- Title: VM-546A
- Summary: FORD COLLECTION STORIES:
- Description:01:17:15 - COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE RELIABILITY TOUR (1929) FORD TRI-MOTOR AIRPLANE ON FIELD. HENRY, EDSEL & EDSEL'S TWO SONS ON FIELD. GROUP OF MEN ON FIELD INCLUDE PILOT. 01:17:35 - EDSEL FORD & SONS. EDSEL FORD'S SONS CLIMB INTO CAR. HENRY AND EDSEL FORD CHAT WITH OTHERS ON FIELD NEAR PLANE. 01:17:45 - MAN WAVES LARGE WHITE FLAG TO SIGNAL PLANE'S TAKE OFF. FORD TRI-PLANE TAKING OFF FROM LONG RUNWAY. PLANE IN FLIGHT CIRCLES AIRFIELD. 01:18:12 - VIEWS OF OTHER PLANES BEING FLAGGED OFF. CROWD ON FIELD, WITH DIRIGIBLE IN SKY IN BACKGROUND. GOODYEAR BLIMP 01:18:40 - DIRIGIBLE COMES IN FOR LANDING & SPECTATORS GATHERING AROUND TO WATCH 01:19:15 - CROWD GATHERS AROUND TRI-MOTOR ON FIELD WITH MOORED BALLOONS NEARBY. CU MOORED HELIUM BALLOONS 01:19:33 - PRESIDENT-ELECT PASCUAL ORTIZ RUBIO OF MEXICO VISITS RIVER ROUGE FORD PLANT IN DETROIT. EDSEL FORD POINTS OUT AUTOS ON ASSEMBLY LINE TO PRESIDENT ORTIZ AND ENTOURAGE OF MEN AND WOMEN 01:20:28 - EDSEL FORD EXPLAINS OPERATION TO ORTIZ & WIFE & POINTS TO CARS ON ASSEMBLY LINE, EXHIBIT. 01:20:53 - AS GROUP CHAT AND WATCH, NEW FORDS ARE DRIVEN OFF ASSEMBLY LINE 01:21:24 - WOMAN HOLDS HANDS OF TWO CHILDREN AS SHE PRECEDES OTHER VIEWERS OUT OF PLANT. 01:21:29 - TWO NEW 1930 FORD SEDAN MODELS ROLL OUT OF PLANT. 01:21:39 - 1932 STATE FAIR SMALL BAND, VIOLIN, ACCORDION & TWO GUITARS PLAYING IN FRONT OF MICROPHONE, ON RAISED PLATFORM, UNDER TENT. AUDIENCE SEATED IN CHAIRS, WATCH. PAN. 01:22:03 - FOUR NEGRO BOYS SINGING, ACCOMPANIED BY ACCORDION PLAYER. THE FOUR SING AGAIN ACCOMPANIED BY FOUR-PIECE BAND. 01:22:22 - PEOPLE WAITING UNDER CANOPY, CAR STOPS AND PICKS THEM UP, DOORMAN HELPING THEM IN. CONVERTIBLE CAR WITH PASSENGERS RIDES OVER RAMP. CARNIVAL TENTS IN BACKGROUND, DISTANT FERRIS WHEEL. DEMO RIDE 01:24:01 - FORD THRIFT GARDENS FORD WORKERS & FAMILIES CULTIVATING VEGETABLE GARDENS ON LARGE PLOT OFF ROAD, HOUSES NEARBY. PAN TO BLACK MAN & WOMAN SQUATTING TO TEND VEGETABLE PLANTS 01:24:37 - MAN USING HOE IN VEGETABLE GARDEN, PAN TO CROWD OF WORKERS SQUATTING TO TEND VEGETABLES IN GARDEN 01:24:52 - BLACK WORKERS USE LONG STICKS TO CLEAR HANGING VEGETABLES FROM PATH. WORKER STOOPS OVER AND PICKS UP DEBRIS AROUND PLANTS. 01:25:19 - MAN USES HOE IN OPEN VEGETABLE FIELD. CU BASKETS LOADED WITH ALL SORTS OF VEGETABLES 01:26:00 - BALLOON & AIRPLANE RACES (1929) AIR BALLOON WITH 'DETROIT' WRITTEN ON IT DRIFTS ACROSS AIRFIELD FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL OTHERS DRIFTING SLOWLY SKYWARD, CARRYING THEIR BASKETS AND PASSENGERS BELOW THEM 01:26:34 - MEN STANDING AROUND WEIGHING SCALES, LUGGAGE ON GROUND NEAR SCALES, AIRPLANES IN BACKGROUND . 01:26:42 - MONTAGE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPE VINTAGE AIRPLANES BEING FLAGGED OFF. 01:26:52 - PAN OF PARKING AREA WITH MANY VINTAGE CARS PARKED ALONGSIDE AIRFIELD. SPECTATORS ON FIELD LOOKING AT AIRPLANES. AIRPLANES & DIRIGIBLES IN AIR, SPECTATORS ON FIELD. DIRIGIBLE FLYING LOW. 01:27:23 - SEVERAL HELIUM BALLOONS RISING FROM GROUND. PAN 01:27:48 - BLOOD TRANSFUSION (1936) "BLOOD TRANSFUSION FOR ILL CHILD IS NO LONGER FORMIDABLE PROCEDURE." CHILD IN HOSPITAL BED, DOCTOR & NURSE PREPARING EQUIPMENT FOR TRANSFUSION. NURSE APPLIES TOURNIQUET, DOCTOR INSERTS NEEDLE IN CHILD'S ARM. 01:28:37 - CU NURSE MIXING BLOOD WITH COLORLESS LIQUID. 01:28:57 - AIRPLANE RACE LARGE NUMBER OF FORD TRI-MOTOR PLANES & OTHERS ON FIELD. PAN. CARS PARKED IN PARKING LOT ACROSS ROAD FROM FIELD. 01:29:14 - LARGE GROUP OF MEN AROUND SCALES WEIGHING THEIR LUGGAGE ON FIELD, PLANES IN BACKGROUND. 01:29:24 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1929
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: VM-546A