Henry Ford's 75th Birthday Celebration / Preview of 1939 Fords Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Large truck preceding motorcade down city street, large floral piece on truck, ‘To Henry Ford, Health and Success, Ford Workers’ - motorcade entering residential section - view looking out of cab of truck. [1938] b. View of test track at River Rouge plant, new line of 1939 Fords parked on track, men lined up beside track - group of new Fords coming down track, stopping, men running over, surrounding cars - new cars driven by on track - men grouping around engines and chassis exhibited near building - overhead view - view of new Fords passing in review along track, men at side of track - view from inside car being driven over test track, bumpy road - group of buses moving down road, stopping, depositing men - new Fords being driven over bumps in test track, men watching - car being backed out of weather tunnel, ice formed over car, men watching - ice covered car on test track. [1938]
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