Onward With Ford [Part 1] Part 3
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The Story of a Great Day Destined to Become a Great Year.” Lake freighters at dock - smoke stacks of Ford plant - Ford bodies on conveyor between plant buildings - locomotive - worker firing a furnace - close-up of generators - hot ingot on roller belt - worker operating machinery - close-up of piling - car moving - coke furnace - office, workers at typewriters - U.S. Mail truck backs up to dock, driver gets out, unloads mail - worker opens mail, piles mail on desk - office, man at desk, secretary brings mail - Ford dealer, receives invitation to attend showing of new Ford V-8 engine November 6, 1936 - 9,000 dealers invited to attend - trains ‘Pacific Northwest Ford Dealers Special’ - ‘Jacksonville Branch Ford Dealers Special’, etc. - passengers alighting - man talks into microphone - hotel headquarters of meeting - railroad station - group of men - buses enter State Fairgrounds in Detroit - passengers alight - parade, kilted pipers, marchers with tam o’ shanters on - crowd at entrance to building - ‘Ford’ over doorway - arena with round stage - J.R. Davis speaks, outlines progress and program for 1937 - Model A built in 1927 - first V-8 in 1932 - program for 1937 includes two new V-8’s - improved old engine - Edsel Ford speaks - Ford started manufacturing in 1904. [1936]
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