Video Parts (14 across 2 reels)
This clip is Reel 1, Part 3 of a 14-part film. Watch from the beginning
Dealers Convention Reel 1 · Part 3
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Bus pulling up to entrance, Henry Ford II, Ernest R. Beech, J.R. Davis, Harold T. Youngren, John S. Bugas, Lewis D. Crusoe, Delmar S. Harder, Benson Ford and others getting off - large group of men walking up steps into building - buses turning corner, stopping in front of building, men getting off - distant view of building, men and steps, sign, ‘Welcome Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Dealers’ - dealers filing into building - views of dealers milling about - buses and cars on road leading away from Rotunda - bus turning corner, stopping at marquee, men getting out - men and traffic - view of TWA airliner at Willow Run airport, stewardess leading men off plane - men posing in front of plane - men leaving Willow Run Air Terminal and getting aboard bus, bus pulling away - aircraft taxiing on field - sign, ‘Special’ - New York Central train coming down tracks - sign on bus, ‘Welcome Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Dealers, Central Region’ - men getting aboard buses - buses pulling away - men leaving depot, getting aboard buses - buses pulling away - men leaving buses and cars, entering building - sign over building, men - view of flag flying over Ford Motor Company - buses pulling into River Rouge. View of man in film laboratory. Man speaking at lectern in front of group of men - panorama of men on stage - panorama of men at desks - man at lectern introducing men on stage - close-up of woman at desk - men in large room looking at different styles of trucks, tractors, engines on display, men explaining to other men - men leaving bus and walking toward building, sign on lawn, ‘Ford Merchandising School’ - men leaving building - group of men having picture taken on lawn - men in classroom, man speaking from lectern - men leaving buses entering building - men milling in front of building - sign on building, ‘Welcome Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Dealers’ - men entering building - buses entering River Rouge - men looking at final assembly line - men walking down stairs in train depot - men with suitcases getting aboard buses - buses pulling out - men getting aboard train - men walking toward Ford Merchandising School - entering - men standing around in classroom - posing for group picture - men entering building - men posing outside building - men around conference table - man at desk - men around conference table. [1946]
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