NATIONAL FINALS, FORD GOOD DRIVERS LEAGUE, 1940 Part 2
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Men and boys standing in front of Commodore Hotel, New York City - boy being given blue and white jacket - luncheon - close-up of contestants receiving gold wristwatch - man introducing other men at head table at luncheon - boys getting into cars - motorcade under way - motorcade moving over Queens Borough Bridge - motorcade entering fairgrounds and drive to Ford Pavilion - boys taking tests; eye, color blindness, measurement of glare reaction, complex reaction, Drive-o-Meter - boys driving backwards and forwards through stanchions - driving on imitation grease rack - braking test - parallel parking - backing - boy checking under hood of car - starting on driving test - boys on sightseeing buses - boys in hangar looking at American Airlines’ airplane ‘Flagship Brooklyn’ - boys in boat on sightseeing excursion around Manhattan Island - band on board ship - boys at sportsman luncheon - Grantland Rice speaking, Henry Ford sitting at table - boys at table with Lefty Gomez and Babe Dahlgren - boys grouping around Grantland Rice and Edsel Ford at speakers table - view of Radio City - boys feeding policeman’s horse - performers on stage - Edsel Ford and boys sitting in audience - Fred Black speaking from stage, introducing Linton Wells - main speaker, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, on stage - Edsel Ford speaking - Edsel Ford distributing awards - winner, Gene Canard, Evansville, Ind. - runner-up, Jimmy Hymer, Phoenix, Arizona - Edsel Ford and winners posing. “The End.” [1940]
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