Video Parts (5 across 2 reels)
This clip is Reel 1, Part 3 of a 5-part film. Watch from the beginning
Ford Plastics Research / Aerial Views / Inspecting a Military Airplane / Industrial Plant Interior / Aerial Views of Plant and Ore Bins / Ford Strike, Sabotage / John Burroughs Laying Cornerstone / Country Scenes Reel 1 · Part 3
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Plant under construction - group seated at dinner table - man making speech, presenting key to Robert Boyer, Research Director, Ford Motor Co. - group applauding - Boyer makes speech, sits down - Boyer with another man in laboratory - man writing on pad of paper - Boyer showing handful of soybeans - close-ups of the two men as they watch a retort - the two with a plastic car, Boyer hits it repeatedly with a sledge hammer. [1941] b. Aerial views of residential area - water tower with ‘Milan’ on side - industrial plant - river - farms. [1938] c. B-24 Liberator bomber taxiing and stopping on ramp at Ford Airport - group of Army Air Force officers and civilians including Henry and Edsel Ford pose under wing of plane - group enters plane via bomb bay - Henry Ford in pilot’s seat - group looking at glass nose - group leaving plane, walking around plane - close-ups of various members of the group - two Army officers inspect nose wheel - Edsel Ford sits in co-pilot’s position - Army officer and Henry Ford inspecting main landing gear. [1941] d. Two men shoveling soybeans. Plant interior - workers checking machinery - machinery in operation. [1930] e. Aerial views of industrial plant beside canal - ore ship in canal - piles of ore in walled enclosures - crane on tracks. [1927] f. Worker inspecting and displaying several broken and damaged machine parts - plant interior, empty of workers - hand showing broken glass on front of scales. [1941] g. Workers planting a tree - team of mules pulls platform away from hole in which balled tree has been placed - John Burroughs and Henry Ford with others - Burroughs placing cornerstone for monument - spectators include Mrs. Henry Ford, other women, children. [1917] h. Field and trees in high wind, clouds through trees - cars on parking lot - man walks past camera - cows grazing in pasture - waterfall, two boys on rocks fishing at base of falls. [1936]
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