U.S. Navy Service School, River Rouge / Construction of Willow Run / 7,000th Liberator at Willow Run
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Guard standing at entrance to glass enclosed room, aircraft engine and parts on table, sailors entering room - sailors sitting at tables reading - sailors looking at power plant, man explaining - many sailors posing for group picture - sailors marching in formation past barracks - sailors standing reveille - sailors watching boxing match - sailors in ranks - sailors in classroom - sailors using sander - sailors double timing out of barracks - marching through River Rouge yard - marching to class - sailors asleep in hammocks - aerial view of school. [1943] b. Numerous views of the Willow Run airplane factory under construction. [1941] c. View of huge hangar doors opening, aircraft in hangar, December 7, 1944. Name of aircraft, ‘The Lucky 7,’ painted on side of Liberator, panorama of control tower - sign, ‘7000th Ford Liberator’ painted on fuselage - panorama of B-24 - Liberator being towed out on field - close-up of name on side of 7,000th aircraft. [1944]
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