- Title: VM-1308C
- Summary: FORD COLLECTION STORIES:
- Description:00:01:51 - AERIAL OVER DETROIT SUBURB CIRCA 1928 00:02:03 - ON AIRFIELD, MAN CLOSING DOOR OF "SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS" CROWD ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PLANE. 00:02:18 - CU BARON VON HUENEFELD, WEARING COL. KLINK MONOCLE 00:02:23 - CU EDSEL FORD 00:02:28 - CU MAJOR FITZMAURICE 00:02:31 - CU CAPTAIN KOEHL 00:02:40 - AERIAL OVER FORD'S LABORATORY & OFFICE, FORD AIRPORT, 1928. FACTORY AND MAIN HANGAR GROUP. 00:03:43 - WORKERS PLACING SHEETS OF METAL ON TABLES, MEASURING IT, PIPE BEING WEIGHED 00:04:36 - ECU HAND PICKING UP EDGES OF METAL SHEETS. 00:04:48 - CU SHEET METAL RUNNING THROUGH CORRUGATING PRESS. CORRUGATED METAL 00:05:07 - METAL DIPPED IN VAT OF HOT LIQUID. HEAT TREATED 00:05:25 - WORKERS OPERATING LARGE POWER PRESS, STAMP OUT SPARS AND CHANNELS 00:05:50 - WORKER SPRAY PAINTING METAL AIRPLANE PART 00:06:12 - WORKER INSPECTING AIRPLANE PARTS BEFORE PLACING THEM ON SHELVES. STOCK SHELVES. 00:06:49 - WORKERS ASSEMBLING PARTS USING METAL FRAME FOR FORM. METAL JIGS. 00:07:14 - WORKERS WELD FRAMES AND GAS TANKS. PROTECTIVE GOGGLES. 00:07:36 - WORKERS ASSEMBLING PLANE FRAME, ATTACHING METAL SKIN USING RIVETING GUNS. MAIN WING SPARS. WING TIP JIG. WORKERS ON AIRPLANE ASSEMBLY LINE 00:10:52 - FORD DEALERS CIRCA 1931. SIGN OVER DOOR "THOS. B. MARTINDALE" 00:11:09 - URBAN TRAFFIC PASSING FORD DEALERSHIP, CARS, BUS, CIRCA 1931. POV DRIVING DOWN CITY STREET. 00:11:33 - INTERIOR SHOP, GARAGE, LINE OF FORD CARS, MECHANICS 00:11:37 - CU ANNUAL REPORT, 1930 GROSS SHOP DEPARTMENT EARNINGS PARTS AND LABOR, PEN POINTING TO FIGURES 00:11:46 - EXTERIOR & INTERIOR CAR DEALERSHIP. MAN GETS OUT OF CAR & GOES INTO DEALERS. INTERIOR LARGE FORD SALES AND SERVICE "CHARLES F. BROWN" 00:12:25 - SALESMAN BRINGS CUSTOMER INTO MANAGER'S OFFICE, TWO MEN TALKING IN BUSINESS OFFICE 00:14:00 - CU OPENING FILE DRAWERS, FLAT, THIN FILES CONTAINING CUSTOMER RECORDS CU CARDS. MAN FLIPS THROUGH CARDS. NEW AND USED CAR RECORDS 00:15:22 - MAN TRIES TO OPEN CAR TRUNK, HAS DIFFICULTY, FLAGS DOWN PASSING CAR. OTHER MAN CAN'T OPEN IT, POINTS ACROSS THE STREET TO FORD DEALERS. 00:15:52 - PAN THROUGH GARAGE, MECHANICS. CARS DRIVE IN AND OUT. MARTINDALE SERVICE CENTER. DRIVER EXPLAINS PROBLEM TO MECHANIC, 00:16:45 - MECHANIC DRIVES CAR ONTO WHEEL ALIGNMENT TESTER, CU WHEEL ALIGNMENT GAUGE. PERFORMING TESTS, MECHANICS CHECKING CAR. CU SERVICE REPORT. REPAIR ORDER, 1931. MECHANIC TALKS TO CAR OWNER, 00:20:27 - MECHANIC & CAR OWNER BENT OVER CAR MECHANIC WORKING ON CAR 00:20:36 - CUSTOMERS SIT AND WAIT FOR THEIR CARS IN REPAIR SHOP, 1931 00:21:55 - LINE OF FORD CARS GOING INTO SHOP, LINE COMING OUT CU FORD CARS, CIRCA 1931 00:22:20 - CU MECHANIC WRITING ON IN/OUT CHECK SHEET. CU OWNER'S SIGNATURE ON SERVICE CONTRACT. REPAIR WORK. THOMAS MARTINDALE SERVICE CENTER 00:22:39 - CU LEFT HANDED HOUSE PAINTER PAINTING BRICK WALL PAINTER CARRYING BUCKET OF PAINT AND PAINT BRUSH WALKS PAST HUGE WALL IN CAR DEALERS SERVICE BLDG. "DIRECTIONS ON WALL "SECOND FLOOR SALES, NEW PLEASURE CARS, COMMERCIAL CARS AND TRUCKS, USED CAR DEP'T" 00:22:59 - CAR MECHANIC OPENS TOOL BOX, CU TOOLS. MECHANIC WORKING ON CAR. PUTTING TOOLS AWAY, LOCKING TOOL BOX. 00:24:13 - MECHANICS WORKERS CLEANING CARS CU SMALL CAR VACUUM VACUUMING CAR UPHOLSTERY. SPRAYING WASHING ENGINE, CAR GOING THROUGH CAR WASH, BEING POLISHED 00:25:12 - TWO CARS LIFTED ON HYDRAULIC LIFTS AT THE SAME TIME SIDE-BY-SIDE. MECHANICS WORK ON UNDERSIDE OF CARS SERVICING CARS 00:26:21 - CU 1930s CARDS WITH USEFUL TIPS, REMINDERS TO OWNERS 00:26:43 - PAN CAR PARTS ON SHELVES, SERVICE DEPARTMENT 00:26:49 - CUSTOMERS WAITING FOR CARS IN SERVICE STATION WAITING AREA 00:27:02 - CUSTOMER POINTS OUT AN ACCESSORY, HOOD ORNAMENT HE'D LIKE FOR HIS CAR, MECHANIC ADDS ACCESSORY TO CAR. POLISHES HOOD ORNAMENT, CAR OWNER LOOKS ON 00:27:28 - CU CLOTH "WHEEL & WINDSHIELD CLEANER" CU MECHANIC PUTS CLOTH ON HIS HAND 00:27:45 - WOMAN WEARING FUR-TRIMMED COAT PARKS FORD CIRCA 1931 ON CURB, GETS OUT, CLEANS WINDSHIELD WITH CLOTH, GETS BACK IN CAR 00:28:05 - MANAGER CALLS A MEETING, MECHANICS IN WHITE COATS AND CAPS, SERVICE DEPARTMENT MEETING 00:28:24 - BUSINESS MEETING, TWO MEN TALKING IN OFFICE 00:29:29 - COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE RELIABILITY TOUR, 1929. 00:29:40 - PAN FORD AIRPORT, PLANES ON FIELD, MEN WALKING ABOUT, PILOTS. MAN POINTING. FORD TRI-MOTOR PLANES 00:30:10 - MEN POSE IN FRONT OF TRI-MOTOR 00:30:29 - MAN DROPS WHITE FLAG, PLANES TAKE OFF DOWN RUNWAY SCENES AT AIRPLANE RELIABILITY TOUR, 1929 00:31:30 - CU BUTCH WOMAN DRESSED IN SHIRT & TIE & LEATHER JACKET. COULD BE AN AVIATRIX. 00:31:36 - PEOPLE MILLING ABOUT AIR SHOW 00:32:06 - HS PAN OVER LONG LINE OF SPECTATORS ON EDGE OF AIR FIELD 00:32:19 - CU PAIR OF MEN IN COWBOY HATS, MAN HAS RIBBONS, AWARDS ATTACHED TO HIS SWEATER 00:32:25 - THREE BIPLANES TAXI, IN FLIGHT AIR SHOW 00:32:40 - PAIR OF PILOTS POSE, ONE IN PLANE OPENS HIS JACKET SHOWING OFF HIS PRIZE RIBBONS 00:32:48 - AIR SHOW, 1929 FORMATION OF PLANES OVER FIELD 00:33:13 - PEOPLE, PILOTS POSE. AVIATOR IN PARKA. 00:33:30 - MORE AIR SHOW 00:33:51 - PEOPLE MILLING ABOUT AIR SHOW. BUTCH AVIATRIX WEARING COAT & TIE GETS INTO PLANE 00:35:44 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1928
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: VM-1308C