- Title: VM-503
- Summary: FORD AND A CENTURY OF PROGRESS: 1930s FORD. CARS. PROMO FILM, CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR 1933, DETROIT COMPANIES, VILLAGES FROM THE WORLD, MANUFACTURING, INDUSTRY
- Description:00:01:27 - REAR POV FOOTAGE OF CROWDS ON OUTDOOR RAMP, 1933-34, CROSSED WITH MS FOOTAGE OF CROWDS MOVING, ENTRANCE GATE 00:01:29 - PEOPLE ATTEND 1933 CHICAGO WORLDS FAIR "FORD'S CENTURY OF PROGRESS" PROMO FILM 00:01:33 - SPLIT IMAGES, CROWDS ENTERING GATES OF "FORD'S PROGRESS OF AMERICA" EXPOSITION, CHICAGO, 1933 00:01:52 - AVENUE OF FLAGS, EVERY NATION 00:01:57 - PARADE OF SPECIAL DELEGATIONS, GORDON HIGHLANDERS FROM CANADA 00:02:05 - HALL OF RELIGION 00:02:10 - SMALL VILLAGES ON DISPLAY, FROM MANY LANDS 00:02:17 - COLONIAL VILLAGE 00:02:26 - STATELY DANCERS, REPLICA OF MOUNT VERNON, MINUET, POWDERED WIGS, HISTORICAL REENACTMENTS 00:03:00 - WORLD'S BIGGEST THERMOMETER 00:03:06 - WORM'S EYE VIEW OF BIG THERMOMETER 00:03:10 - PARIS REPRODUCTION, FRENCH STEAMSHIP 00:03:21 - LATIN QUARTER STREETS REPLICA 00:03:27 - GOODYEAR BLIMP PASSES 00:03:34 - AERIAL FOOTAGE OF FAIR FROM BLIMP, POV CABIN 00:03:39 - AERIAL FOOTAGE OF CHICAGO FAIR FROM BLIMP 00:03:59 - TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT BUILDING 00:04:07 - STEAM LOCOMOTIVES VS STREAMLINED TRAINS 00:04:16 - CROWDS ENTERING SPANISH VILLAGE REPLICA 00:04:21 - SPANISH VILLAGE REPLICA 00:04:28 - WOMAN ON TRAPEZE 00:04:33 - VARIOUS SHOTS OF CROWDS AT CHICAGO WORLDS FAIR 00:04:49 - BLACK FOREST VILLAGE REPLICA, FAKE SNOW AND ICE SKATERS PERFORM 00:05:13 - MODERN ARCITECTURE, GENERAL MOTORS BUILDING 00:05:19 - CHRYSLER, ART DECO BUILDING 00:05:25 - MIDGET VILLAGE, CROWDS 00:05:32 - 1930S CAR PULLS UP TO CURB AND MIDGETS, DWARFS PILE OUT, TALL MAN HOLDING A TINY BOY IN UNIFORM, SALUTES 00:06:05 - SCENES OF MERRY OLD ENGLAND REPLICA, TUDOR BUILDINGS, CASTLE 00:06:21 - POV THROUGH LIFESAVER BUOY, OF THREE MASTED SHIP IN LAGOON 00:06:27 - CROWDS ENTER OPEN AIR BUSES, SHUTTLES MOVE THROUGH FAIRGROUNDS 00:06:46 - FOOTAGE OF THE LOST RIVER EXHIBITION, ANIMATED DINOSAURS, CORNY JOKES 00:07:12 - FEDERAL BUILDING 00:07:18 - HORTICULTURE BUILDING, GARDEN EXHIBITIONS, SWAN, STATUES, WATERFALLS, GAZEBOS, FORMAL GARDENS, FOUNTAINS, PONDS, LILY PADS 00:07:56 - ITALIA BUILDING, ITALIAN VILLAGE REPLICA, PEASANTS, WOMAN WITH BASKET ON HEAD, ROMAN RUINS 00:08:10 - SWISS EXHIBITION, VILLAGE, LARGE CUCKOO CLOCK 00:08:25 - VIEWS OF THE SKY RIDE, CABLE CAR 00:08:37 - REAR VIEW OF CROWDS ENTERING DOORS, KIDS SNEAK BY 00:08:41 - VIEWS OF THE SKY RIDE, VIEWS FROM THE SKY RIDE 00:08:51 - WOMEN WITH HATS, 1930S, LOOK OUT WINDOWS OF SKY RIDE, CABLE CAR 00:08:55 - VIEW FROM SKY RIDE, FLAGS 00:09:00 - VIEW FROM WINDOW OF SKY RIDE, WOMAN SILHOUETTED AGAINST WINDOW 