[GROUNDBREAKING FOR NEW AIRPLANE ENGINE PLANT] Part 1

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Two men, one Edsel Ford, on steam shovel, spectators and news cameramen around shovel - Edsel Ford operating controls of shovel as it takes scoop of earth. Driving first pile at New Airplane Engine plant, October 8, 1940. Steam pile driver at work, workers, spectators - group of Ford officials poses beside pile driver - Edsel Ford with spade, turns spade full of earth, pickup truck in background - officials autograph spade handle - steam shovel, Edsel Ford at controls - officials autographing spade handle - Edsel Ford talking to newspaper reporters - Edsel Ford and officials pose in cab of steam shovel, news photographers taking pictures - Edsel Ford turning earth with spade. [1940]

Collection

Ford Motor Company Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects