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This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour for the Edsel B. Ford Trophy Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Spectators standing around field at night, searchlight, fireworks being shot off, biplane with ‘Radio’ written on side - Edsel Ford with flag standing with group on field - Fokker plane taxis up to starting point, is flagged off - biplanes flying overhead - plane landing - Ford Stout 2-AT all metal plane landing, ‘Air Transportation Service’ truck is backed up to it - Army bombing plane taking off, in the air - plane flying low over Ford planes parked on field - biplane taxiing - panoramic view of field, spectators, workers, planes - Henry Ford and others talking - close-up of Edsel Ford and R.W. Schroeder - Army bomber landing - biplanes taking off - three engine plane Stout 3-AT, early Ford Tri-Motor prototype, taxiing toward camera. [1925]
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