Industrial Machinery / Army Tank Climbing Pikes Peak Part 3
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Scenes of industrial machinery, filmed between 1917-1919. Plant interior - glass making machinery in operation - large machine, parts of it covered with canvas, close-up of voltage and amperage indicators - operator’s hand adjusts machine, indicators move, chain belt moving slowly - operator pumps handle up and down - huge room, several levels of building with balcony-like loading docks on each level, crane lifts load, deposits it on one of loading docks on an upper level - workers. Sign on building, ‘Store Specials. Buy Your Tickets in Time Office. $5 or $10…;’ pedestrian traffic in and out of store; automobile traffic; ship launching; spectators, workers, camouflaged ship in water. [1919] b. Group posing with military tank, Renault FT type, with sign, ‘Pikes Peak or Bust,’ on front - woman with bottle of wine in hand makes speech - tank is driven up road, soldiers on foot, snow-covered mountains in background - truck - views of mountain, road, tank, hikers - soldiers in and on tank eating, woman serves sandwiches and coffee - tank followed by tractor, hikers - tractor gets stuck in snow - men digging snow with shovels. [1918]
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