00:09:10 - CROWDS AT FAIR SITE 00:09:15 - BLACK SCREEN 00:09:30 - VIEWS OF THE ENCHANTED ISLAND, AMUSEMENT PARK, RIDES, CHILDREN 00:09:40 - CHILDREN ON RIDES 00:09:53 - CHILDREN ON LINE FOR RIDE, CLOWN, RUNNING 00:09:57 - CROWDS OF CHILDREN WAVING 00:09:59 - CHILDREN SMILING RUNNING UP RAMP, AMUSEMENT PARK, CLOWN, MIME 00:10:04 - BELGIUM VILLAGE, WOODEN SHOES, BELGIUM KISS DANCE 00:10:57 - MAN WITH MEGAPHONE, IRISH VILLAGE, HORSE DRAWN CART 00:11:09 - TUNISIAN VILLAGE, BEDOUIN, BELLY DANCERS, CARNIVAL BARKER, AUDIENCE WITH STRAW HATS, ARABS SMOKING, FIGHTING, PLAYING GAMES 00:12:31 - MEXICAN VILLAGE, COURTYARD, SOMBREROS, PEONS 00:12:45 - DUTCH VILLAGE, HOLLANDERS, CANALS, WOODEN SHOES, DUTCH HATS 00:13:09 - STREET ENTERTAINMENT, VENTRILIQUISTS, WOMEN WITH WHITE HATS 00:13:42 - GOODYEAR BLIMP FLIES OVER PAVILION, FLAGS WAVE 00:13:48 - CROWDS WATCH PROGRESS OF TRANSPORTATION SHOW, WILD WEST, WELLS FARGO STAGECOACH, HOLD UP, COWBOYS, GUNS 00:14:15 - CROWDS WATCH PARADE OF EARLY CARS, ACTORS, SHOW 00:15:12 - CROWDS WALKING, HOT SUMMER DAY, VIEWS OF PEOPLE REMOVING THEIR SHOES, 1930S FASHIONS 00:15:34 - NIGHT VIEWS OF FAIR, SPOT LIGHTS, LIGHT SHOWS, FORD BUILDING 00:16:34 - EXT FORD PAVILION, CROWDS, ROTUNDA 00:17:05 - INT VIEWS OF FORD PAVILLION, EARLY CARS, HENRY FORD'S OWN COLLECTION, CROWDS, MURAL 00:17:36 - HENRY AND EDSEL FORD ARRIVE AT PAVILION, GET OUT OF CAR, MEN SHAKE HANDS, EXCITED 00:18:08 - HUGE MOVING GLOBE IN CENTER OF ROTUNDA, CROWDS 00:18:19 - "OUT OF THE EARTH COMES THE FORD CAR" EXHIBITION, DIARAMAS COPPER, ZINC 00:18:55 - COMPANIES DISPLAY AT FORD PAVILION 00:19:16 - STEWART WARNER CORPORATION, SPEEDOMETERS, TRUTHFUL, MEN AND WOMEN IN WHITE WORK MAKING SPEEDOMETERS 00:19:32 - BLACK SCREEN 00:19:53 - THE TINKEN DETROIT AXLE COMPANY SIGN, MACHINES CUTTING 00:20:06 - DETROIT GASKET AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, CROWDS WATCH GASKETS BEING MADE BY WOMAN 00:20:22 - AMOSKEAG MANUFACTURING SIGN, POWER LOOMS, WEAVING DEMONSTRATIONS, BOBBINS, UPHOLSTERY 00:21:00 - BENDIX PRODUCTS CORPORATION SIGN, PRECISION PARTS, CROWDS WATCH REVOLVING DISPLAY 00:21:23 - HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL DEARBORN, MICH SIGN, TRADE SCHOOL, PRECISION PARTS MADE BY STUDENTS, CLOCKS 00:21:56 - HOUDAILLE HERSHEY CORPORATION SIGN, SHOCK ABSORBERS DEMONSTRATION 00:22:14 - UNITED ENGINEERING AND FOUNDRY COMPANY, L.A. YOUNG SPRING AND WIRE CORP. SIGN, VARIOUS MACHINERY, CROWDS WATCH DEMONSTRATIONS, SPRING MAKING, MOTOR PRODUCTS CORP. SIGN, 00:22:56 - CHASSIS, AND CLEAR PISTONS ON DISPLAY, V-8 ENGINE 00:23:22 - US RUBBER COMPANY, RUBBER PRODUCTION, KELSEY HAYES WHEEL COMPANY, WELDING MACHINE, FORDS HUNG FROM CEILING BY WHEEL RIMS, AMAZING FEAT 00:24:03 - BRIGGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, FORD BODIES, WELDING, MEN AT WORK, SHOWER OF SPARKS 00:24:28 - VIEW DOWN AT GLASS MANUFACTURER, WINDSHEILDS, SAFETY GLASS, GRINDING, MEN AT WORK 00:25:00 - VIEW DOWN AT CROWDS IN FORD PAVILLION 00:25:10 - HOT STEEL INGOTS, MANUFACTURING, MEN AT WORK, WHITE UNIFORMS, POURING STEEL 00:25:58 - THE SHELTON LOOMS SIGN, FLYING SHUTTLES, WEAVING LOOMS, THE AMERICAN BRASS COMPANY SIGN, RADIATOR TUBING MANUFACTURING, MURRAY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, CREATING SEATS FOR SEDANS, WOMEN AT SEWING MACHINES 00:26:53 - MAN MAKES CLAY MODELS OF FORDS, DESIGNER 00:26:56 - BALCONY AT FORD PAVILION, UMBRELLAS, PEOPLE SIT AND WATCH 00:27:06 - BLACK SCREEN 00:27:27 - FORD V-8 ENGINE ASSEMBLY LINE SIGN, SKILLED WORKERS, ASSEMBLY LINE, CLOCK, TIMED, LESS THAN 10 MINUTES, MEN AT WORK, WHITE UNIFORMS 00:28:35 - CONTOUR MAP, MODEL WITH MOVING VEHICLES 00:28:47 - ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA SIGN, OVERHEAD VIEW OF DISPLAY FLOOR, PEOPLE STROLLING, MAN IN WHITE UNIFORM PORING LIQUID ALUMINUM IN TO MOLD, V-8 CYLINDER HEAD PRODUCTION 00:29:05 - CROWDS ON ESCALTOR 00:29:12 - VIEWS OF MACHINERY AT WORK 00:29:22 - CHAMPION SPARK PLUG COMPANY SIGN, TEASTING OF SPARK PLUGS, DRY ICE TO FIRE DEMONSTRATION BY WOMAN IN WHITE UNIFORM 00:29:40 - DISPLAY OF WET GRINDING PROCESS 00:29:44 - REAR VIEW OF FAMILY WALKING THROUGH DISPLAYS, VOICE OVER, FORD V-8 CONTAINS OVER 15,000 SEPERATE PARTS 00:30:04 - ESSEX WIRE CORPORATION SIGN, WIRE MANUFACTURING DEMONSTRATIONS, WOMAN AT WORK 00:30:17 - "WE INVITE YOU TO THE LITTLE THEATRE, AIR COOLED SOUND MOVIE AND STAGE ACT", EARLY AIR CONDITONING 00:30:23 - CROWDS MOVING THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, WHITE STRAW HATS, FORD LINCOLNS ON DISPLAY 00:30:41 - CROWDS MOVING TOWARDS THE HENRY FORD CENTURY ROOM, "SHOWING 100 YEARS OF MECHANICAL PROGRESS", VIEWS OF THE ORIGINAL HENRY FORD WORKSHOP "40 YEARS AGO" BELTS, MECHANICS AT WORK, PRODUCTION LINE BENEFITS, BLACKSMITH AT WORK, INDUSTRY, CROWDS WATCHING DEMONSTRATIONS 00:31:32 - "WITH ONE FOOT ON THE LAND AND ONE IN INDUSTRY, AMERICA IS SAFE" SAYS HENRY FORD, EXT VIEWS OF BUILDINGS, SOYBEANS, EARLY TRACTOR ENGINES, SOY BEANS MADE INTO FORD PARTS, EARLY GREEN INDUSTRY 00:32:25 - ROADS OF THE WORLD EXHIBITION, GUESTS USE FORD CARS TO DRIVE ON VARIOUS ROADS, MEN HELP WOMEN OUT OF CARS 00:33:58 - SYMPHONY GARDENS, OUTDOOR BANDSHELL, AMPHITHEATER, DETROIT SYMPHONY PLAYS, VIEW OF CONDUCTOR AND CROWDS LISTENING 00:34:22 - RECAP, VARIOUS VIEWS OF FORD EXHIBIT AT CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR, 1933, CENTRUY OF PROGRESS, SPIRALING TRANSITION SPECIAL EFFECTS 00:35:13 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1934
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-503