little boy holding drum major’s hand - V-8 with girls riding in it - spectators. [1934] b. Views of crowd on street - man speaking into microphone, sign, ‘…Cars Given Away,’ on building in background - presentation ceremony, several people receiving certificates - woman in driver’s seat of car - several new V-8’s moving through crowd - views of V-8’s lined up in street, crowd, streetcar, automobile traffic - close-up of card on windshield of car - people looking at V-8’s. [1933]
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