Ford Reliability Tour / Baseball: Opening Day at Detroit / Gordon Bennett Balloon Race / Tri-Motor, Ford Airport Part 2
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Ford Airport, Tri-Motor and other aircraft on field, spectators - view of [Pitcairn] autogyro on field - views of field, planes, people - views of aircraft taking off - aircraft landing - panoramic view of field, hangars, planes and people - aircraft taking off - view of field. [1931] b. Panoramic view of stadium and crowds - Ford car parked on track in stadium - man interviewing Detroit players, microphone labeled ‘WWJ’ - team posing - man and player standing beside Ford car on track in stadium - band and players marching around stadium - two men in stands, one holding baseball - man standing, throwing baseball - view of two men in stands - Detroit player standing outside dugout - close-up - panorama of Detroit players in dugout. [1930] c. Gordon Bennett Balloon Race 1928. Partially filled balloons on field - men attaching tube to pump up balloon - view of spectators in field, balloons in background - two Air Corps men posing by basket of balloon - balloon lifting off, crowd waving - man posing beside anchored balloon - balloon lifting off - view of field with balloons and crowds - two men in basket of balloon - balloon lifting off - view of field - men posing in balloon, crowd, girl presents flowers to man - balloon lifting off - men posing by balloon - two balloons lifting off - people maneuvering balloon in place for lift off - two men posing balloons lifting off. [1928] d. Ford Tri-Motor owned by the Standard Oil Company of Indiana’ starting engines on the Ford Airport ramp - taxiing - group of oil men standing beside Tri-Motor - men getting aboard plane - plane taxiing - taking off. [1927]
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