Video Parts (3)
This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
Crane Lifting and Turning Railroad Locomotive / Fordson Tractor Advertising Parade, Detroit, Michigan / "Home" Made: Prefabricated Homes / Panama City, Panama Canal Zone Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Crane in industrial plant lifts railroad locomotive from tracks, turns it 180°, lowers it back onto tracks - closer views of same operation. [1921] b. Fordson tractors in single file pull wagons and carry advertising signs along a street - streetcar and automobile traffic. [1921] c. Men working (only partially visible) behind a board fence next to sidewalk - passing pedestrian traffic - workmen and lumber stack beside home - carpenter saws lumber using a sawhorse. [1919] d. Spanish style buildings, automobile and pedestrian traffic in narrow streets - natives -donkey drawn cart and native, church in background - native men, women and children on a dock, native boats at dock - groups of natives pose on wharves - native boys walk toward camera - church bell tower under construction - church yard - pedestrian with public building in background - church towers - church entrance - horse-drawn coach - tourists and natives - public building with Panamanian flag flying from mast - ‘International’ building - large residence - business district, automobile traffic - native rides donkey, two milk cans tied to sides of donkey - large landscaped residences - traffic on a narrow, palm-tree lined street - streetcars, horse-drawn coaches, automobiles - two native boys scuffling in a narrow ally - group of native boys watch - native women and children. [1919]
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