[JET ENGINE ASSEMBLING AND TESTING AT CHICAGO PLANT] Part 1

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: [Title-Ford Air Engine; Director-Breeden; Cameraman-Powers] - view of tool rack, mechanic taking part from rack, attaching it to [Ford built Pratt & Whitney J-57] jet engine - other mechanics working on engine - [Date: 4/25/53. Ford Air Engine] close-up of mechanics working on jet engine - mechanic at bench working on part - placing part on rack - close-up of mechanics working on engine - view of buildings - tower with ‘Ford’ painted on it - panorama of buildings - views of smokestacks - truck stopping at open garage door, man pulling jet engine on dolly past door - view of closed garage door, signs on door, ‘Restricted Area’ and ‘Jet Test Cells’, doors opening, man wheeling engine into garage - view of stop sign and red blinking light - view of sign, ‘Jet Test Cells’ - jet engine running in test area - close-ups - men at large control console - men at console - [Date: 4/27/53] - close-up of hand pushing lever on console - man at console - close-up of hand pushing buttons on console - man at console - (‘Chicago Aircraft-1st Print’ written on film). [1953]

Collection

Ford Motor Company Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects