Seminole Indians of Florida / Water Power / Coal Mining / Loading Ford Automobiles Aboard a Steamship, River Rouge Plant Part 3

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Shelters with thatched roofs in a clearing, March 27, 1919. Indian children in native dress - Indian woman with children - man with small alligator - Indian family in shelter - open fire - Indian woman with children - view of village - man pulls small alligator attached to a pole, dog follows - Indian woman and children at a table - swamp scenes - Indian woman with cloth material - view of village - pelts drying on frames - women preparing food, chopping wood. [1919] b. Much repetitive footage of small falls with river dam in background - Great Falls of the Potomac - river views - high dam and power plant - Great Falls of the Potomac. Columbia, Georgia Power Company, North Highland plant. River dam, falls, power plant - rapids - dam and falls, high tension tower - river scenes - Great Falls of the Potomac - low river dam with industrial buildings, bridge in background - Great Falls of the Potomac - river scenes - aerial view of river dam and falls - river scenes, wooded shorelines, cliffs, rapids - Great Falls of the Potomac. [1919] c. Two men push handcar on rails loaded with ore to end of platform over open area, dump loaded car, railroad power shovel in background - river banks with coal mining equipment, steamboat moves down river. [1919] d. Automobiles without bodies lined up on a dock, automobiles driven up ramp onto steamship, lowered by elevator into hold of ship - workers and spectators - views of the operation from several different vantage points. [1919]

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