AMERICAN ROAD, THE Part 5
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Incomplete documentary on the history of Ford cars, mass production techniques, and effect of the car on American life. Title graphic over wheel of horse-drawn buggy - three people in buggy moving down country road - old house - doctor and lady on house porch - doctor getting into buggy - buggy passing church - buggy arriving at train station - actor playing Henry Ford walking, waiting for train - empty train tracks - pre-automobile NYC street scenes - people at amusement park - beach scenes - bicycles travel on dirt road - ‘Ford’ working on Quadricycle in shop - ‘Ford’ and Quadricycle making night time trail run - car being pulled along country road by horse, couple sitting in car - another early car breaks down on road - a sail wagon in action - men working on Ford’s racing car “999” - Barney Oldfield speeding the “999” around wooden track [1902] - city streets with horse and auto traffic - Ford Company payroll book - Ford Model A [1903] driving up to house, engine cranked, driving away - farmer watching car pass by - ‘Ford’ figuring how to cuts - interior of early automobile factory, frames on saw horses, workers - workers assembling cars - close-up of worker - workers attaching various parts including gas tank, steering wheel and column, horn - man tying rope to chassis, pulling chassis along assembly line, ‘Henry Ford’ timing operation - workers assembling car - more advanced assembly line, wheels in tracks, worker pushing car frames, worker attaching parts - workers on sub-assembly line, one worker attaching one part, passing it to next worker - wheel part fed to workers by gravity lines - radiators, engines, fenders and other parts on moving conveyor belts - views of assembly line - Model T driving on muddy road - Ford truck stuck on mud - views of road construction - cars driving down wide paved road - city scenes with cars and trucks - doctor’s Model T pulls up to house - cars on country roads - people and cars in National Parks - family picnicking beside lake - camping in Model T - beach scenes - Model T motoring across stream, through rutted street and snow, on railroad tracks and driven along large water pipe - views of Ford factory at work - Henry Ford posing in front of house at Fair Lane - Ford works on steam engine - Ford driving tractor - Ford talking with others in office - Ford family wishing son Edsel and friends as they begin transcontinental trip by car [1915] - Ford dancing - Ford camping activities with Harvey Firestone, Thomas Edison and John Burroughs - Burroughs starting and driving away in Model T - more camping scenes - Henry and Edsel Ford at camp, factory, and on Quadricycle - photo of Henry Ford - views of the Lincoln automobile - assembly of the 15 Millionth Ford [Model T, 1927] - Henry and Edsel in 15,000,000th - views of old Model T’s scrapped at factory - [color footage starts] 1940’s and early 1950’s cars on roads - farmer on tractor - Ford station wagon in driveway - apartment buildings - grade school, kids and busses - oil field - city buildings - modern Ford passing Model T on road - diving over bridge. [1953]
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