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REVIEW OF A PREVIEW. [VISIT TO VILLAGE INDUSTRIES IN 1940 FORDS] Part 2

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: 1940 cars pulling up to front of Ford Rotunda, people getting in - motorcycle police escorted motorcade moving down street - view of produce stand at Camp Legion - motorcade moving past tents at Camp Legion - view through windshield of cars moving along beautiful Ann Arbor Trail - cars stopped at Nankin Mills - people entering Nankin Mills - cars leaving the mill - cars approaching Newburg plant, surrounding park, plant - cars leaving Plymouth plant - view of small lake from car - motorcade parking, people walking - people walking into Phoenix plant - Motorcade entering Waterford plant - people entering plant, motorcade leaving - Northville plant, cars parked on road - men walking up walk, entering plant - men looking at valves on racks inside plant - group outside plant - motorcade on road - umbrellas and tables on lawn beside Rotunda - band playing - people being served food - eating at tables on lawn including John R. Davis and Edsel Ford - band playing - women looking at assembly line. “The End.” [1939]

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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

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Date
1939-01-01
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2:40