[FORD ALL METAL TRI-MOTOR AIRPLANE PRODUCTION] Part 3
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: View of partially assembled Tri-Motor in large hangar, men attaching wheels to aircraft. “Installing the wing engines -- note the metal propellers.” Men installing engines - lifting pieces of wing in place - view of engine and propeller. “Progressive assembly line.” Views from moving overhead crane of men assembling aircraft. “The trimming department puts the final touches on the interior and exterior.” Men at tables upholstering seat - man inside plane bolting seat to floor - view of inside of aircraft from the rear. “Final inspection - going over everything with a fine tooth comb.” Man in cockpit checking controls - walking to rear of aircraft. “Flight test inspection before the first flight.” Man on stepladder inspecting engine, tail assembly. “The fledgling takes its baptismal flight.” “Taking delivery.” Men, including William B. Stout standing outside door of Tri-Motor, climbing aboard. “In operation - on air routes and airports throughout America.” People getting off bus outside ‘Passenger Terminal’, sign on building, ‘Stout Air Service’ - woman buying tickets from man behind ‘Ticket Office,’ signs on office windows, ‘See Detroit From The Air, Business Section, The River and Canada, Automobile Plants’ and ‘A 25 Mile Aerial Tour, Ford 3 Engine Plane, Comfortable Cabin, Large Windows’ - close-up of woman buying ticket - people standing outside building - view from field of terminal, people waiting, and Tri-Motor parked on field - people getting aboard aircraft, man loading baggage on plane - man in uniform loading baggage over seats inside Tri-Motor - people getting aboard, man shutting door - aircraft taxiing on runway, sign on side of aircraft, ‘Stout Air Lines, Detroit-Cleveland-Chicago’ - Tri-Motor taking off - view inside aircraft, people looking out windows - aerial view of countryside - inside aircraft - aerial view of bridge over river - inside aircraft - view from another aircraft of aircraft flying over city - inside aircraft - view of Tri-Motor from another aircraft - inside aircraft - aircraft taxiing in after landing, door opening - view inside aircraft, passenger getting up, leaving aircraft - passengers leaving aircraft. [1926]
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