- Title: VM-549B
- Summary: FORD COLLECTION STORIES:
- Description:00:01:19 - WORKERS UNLOADING CRATES FROM TRUCK IN FIELD, LONG TRENCHES, SOME COVERED WITH TARPAULINS. 00:01:57 - WORKERS DIGGING, SORTING, PLACING CROP IN BUSHEL BASKETS, LOADING BASKETS ON TRUCK. HARVESTING CROPS. LONG LINE OF CARS PARKED SIDE BY SIDE IN BACKGROUND. 00:03:38 - COVERED WAGON, STAGECOACH, MEN RIDING ON HORSEBACK & RIDING LARGE WHEELED VINTAGE BIKES, SEVERAL CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, & A SURREY, PONY-DRAWN CARTS WITH CHILDREN, IN GREENFIELD VILLAGE. 00:04:55 - ORGAN GRINDER WITH MUSTACHE, FEATHERED HAT & MONKEY IN HIS ARMS, GRINDS AWAY AS MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN WATCH. 00:06:17 - OLD LOCOMOTIVE PULLS OUT OF STATION, PASSENGERS WAVE FROM WINDOWS. 00:06:42 - TRACTOR-DRAWN PLOW IN FIELD. MONTAGE SEVERAL VIEWS OF PLOW IN OPERATION PLOWING UP A HUGE FIELD 00:07:14 - AERIAL FORD TRI-MOTOR PLANE TAKING OFF, & IN FLIGHT AS SEEN FROM ANOTHER PLANE ABOVE. MONTAGE SEVERAL VIEWS OF PLANE IN FLIGHT AND LANDING. 00:09:30 - PAN OF LARGE OPEN-SIDED TENT. TENT SHOW. TENT INTERIOR, PEOPLE MILLING AROUND LOOKING AT EXHIBITS OF FORD CARS, TRUCKS AND A QUADRICYCLE. 00:10:05 - BUILDING WITH "FORD" SIGN ON TOP, PAN DOWN TO PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT. SPECTATORS EXAMINE EXHIBITS IN TENT OF WAGON, COVERED WAGON, BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, STAGECOACH, EARLY MODEL LOCOMOTIVE. TRI-MOTOR AIRPLANE. PAN. 00:11:44 - THREE MEN & WOMAN POSE WITH TRI-MOTOR PLANE, GETTING IN. 00:12:17 - CU ENGINES WARMING UP, PLANE TAXIING, TAKING OFF. 00:13:00 - DOROTHY GISH VISITING FORD MOTOR CO FLAPPERS AT ASSEMBLY LINE & ON AIRPLANE. ACTRESS GISH, IN 1920s OUTFIT, VISITING FORD PLANTS WITH GROUP. SHE IS IMPRESSED AS SHE LOOKS AT AUTO ON ASSEMBLY LINE. 00:13:55 - SEVERAL SHOTS OF GISH POSING AT ENTRANCE DOOR OF FORD TRI-MOTOR PLANE AS IT REVS UP, CLIMBS IN. 00:14:05 - TRI-MOTOR TAXIING ON RUNWAY. SEVERAL CLOSE-UPS OF THE 3 ENGINE'S PROPELLERS REVVING UP AND STOPPING. PLANE TAKES OFF AND CIRCLES THE FIELD. 00:15:35 - VIEWS OF TRI-MOTOR ON FIELD. WOMAN & 3 MEN POSING ALONGSIDE PLANE. MAN HELPS WOMAN INTO PLANE, 3 MEN FOLLOW, THEY USE WICKER CHAIR AS STEP-LADDER TO CLIMB INTO PLANE. 00:16:06 - PAN OF FABRIC ON OVERHEAD CONVEYOR BELTS FALLING IN FOLDS ONTO MACHINE. 00:17:12 - WORKER INSPECTS FABRIC COMING OFF MACHINE. FABRIC ROLLING ONTO ROLLER. 00:17:33 - WORKER TENDING LOOMS IN OPERATION, STACK FOLDED FABRIC SLOWLY BEING FED INTO ROLLING PRESSER, DRAPED OVER RACKS. 00:18:35 - WORKER UPHOLSTERING FORD CAR SEAT MAKING SEAT CUSHIONS. CIRCA 1929 00:18:44 - CU WORKER EXAMINES CAR SEAT SPRING BEFORE APPLYING STUFFING & FABRIC. WORKER APPLIES SOFT INSULATION TIES IT TO SPRING, TACKS THE SPRING IN PLACE, THEN APPLIES UPHOLSTERING. 00:20:31 - WORKER COMPRESSES THE SPRING INTO THE UPHOLSTERED TOP AND TACKS IT IN PLACE. 00:20:52 - WORKER LOADING FLEECES FROM RAILROAD CAR INTO TRUCK, EXAMINING EACH PIECE. TRACTOR HAULS TRAILER LOADED WITH FLEECE IN PLANT YARD. 00:21:52 - WORKER WEARING APRON UNLOADS THE FLEECE BY HAND AND PLACES IT IN STORAGE BUILDING. MACHINE FOLDS FABRIC FEED DOWN FROM OVERHEAD CONVEYOR. CLOSE-UP OF ROLLERS WITH CLOSELY SPACED TEETH 00:22:18 - CU MECHANICAL LOOM IN OPERATION. WOOL PROCESSING MACHINERY IN OPERATION, PAN. 00:23:10 - MONTAGE WORKERS ON LONG TABLES MAKE CORRUGATED SHAPE IN FABRIC FOR SEATS. 00:23:25 - CU HEAVY WEIGHT CONTINUOUSLY POUNDS AUTO SEAT TO TEST ITS SPRING AND ENDURANCE. 00:24:13 - YARN IN MACHINE TESTING ITS TENSILE STRENGTH. CU DIAL MOVES AS THE THREAD IS PULLED, SHOWING ITS STRENGTH. 00:25:19 - TRAIN PULLING INTO STATION BUSES LINING UP NEXT TO TRAIN. LARGE GROUP OF MEN GETTING OFF TRAIN, GATHERING AROUND BUSES. 00:26:02 - PANORAMA OF FORD PLANT YARD, HIGH STACK, SMOKE RISING FROM ACTIVE BUILDINGS. 00:26:22 - GROUP OF MEN ON STATION PLATFORM, ONE HORSES AROUND WITH ANOTHER'S HAT. SOME MAKE FUNNY GESTURES AS THEY POSE. 00:26:37 - BUSES LEAVE STATION WITH GROUP ABOARD. BUSES TURN INTO AUTOMOBILE & TRUCK TRAFFIC ON BUSY STREET. 00:28:55 - GROWING CORN IN SPITE OF THE BORER (1927) FORDSON TRACTORS IN YARD, SIGN ON BUILDING, "U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, EUROPEAN CORN BORER CONTROL." PAN HUNDREDS OF PLOWS AND TRACTORS LINED UP INSIDE WAREHOUSE AND OUTSIDE YARD. 00:29:29 - MAN USES HOE AS HE BURNS CROP IN FIELD FOUND TO BE INFESTED WITH 2336 BORERS PER ACRE. 00:29:49 - MAN PICKS UP CORN STALK FROM FIELD, FINDS BORERS. CU MAN'S HAND OPENS TINY CORN PLANT AND SHOWS THE BORERS TO CAMERA. 00:30:25 - MEN IN FIELD USE HOSES TO CONTROL FIRES OF BURNING CROP. 00:30:37 - MEN SITTING IN CHAIRS HAVING THEIR HEADS BANDAGED BY FIRST AID CLASS MEMBERS. SUPERVISOR INSPECTS THEIR WORK. ALL OF THEM ARE MINE WORKERS. 00:31:32 - THE"INJURED" STUDENTS HAVING THEIR ARMS AND LEGS PLACED IN SPLINTS BY THEIR PEERS. 00:32:18 - SUPERVISOR SHOWS HOW AN INJURED MINER IS PICKED UP AND CARRIED. 00:32:40 - MINERS WITH OXYGEN TANKS ON BACKS AND MASKS ON FACES ENTER SMOKING MINE SHAFT. 00:32:55 - MAN IS AWAKENED FROM SLEEP BY FIRE IN HIS BED. 00:33:07 - MAN PULLING FIRE ALARM ON STREET CORNER. THICK SMOKE BELLOWING FROM APARTMENT WINDOW. MAN WHO PULLED FIRE ALARM WAVES TO APPROACHING FIRE ENGINE, DIRECTS THEM TO FIRE. 00:33:25 - ENGINES APPROACH APARTMENT FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS DOWN STREET. SEVERAL HOSES POUR WATER ON FLAMES, IN UPPER APARTMENT, FROM STREET 00:33:46 - SMALL CHILDREN AT MINIATURE INTERSECTION DIRECTING TRAFFIC CONSISTING OF CHILDREN IN TOY CARS, ON TRICYCLES AND KIDDIE CARS. CU BOY WEARING POLICE HAT AND WHISTLE IN MOUTH DIRECTS TRAFFIC BY MINIATURE STREET SIGN. 00:34:19 - BOY STANDS BY HIS TOY CAR AND BAWLS OUT GIRL FOR DISOBEYING STREET CAR. 00:34:45 - MINERS WEARING AIR PACKS CARRY CAGED CANARY INTO MINE TO DETECT CARBON MONOXIDE. CU MINER'S HAND HOLDING CAGED BIRD. 00:35:10 - MINERS APPROACH SIGN, "ONE MAN HERE". THEY CRAWL INTO ENCLOSURE AND FIND MINER UNCONSCIOUS. MAN IS GIVEN OXYGEN FROM ONE OF THE AIR PACKS AND STRAP IT ON HIS BACK. THEY CARRY HIM OUT. 00:36:11 - WORKER DIGGING COAL IN MINE WITH SHOVEL IS WARNED BY ANOTHER MINER. HE IS LATER FOUND UNCONSCIOUS ON GROUND IN MINE. MINER STRAPPED TO STRETCHER. 00:36:28 - TRUCK BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY INTO PATH OF MODEL-T, WHO SWERVES TO AVOID ACCIDENT. 00:36:39 - CHILDREN PLAYING IN STREET WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC. BOYS PLAYING CATCH, ONE MISSES BALL RUNS OUT TO STREET. BOY'S MOTHER, WATCHING, GESTURES IN HORROR AS BOY IS HIT BY CAR. (GRAPHIC SCENE) 00:36:53 - MODEL-T SPEEDING TOWARDS BOYS PLAYING IN STREET. BOY LIES ON STREET UNDER CAR. 00:36:58 - BOY STRUGGLING IN SWIMMING POOL, BEING PULLED OUT BY ANOTHER SWIMMER. UNCONSCIOUS BOY IS GIVEN ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION (OLD FASHION WAY) BY HIS SAVIOR 00:38:12 - TWO BOYS DEMONSTRATE SEVERAL WAYS TO BREAK DROWNING MAN'S HOLD IN AND OUT OF WATER. 00:38:43 - APPROACHING TRAIN STEAMING DOWN TRACKS TOWARDS CROSSING. HEAVY TRAFFIC AT CROSSING 00:39:10 - SMOKING STEAM LOCOMOTIVE PULLING STRING OF FREIGHT CARS CROSSES AN INTERSECTION, CARS PASS AFTER IT CROSSES. 00:39:47 - MAN WALKS ATOP TRAIN TRACK BALANCING HIMSELF GETS FOOT CAUGHT BETWEEN RAILS. TRAIN APPROACHING. MAN REMOVES FOOT FROM SHOE, ROLLS AWAY JUST IN TIME. 00:40:10 - WORKER ON TOP OF RAILROAD LOCOMOTIVE, ANOTHER HANDS HIM A LADDER. 1ST WORKER STRAPS LADDER TO RAIL FOR SAFETY, CLIMBS UP, POLISHES LOCOMOTIVE. 00:40:33 - WORKER IN CAB OF LOCOMOTIVE PUTS ON GOGGLES, CRAWLS INTO FIREBOX. STICKS HIS HEAD OUT, GRABS TOOLS GOES BACK IN. 00:41:07 - TWO WINDOW WASHERS ON HANGING SCAFFOLD FASTEN SAFETY BELTS TO LINE HANGING FROM ROOF. SCAFFOLD FALLS FROM UNDER THEM, WORKERS HANG IN MID-AIR FROM THEIR SAFETY LINES 00:41:57 - WORKERS WEARING PROTECTIVE CLOTHING GUIDING LADLE FULL OF MOLTEN METAL AWAY FROM FURNACE. WORKERS WEARING PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND WEARING GOGGLES POUR MOLTEN METAL INTO MOULD OF CYLINDER BLOCK. 00:42:30 - (*PREVIOUSLY LOGGED*) 00:43:20 - (*PREVIOUSLY LOGGED*) 00:44:00 - WORKER WALKS BY AS BOXES STACKED HIGH IN WAREHOUSE FALL, BARELY MISSING HIM. SUPERVISOR SHOWS MEN HOW TO RE-STACK THEM SAFELY BY USING PLANKS OF WOOD BETWEEN LAYERS. WORKERS STACK THE BOXES PROPERLY 00:45:00 - SCENES OF BUSINESS DISTRICT, HORSE-DRAWN VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIANS, POLICEMEN, NATIVE WOMEN, INCLUDING ONE CARRYING BASKET BALANCED ON HEAD. NATIVES SITTING AROUND BASE OF TREE IN SHADE. 00:45:57 - MAN PASSING THROUGH LARGE GATE OF HOME, ENTERS HOME. 00:46:13 - BAREFOOT NATIVE CLIMBING PALM TREE, THROWING DOWN COCONUTS. 00:46:42 - BLACK POLICEMAN AND SEVERAL NATIVE MEN STANDS BY STREET VENDOR WHO USES AXE TO OPEN COCONUT FOR ITS MILK. CU WOMAN DRINKS MILK FROM COCONUT 00:47:09 - BLACK POLICEMAN SITS ON BENCH AS ANOTHER POLICEMAN GUIDES PEOPLE INTO BUILDING IN BACKGROUND. 00:47:21 - MANY NATIVE WOMEN IN SUN HATS GATHER ON STREET CORNER. BOY FLYING KITE OUTSIDE OLD FORT ON HILL. CANNON ON GROUND AMID RUINS INSIDE FORT. 00:47:52 - HORSE AND BUGGY IN PASSAGEWAY TO 70 FOOT HIGH "QUEEN"S" STAIRCASE. VIEW OF NATIVE CHILDREN RUNNING UP AND DOWN STAIRCASE, AS SEEN FROM ABOVE. 00:48:30 - MAN WALKING UP STEPS THROUGH TREES & GARDEN OF GOVERNOR'S MANSION. VIEW OF MASSIVE GOVERNOR'S MANSION 00:48:54 - BLACK GUARDS OUTSIDE GOVERNOR'S MANSION EXECUTE THE 'CHANGING OF THE GUARD,' CEREMONY. 00:49:10 - MANSION'S GARDEN WITH PALM TREES. 00:49:44 - VIEW OF OCEAN FROM BIMINI ISLAND. VIEW OF BIMINI ISLAND FROM SHIP. NATIVES IN SMALL SAILBOAT VIEW OF NASSAU SHORE, SAILBOAT, LIGHTHOUSE, & SLEEK EXCURSION BOAT, FROM SHIP. 00:50:46 - NATIVE BOYS AT DOCK STAND BEHIND ROPE AND WATCH TOURISTS DEBARK FROM EXCURSION BOAT. LUGGAGE BEING LOADING ON HORSE-DRAWN CART 00:51:00 - STATUE OF COLUMBUS ON THE ISLAND. COLUMBUS STATUE FACING CITY, HARBOR AND HOG ISLAND IN DISTANCE. AS SEEN LOOKING OVER SHOULDER OF STATUE. 00:51:22 - RESIDENTIAL AREA, HARBOR, AND ISLAND IN DISTANCE 00:52:55 - PALM TREE BORDERED PATH LEADING TO AMERICAN CONSUL'S RESIDENCE. MR. & MRS. LATHROP, AMERICAN CONSUL, POSE OUTSIDE RESIDENCE. 00:53:20 - MEN & WOMEN PLAY TENNIS ON PALM TREE-LINED COURTS OF COLONIAL HOTEL. PAN OF COURTS TO HOTEL. 00:54:07 - MAP OF U.S. SHOWING SOUTH DAKOTA. MAP OF SOUTH DAKOTA, MISSOURI RIVER, BAD LANDS & SUGGESTED AREA FOR NATIONAL PARK. 00:54:40 - PANORAMIC VIEW OF BADLANDS' BARREN ROCK FORMATIONS, TOURISTS WALKING ALONG FORMATIONS. 00:55:38 - MORE VIEWS OF PICTURESQUE ROCK FORMATIONS IN BAD LANDS OF SOUTH DAKOTA. MONTAGE ROCK FORMATIONS, TREES, RIVER. 00:56:58 - SIOUX INDIANS, TENTS, WAGONS, TEEPEES. 00:57:18 - NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN ON HORSEBACK PULLING A TRAVOIS (2 POLE WITH SEAT DRAGGING ALONG GROUND), WITH 2 CHILDREN ON IT. INDIANS IN WAR COSTUMES GATHER 00:57:26 - GROUP OF INDIANS, MEN AND WOMEN, IN NATIVE COSTUME 00:57:35 - LARGE GROUP OF INDIANS GALLOPING INTO TOWN ON A "RAID." TOWNS PEOPLE WATCH AS INDIANS ON HORSEBACK RIDE INTO TOWN IN LONG COLUMN, CARRYING LANCES & RIFLES. 00:58:30 - INDIANS BUNCHED TOGETHER DANCE IN STREET OF TOWN AS SPECTATORS WATCH. CLOSE-UP OF INDIAN WOMEN AND MEN DANCING SIDE-BY-SIDE, SOME HOLDING UMBRELLAS. 00:59:05 - CROWDS OF INDIANS WITH CHILDREN, IN NATIVE COSTUME, WALKING AROUND AND MINGLING IN TOWN. OLD INDIAN WOMAN WITH UMBRELLA, POSES WITH TWO CHILDREN. 00:59:39 - CHIEFS "WHITE EAGLE", "SPOTTED EAGLE", & "LARGE BULL" POSE IN COLORFUL HEAD DRESS & COSTUME. LARGE GROUP OF INDIANS WEARING CHIEF HEADGEAR & COSTUMES, POSE. PAN 01:00:12 - INDIAN COUPLE POSE IN THEIR FANCY OUTFITS. 'ANDREW KNIFE'S' BEADED OUTFIT TOOK TWO YEARS TO MAKE. 01:00:19 - PANORAMIC VIEW OF ROCK FORMATIONS IN BADLANDS AND 2 TOURISTS WALKING THROUGH. 01:00:19 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1920
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: VM-549B