Ford Industries Part 2
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Iron Mountain. ‘Safety Contest Board,’ dials with arrows showing safety records of ‘Green - Parts, ‘S.M.,’ ‘No 1, S.M.,’ ‘Body plant,’ ‘1,’ ‘2,’ ‘3,’ ‘Chemical plants,’ and ‘Factory Main’t.’ - exhibit, man watching machines in operation, ‘instruction’ sign by one - close-up of machine, man’s finger pushing button which activates it - Ford plant yard, workers leaving building by fire escape - lumber yard interior, tractor is backed up to load of lumber, worker hooks it up, tractor hauls it -tractor-powered snow plow clearing road - cameraman, camera on tri-pod, caterpillar-drawn sled loaded with logs in background - two men, one carrying tri-pod over shoulder, dragging pack over snow. Imperial Mine. Panorama of mine and mining town, snow-covered scene - sign on water tower, ‘Ford’ - mine buildings, tractor-drawn float-plow smoothing and packing snow on road - mine car hauled to top of huge hopper by cable and dumped - mine car on level track - mine car on cable moving up steep incline - view of cable from inside hut, car blocks opening, car moving away from opening - empty mine car coming down steep incline - loaded car pushed from under hopper to end of track, dumped, two workers - empty car is hauled back under hopper - mine shaft opening, snow all around, miners leaving. [1926]
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