Video Parts (6 across 2 reels)
This clip is Reel 2, Part 1 of a 6-part film. Watch from the beginning
[AUTO SHOW AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY] Reel 2 · Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: A man explaining piston display to group of spectators, February, 1949. Man explaining X-ray inspection display to group of people - man and woman explaining upholstering display to people - 1949 Ford cars on large turntable - chassis on turntable display - crowds looking at Ford on turntable - panorama of different displays - views of crowds - people picking up automobile brochures from table - people looking at many different displays - panorama of crowds and displays - crowds looking at different displays - car stopping outside entrance to Madison Square Garden - Benson Ford, E.R. Breech, and J.R. Davis beside car - Henry Ford II posing in driver’s seat - group inside Garden - crowds and displays - man and woman passing out brochures to people - crowds and displays. View of turntable display - people looking at auto displays, man in mountain garb distributing souvenirs - motorcade of Mercury cars moving down street, people lining sidewalks - close-up of people in Mercury convertible - motorcade of Ford cars - old Ford and 1949 Ford in street - people looking at different displays, man explaining - people outside Madison Square Garden, old Ford and 1949 Ford parked side by side - motorcade of old cars moving down street - motorcade of Fords, Mercurys, Cadillacs and Oldsmobiles moving down street - motorcade - people looking at engine of Ford - views of auto turntable, crowd - view of Madison Square Garden, sign on marquee, ‘Lincoln, Ford, Mercury’, people entering Garden - women passing out brochures at door - woman interviewing couple in front of display - Fred Allen and two girls in bathing suits posing for cameraman on rear of Ford convertible, Ford II watching - dancing skit being performed at Ford display - girls posing on rear of convertible - cars parked in street, driven down road - view from inside Ford car as it is driven down road. [1949]
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