[FORD CARS, 1903-1917] Part 3
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The following is miscellaneous motion picture footage taken from the files of the Ford Film Library.” Assembly line, workers placing wheels on chassis - 1903 Model A in front of house, three men in car, one cranking, car starting, man gets in, car driven off - 1903 Ford being driven on street - 1904 Ford and another car stopped on street, man and woman in other car, man talking to them - views of Bagley Avenue shop - older Ford being driven through desert mountain - horse-drawn sled towing Ford pickup, boy in sled and pickup throwing snowballs at each other - ranger stopped at stone column with sign, ‘Tioga Pass…,’ car driven off - view of lodge in mountains, cars parked in front - view of Highland Park plant - streetcars on street, lines of people waiting, people getting on streetcar - workers leaving Highland Park - Model T driven down snowy street, pulling in driveway - Model T stopped by house - different Model T’s on display - car parked on road, native women with baskets on head walking by - views of different cars on street – Model T parked in snow, people getting in and out - car driven down railroad tracks - motorcade on dusty road - cars driven over short hill - two cars with bumpy wheels driven on track, parade of tractors also on track, steam roller - view of grandstand, racers going by - man signaling winner - start of race, cars lined up - race in progress - racer in pit area, men grouped around - race - truck going up high ramp, sign on ramp, ‘Ruckstell…’ backing down - motorcycle leading motorcade of cars and trucks down track - view of Highland Park plant - city street scenes, pedestrian and vehicular traffic - accelerated street scenes, traffic - cars on winding mountain road - car parked in mountains overlooking canyon - cars parked at overlook in mountains - people on rock looking at mountain scenery - cars on road, stream running beside road - cars on mountain roads - car with trailer stopping, people getting out, men unloading trailer, turning it into camper - car parked beside icy pond, skater putting on skates, man and boy entering car, driving off - cars on display beside house. [1917]
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