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This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
Air Mail: Ford Air Service and Commemoration / The Ford Tri-Motor on Pontoons Being Tested on the Detroit River Part 1
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Large group of men around open door of Stout 2-AT airplane - Henry Ford placing mail sack into plane, Edsel Ford placing mail sack into plane - close-up of the Fords with others - pilot climbing into cockpit of plane - plane taxiing, taking off. First Air Mail Inauguration with Ford and Kellogg. [1926] PCA, Pennsylvania Central Airlines Boeing Model 247, plane taxiing to stop on runway - pilot posing with group of men, reporter with microphone interviewing him - Ford and pilot of the plane, posing - Ford receiving papers and ‘U.S. Mail’ sack from man, pilot watching - close-up of Ford being presented with plaque, holding plaque - plane on field, spectators, building in background, plane taxiing - United Airlines Boeing Model 40 taxiing to stop - pilot leaning out of cockpit, handing letter to Ford on ground. [1936] b. Ford Tri-Motor on pontoons on river. “This plane was purchased by the Canadian government for dusting spruce forests in an effort to eradicate the spruce worm. 1,600 pounds of arsenate of lead are carried at one load.” Plane on water, taking off, in flight, landing. “The End.” [1927]
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