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American Roads / Frank M. Hawks in Texaco Plane Part 1
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Car being pulled along country road by horse, couple sitting in car - interior of early automobile factory, frames on saw horses, workers - workers assembling cars - close-up of worker - workers attaching various parts including gas tank, steering wheel and column, horn - man tying rope to chassis, pulling chassis along assembly line, ‘Henry Ford’ timing operation - workers assembling car - more advanced assembly line, wheels in tracks, worker pushing car, worker attaching parts - workers on sub-assembly line, one worker attaching one part, passing it to next worker - man driving up in Model T, children and wife running out of house, greeting man - family climbing into car, girls bouncing on back seat - boy trying to crank car, father taking over, boy climbing into car, working controls, father starting car, all driving off - Model T on snowy street - Model T driven across high railroad trestle - car driven along large water pipe - two motorcycle policemen chasing car, off road and over field - car going up steep hill, stopping half way up, policemen pulling alongside, hauling driver out of car - car rolling down hill, driver chasing and catching it, getting in and driving off - car driven up to fork in road, driver changing barricade, ‘Road Closed’ sign from one fork to other, drives off - policemen take wrong road . Actor Jack Webb; car driven down alley, stopping behind old house, driver running up steps to second floor; girl leaving large house, man on porch, girl getting into car, driving out of gate and down highway.[1933] b. Man sitting in open cockpit of plane at Ford Airport, ‘Frank M. Hawks’ written on side - pilot taking off goggles, looking up - man with movie camera talking to pilot in cockpit, plane taxiing off - ‘Texaco No. 13’ written on cowling of engine, car passing in front of camera. [1929]
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