CAVALCADE OF FORD. [HISTORY OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY, ENGLAND] Part 1

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Cavalcade of Ford, Part One. View of Hyde Park Corner, London in 1896 - picture of Quadricycle - pictures of old Ford cars - view inside Trafford Park Works - views of car driving up Ben Nevis Mountain - ground breaking ceremony at Dagenham, May 16, 1929. Group including Edsel Ford, Lord Percy, and others - close-up of inscribed silver spade - Edsel Ford digging with spade - view of people watching - close-up of Edsel Ford and Lord Percy - views of Dagenham under construction - truck going uphill in Wales - views inside and out of partially completed Dagenham plant - street scenes in 1931, pedestrian and vehicular traffic - view of motorcade, cars which ran nonstop for three days - trainloads of machinery and parts arriving at Dagenham - views inside Dagenham plant, parts and machinery stacked around - men unloading equipment for factory - A.R. Smith driving first truck off assembly line in September 1931 - views of unloading jetty under construction - aerial view of Dagenham plant - view of first ship arriving at Dagenham in October 1931 - cranes unloading freighter - views of jetty and dock area - trucks on narrow mountain road - 1932 Ford being unveiled at Royal Albert Hall in March 1932, people gathered around - 1932 Ford on road, climbing Welsh mountain, fording stream - Ford climbing Yorkshire hill - panorama inside Dagenham plant. [1936]

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