Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour / Ford Liberator Bomber Production / Ford CG4A Glider Production Part 1

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Planes of various types lined up on field, bunting draped buildings in background - spectators looking at planes - motors of plane warming up - close-ups of pilots - planes taking off on signal of flag man - Greenfield Village buildings including replica of Independence Hall in background - three biplanes in flight - close-up of pilot about to take off - small planes flipping over in formation - crowd on ground - formation flying over again - spectators shaking hands with pilot in plane, sign, ‘Frank M. Hawks, Texaco No. 13,’ on plane. [1929] b. B-24 Liberator in flight - interior of Willow Run airplane plant - Liberator bombers on assembly line - workers, both men and women, performing various tasks on assembly line - writing - installing canopy, tail section, motors - close-up of landing gear as plane moves along assembly line - installing propellers - polishing finished plane - B-24 rolling off assembly line onto airfield, taking off on test flight - ground from plane - aerial view of B-24 in flight. [1944] c. CG4A cargo glider landing on field, pilot sitting up front with glass panel across top half of cabin - troops marching past glider - men running - glider coming in for landing, another following - Iron Mountain glider plant exterior - plant interior, workers covering part of fuselage set up and assembling wing, attaching it to glider - attaching other parts - workers setting up poles, with cable between, on field - plane pulling gliders taking off, plane in flight. [1944]

Collection

Ford Motor Company Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects