Video Parts (5 across 2 reels)
This clip is Reel 1, Part 1 of a 5-part film.
Tour of Willow Run / Fire Fighting Exhibition / Lincoln Zephyr / Blind Man Being Trained and Employed at Willow Run Plant / Preview of Ford Car / XB-24 Liberator Bomber Reel 1 · Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Panorama of group of men, including Edsel Ford, standing on steps in front of building, some in military uniforms - Edsel Ford talking with man inside building - men including Charles Sorensen and Edsel Ford touring through plant - Henry Ford greeting men in plant - Henry Ford and men touring plant - group, including Sorensen, Henry, and Edsel Ford posing outside plant - close-up of Edsel Ford and Sorensen. [1942] b. Firefighting exhibition. [1943] c. Last Lincoln cars on final assembly line, workers polishing cars - Lincoln with American flags on front bumper coming down assembly line, men polishing car - man getting into Lincoln and driving it off line, workers waving American flags. [1942] d. Blind man being trained and employed at River Rouge Plant. Man with seeing eye dog walking in River Rouge yard, workers - street sign, ‘Cross Walks To Be Used By Disabled Persons Only. Police Order’ - man crossing street with dog, stopping at guard gate, guard checking dog’s tag - close-up of dog and tag - blind man at work at desk, dog lying down - workers and dog at plant gate, man pinning badge on blind man, shaking hands - man and dog walking on sidewalk - man and dog entering building - man at cashiers counter, signing paper - blind man being measured for height in doctor’s office - blind man taking physical at doctor’s office - dog being paw printed - man being finger printed - photographer taking picture of dog, taking picture of man - man and dog leaving bus. [1941] e. Picnic tables in front of Rotunda, men eating - men with trays receiving food from cooks - western band playing - men receiving food on trays - views of men eating, band playing - Henry Ford, Charles Sorensen and others eating at table - Ford, Sorensen and others posing - Ford shaking hands with men - Ford, Sorensen and others leaving house - posing and talking. [1940] f. XB-24N Liberator Bomber. View of the XB-24N [Liberator bomber with a large single tail] aircraft on runway, engines running - view of aircraft from different angles - crewman walking around bomber - views of XB-24N taking off - XB-24N in flight - aerial views of runways. [1944]
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