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This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
[COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE RELIABILITY TOUR] Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Group of men, including Edsel Ford with flag in hand, standing on airfield - Edsel Ford lowering flag to start airplane - view of trimotor airplane with ‘Fokker’ written on wing - Fokker Trimotor in flight - Fokker Trimotor taking off - Edsel Ford talking with another man - Edsel Ford with flag standing beside biplane - panoramic view of men, including Edsel Ford, posing on field - close-ups - men gathered around starter - Ford Tri-Motor taking off - Henry Ford and man talking - men standing on field - Ford and another man talking and looking into Ford Tri-Motor plane - Henry and Edsel Ford, and others standing and talking - Tri-Motor with ‘U.S. Navy’ painted on side, taxiing on field - Henry Ford and others talking beside car - group talking, close-ups - Tri-Motor in flight - Ford pointing into air - group standing under wing of Tri-Motor, mechanics working on plane - Ford and another man looking in door of Tri-Motor, standing and talking - Ford and group beside tractor, Tri-Motor with ‘U.S. Mail’ painted on side in background - Ford and others beside tractor - Ford and group under wing of Ford Tri-Motor - group talking. [1926]
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