Video Parts (3)
This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
New York City Harbor and Bridges / Buffalo Bill Cody and Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus / Niagara Falls / Fourth of July Parade in a Small Town / Winter Forest Scenes and Waterfall, Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Excursion boat in harbor, city sky line - tugboat, bridge in background - sailboat on water with Far Eastern type buildings in background - Statue of Liberty and Bedloe’s Island - tourists aboard ship - passing freighter as seen through binoculars - tankers, steamship, and tugs in harbor - the S.S. ‘General W.C. Georgas’ - tugboat - Grant’s Tomb - automobile and truck traffic leaving a bridge - streetcar crossing bridge - man drives horse-drawn wagon along city street, bridge in background - stone arch over bridge approach, bridge towers - policeman on horseback, traffic and bridge. [1919] b. Cody and elderly Indian sitting and conversing in sign language - close up of both men - elephants drinking - dogs in wire compound - horses at water trough, water- tank truck in background with sign, ‘Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey…Shows’ - circus workers walk elephants and camels, zebra, other animals - men ride horses, elephants along a street - man washing dog in a tub - man hanging clothes outside tent - men riding elephants - camels tied to the back of a truck, walk along street - zebras - crowd outside circus ticket office - man places dog in tub, washes dog. [1919] c. Observation post on large rock on shoreline - wooded shores - two men on snow covered mound - Niagara Falls from various vantage points - snow covered landscape - Niagara Falls in winter - mountain sunset - steamboat on a river. [1919] d. Band leads parade down a village street - small unit of U.S. Army troops - streetcar passes - truck and tractor-drawn floats - colonial costumed marchers, flag decorated automobiles. [1919] e. Snow-covered trees in forest at Belle Isle - birdhouse - snow-covered trees and road - small waterfall. [1919]
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