[FRESHMAN OF THE FLEET] Part 1

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: [part 3] Sailors boarding buses - sailors marching to airplane engine plant and entering - entering classrooms inside building - view in classroom, students at desks, student and instructor studying model of slide rule - sailors entering engine assembly room. Pratt and Whitney engines for U.S. Navy Patrol Bomber Consolidated Aircraft (PBY). Engine assembly classroom, students working with engines - students grouped around control board in engine test cell - views of sailors at desks in mechanical drawing classroom, instructor at blackboard - students in classroom - panorama of classroom with students at tables - lathe being demonstrated in classroom - students learning feed water testing - close-up of students in pump operation class - students studying water system inside model ship’s hull - sailors in bearing pouring and fitting class, students at tables - sailors boarding boat, ‘Rio Rojo’ - views of ‘Rio Rojo’ under way, sailors on deck - sailors aboard Landing Craft, Vehicle (LCV), on River Rouge - sailors looking at engine of LCV - LCV pulling into dock - panorama of auditorium, sailors in audience - Commander at lectern - panorama of audience - Mr. Searle at lectern - sailors on stage receiving diplomas - 20,000th graduate being congratulated by Mr. Searle - sailors passing in review on drill field - offers saluting on reviewing stand. “The End.” [1945]

Collection

Ford Motor Company Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects