- Title: VM-1302B
- Summary: FORD COLLECTION STORIES:
- Description:00:01:26 - CHILDREN IN A VARIETY OF CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES. PAINTING, WOOD SHOP, PORTRAYING NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS, HOMEMADE RECORD PLAYER. 00:01:32 - ROOM FULL OF KIDS PAINTING. ON EASELS. SITTING ON FLOOR MAKING FEATHER HEADDRESSES. 00:02:43 - CHILDREN TRYING ON HEADDRESSES, BLANKETS, DANCING AROUND THE ROOM. 00:03:29 - PRE-TEEN BOYS IN WOODWORKING SHOP, MAKING A VARIETY OF WOODEN OBJECTS. HAMMERING NAILS INTO BLOCKS OF WOOD 00:04:33 - BLACK PRE-TEEN WALKS ALONG STREET PLAYING HARMONICA. GREAT OUTFIT, LEATHER "AVIATOR" LOOK, LEATHER JACKET, CAP. 00:04:40 - CU SAME BOY PLAYING HARMONICA 00:04:50 - SAME BOY IN CLASSROOM WORKING ON WOODEN TURNTABLE FOR RECORD PLAYER, TESTING HIS INVENTION 00:05:55 - SAME BOY WITH OTHER INVENTIONS, WORKING ON ELABORATE MECHANISM CONSTRUCTED OF WOODEN BLOCKS. 00:06:13 - CU BOY CARVING END OF WOODEN BLOCK. 00:06:20 - ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR SCHOOL CHILDREN BLOCK PRINTING USING BLOCKS TO PRINT PATTERNS ON PAPER 00:07:00 - KIDS MAKING MASKS OUT OF PAPIER MACHE AND PAPER TAPE. FINISHED MASKS ON WALL. 00:09:18 - CHILDREN AT WORK TABLES & ON FLOOR, MINIATURE FARM WITH BARN & ANIMALS. MAKING FELT PANELS AND COSTUMES 00:10:36 - CHILDREN WORKING ON PANELS SPREAD OUT ON THE FLOOR CHILDREN, GIRLS AND BOYS SEWING APPLIQUE PIECES ON CLOTH PANELS. 00:12:16 - A WIDE VARIETY OF OF NURSERY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. 00:12:38 - TAXICAB PULLS UP, CHILDREN GETTING OUT, WOMEN HELPING CHILDREN OUT OF CAR. CHECKERED CAB 00:13:12 - CHILDREN RUNNING INTO HOUSE, SIGN "CHILDREN'S HOUSE" INSIDE, CHILDREN TAKING OFF COATS, HANGING THEM UP. MASK IN F/G. LITTLE BOY HELPS LITTLE GIRL OUT OF HER SNOWSUIT 00:14:33 - CHILDREN AT WORK IN WOOD SHOP. CU TOOLS, MATERIALS. CHILDREN USING GROWN-UP TOOLS, SAW, HAMMER. ARTS AND CRAFTS. 00:17:31 - DISPLAY OF WOODEN TOYS BOATS, AIRPLANES, VEHICLES, BUILDINGS, ETC. THAT CHILDREN MADE. 00:17:55 - CHILDREN WORKING WITH CLAY. DISPLAY OF CLAY FIGURES, ANIMALS, INDIANS IN CANOES, 00:18:40 - CHILDREN AT EASELS PAINTING. 00:19:40 - CU CHILDREN CUTTING BLOCKS, INKING THEM, PRINTING. CUTTING DESIGNS IN LINOLEUM FOR TEXTILES 00:20:45 - LITTLE GIRLS SEWING, MAKING COSTUMES FOR PUPPETS. SEVERAL CHILDREN WITH PUPPETS. 00:22:06 - CU CHUBBY GIRL BEHIND HER MASK, TAKES MASK AWAY, MAKES FACE AT CAMERA. 00:22:14 - CHILDREN GETTING DRESSED IN COATS AND HATS, LEAVING BUILDING, HS RUNNING. 00:23:00 - CU MASK ON WALL BY LIGHT OF STREET LAMP OUTSIDE WINDOW 00:23:50 - 1937 FORD V-8 WELDED ALL STEEL BODY. WORKERS OPERATING PRESSES, CLOSE-UPS OF PRESS STAMPING OUT CAR TOPS. PLACING PARTS ONTO FRAME WHICH HOLDS THEM TOGETHER WHILE BEING WELDED. WORKER IN MASK SPRAY-PAINTING BODY. WORKERS INSTALLING DASHBOARD, UPHOLSTERY. FINAL ASSEMBLY LINE, BODY DROP. INDUSTRY. 00:27:15 - 1935 CIRCA NEW CAR DRIVING ON COUNTRY ROAD 00:27:46 - NEW FORD V-8 FOR 1935, CONTINUED. VIEWS OF RIVER ROUGE PLANT, EXTERIOR 00:28:13 - 1908 MODEL-A ON DISPLAY 00:28:31 - 1932 V-8 ON DISPLAY 00:28:39 - 1935 V-8 ON DISPLAY ON TURNTABLE 00:28:59 - HENRY & EDSEL FORD INSPECTING FIRST 1935 V-8'S ON ASSEMBLY LINE, GETTING IN, DRIVING OFF LINE. 00:29:23 - DRIVING TESTS ON TRACK, ROUGH FIELD, UNEVEN ROAD, OVER RAISED SIDEWALK. TEST DRIVING CARS 00:30:58 - FAMILY LEAVING HOUSE, GETTING INTO CAR, DOG CHAINED IN YARD. BOY POINTING, FATHER LETTING DOG INTO CAR. LITTLE GIRL POINTING TO COW, CU COW, FATHER SHAKING HIS HEAD NO, COW CAN'T COME. FAMILY & DOG DRIVING AWAY IN CAR 00:31:05 - TRIO OF FIREMEN AROUND NEW V-8, CIRCA 1935. ONE GETTING IN, DRIVING ON WET ROAD, TESTING BRAKES, BEING PULLED OVER BY MOTORCYCLE POLICEMAN, JOKE ABOUT GOING TO A FIRE, POLICEMAN LETS HIM GO 00:31:40 - INTERIOR CAR, BACK SEAT, FRONT SEAT, DASH, GLOVES HAND OPENS GLOVE COMPARTMENT. WINDSHIELD, GEARSHIFT, SAFETY GLASS. 00:32:03 - SEVERAL STYLES OF V-8 ON TURNTABLE, 1930s. 00:32:54 - WORKERS AT DRAFTING TABLES IN LARGE ROOM, PATTERN MAKERS AT WORK DESIGNING DIFFERENT PARTS OF CAR 00:33:46 - ADVERTISING POSTERS FOR 1949 FORDS. 00:33:52 - GARAGE DOORS LIFTING, OLD MODEL FORD LEAVING PLANT, NEW MODEL FOLLOWING. SEVERAL TAKES 00:34:37 - OLD AND NEW CAR, CIRCA 1935 SIDE-BY-SIDE 00:34:48 - TEST DRIVING CARS ON TRAIN TRACKS, IN LOOSE DIRT FIELD, OVER RAILROAD TIES, THROUGH WATER, OVER ROUGH ROAD. SPEED BUMPS. 00:36:32 - CU FLAT TIRE. CHANGING TIRE. 00:36:58 - TRIO OF FORD CARS DRIVE SIDE-BY-SIDE 00:37:23 - TEST DRIVING CARS ON TRACK, IN LOOSE DIRT FIELD, 00:37:39 - FOR DRIVING ALONG ROAD GETS FLAT TIRE, BLOW OUT. ECU FLAT TIRE. DRIVER CHANGING TIRE. 00:38:20 - CU CAR DRIVING ALONG, BLOWOUT. FLAT TIRE. 00:38:26 - TEST DRIVING CARS ON RAILROAD TRACKS, THROUGH WATER, ON BUMPY ROAD, OVER SPEED BUMPS, 00:38:56 - OLD AND NEW FORD PARKED SIDE-BY-SIDE 00:39:10 - MORE TEST DRIVING 00:39:18 - WORKERS IN LARGE ROOM AT DRAFTING TABLES. PATTERN MAKERS AT WORK, 00:39:41 - MORE TEST DRIVING 00:40:19 - FORD'S CAMP LEGION AND CAMP WILLOW RUN, 1941. NARRATED. 00:40:30 - TEEN BOY IN KITCHEN PREPARING FOOD, BOYS AT WORK IN FIELD SEEN THROUGH WINDOW. PEELING POTATO 00:40:41 - BOYS HOEING. BOYS ON HANDS AND KNEES CULTIVATING CABBAGE FIELD. CU'S SEVERAL BOYS, TEENS WORKING ON THE FARM, PICKING MELONS, SACKS OF PRODUCE AT EDGE OF FIELD, BOYS CARRYING BASKETS 00:42:31 - TEENS SIT IN CIRCLE, DIGGING, PICKING CARROTS, PICKING PEAN OR BEANS. DIGGING POTATOES. POTATO SORTING MACHINE. 00:43:24 - BOY IN TREE PICKING FRUIT, ECU HAND PICKING CHERRY. CU BOY EATING CHERRY. 00:43:39 - BOYS BENT OVER PULLING VEGETABLES, TURNIPS, BOYS LOADING BASKETS OF CABBAGE ONTO BACK OF TRUCK 00:44:05 - TEENS PICKING, LOADING, WASHING & TRIMMING VEGETABLES. SCALDING TOMATOES. 00:44:36 - TEENS CANNING VEGETABLES, PLACING TOPS ON CANS. PLACING CANS INTO COOKER LINER, USING BLOCK AND TACKLE TO LOWER LINER INTO COOKER 00:45:25 - CU TEEN IN SHOWER, BOYS IN SHOWER, WASHING EARS 00:45:58 - ROADSIDE VEGETABLE STAND, CUSTOMERS, TEEN SALESMAN. WEIGHING VEGETABLES ON SCALE. 00:46:44 - WINTER VIEWS OF CAMP. EXTERIOR. SNOW. 00:46:53 - TEEN STOKING FURNACE. 00:47:31 - TEENS WORKING SEVERAL JOBS IN PLANT INCLUDING PUMP MAINTENANCE, POWER PLANT, SMALL PARTS MANUFACTURING. BOYS LEARNING TRADES. FUTURE LABOR FORCE. TRADE SCHOOL 00:48:33 - WWII AIRPLANE CONSTRUCTION AT WILLOW RUN LIBERATOR BOMBER PLANT. 1943. FEMALE FACTORY PLANT WORKERS EATING LUNCH. FEMALE WORKERS WIRING, RIVETING, DRILLING, "ROSIE THE RIVETER" MEN & WOMEN WORKING ON ASSEMBLY LINE. COCKPIT, LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY LINE. AIRPLANE MANUFACTURING. 00:52:54 - (A). MEN, INCLUDING CHARLES SORENSEN, HENRY FORD II, STANDING IN FRONT OF TANK WITH SIGN "LAST M-4A3 TANK, MADE SEPTEMBER 15, 1943" TANK IN DOORWAY OF FACTORY. MEN TALKING, POSING. ARMY OFFICERS, CIVILIAN, WAC OFFICERS. 00:53:44 - OFFICER AND PARTY INSPECTING FORMATION OF TROOPS INCLUDING WACS. 00:54:16 - CU HENRY FORD AND GENERAL ARNOLD SEATED IN FRONT SEAT OF CAR 00:54:23 - GROUP OF OFFICERS, CIVILIANS STANDING BESIDE CARS PARKED NEAR "BASE OPERATIONS" BUILDING. 00:54:26 - HENRY FORD II AND OFFICERS TALKING UNDER WING OF PLANE 00:54:30 - HENRY FORD GETTING OUT OF CAR, BEING INTRODUCED TO GROUP OF OFFICERS & CIVILIANS. 00:54:45 - GENERAL ARNOLD, OFFICERS INSPECTING AIRCRAFT, LANDING GEAR, NOSE COCKPIT 00:54:59 - HENRY FORD & GROUP LOOKING AT OLD TIME ENGINE. LITTLE GIRL POSING BY VALVE, MAN HELPING HER TURN VALVE. HENRY FORD, LITTLE GIRL, BOY & WOMAN STAND BESIDE ENGINE 00:55:27 - HENRY FORD, MAN, TEEN BESIDE CAR. PEOPLE IN B/G. PAN PEOPLE. FORD IN CAR. PEOPLE IN B/G. HORSES MOVING IN F/G. FORD SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS WHILE SEATED IN CAR, PEOPLE AROUND CAR. 00:56:15 - HORSES WALKING IN CIRCLE, PROVIDING POWER FOR THRESHING MACHINE, PEOPLE WATCHING. CU'S HORSES. MEN FEEDING WHEAT INTO THRESHING MACHINE. MACHINE IN OPERATION. 00:56:47 - KING PETER OF YUGOSLAVIA VISITING RIVER ROUGE PLANT. KING PETER AND PARTY INTRODUCED OUTSIDE PLANT INCLUDING EDSEL FORD AND CHARLES SORENSEN. 00:57:16 - BREAKING GROUND FOR WILLOW RUN PLANT. 1941. VIEW OF STEAM SHOVEL & CRANE LOADING DIRT INTO DUMP TRUCKS, ROAD GRADER LEVELLING LAND. MEN STUDYING BLUEPRINTS. SORENSEN. EDSEL FORD, CHARLES SORENSEN CU. 00:59:27 - CONT. 1942-1943. SOLDIERS WALKING DOWN STEPS OF BUILDING, LINING UP ON SIDEWALK. MARCHING INTO BUSES PARKED AT CURB. BUS DRIVEN UP TO ENTRANCE TO ARMY CAMP, OFFICER GETTING OUT OF BUS, REPORTING TO MP, MILITARY POLICE, MP PASSING BUS THROUGH GATE VIEW OF ENTRANCE OF BUILDING WITH SIGN "MOTOR TRANSPORTATION SCHOOL" 01:00:57 - HENRY FORD WITH DIGNITARIES REVIEWING NAVAL TROOPS FROM COVERED STAND. BARRACKS IN B/G. 01:01:12 - HENRY FORD WITH BIRTHDAY CAKE IN SHAPE OF BARRACKS, FORD'S 80TH BIRTHDAY. SAILORS PRESENT FORD GIFTS. VIEW FROM STAND BEHIND FORD REVIEWING TROOPS. 01:02:44 - CU LARGE USO FLAG. SIGN "MOBILE SERVICE CLUB NO. 5" SIGN "DONATED BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY, DEARBORN, MICHIGAN. VIEW OF BUILDING WITH AMERICAN FLAG FLYING OVER IT. USO VANS PARKED. VANS WITH USO SIGNS. MEN, WOMEN, OFFICERS STANDING BESIDE VANS 01:03:47 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1934
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-1302B