- Title: VM-1310A
- Summary: FORD COLLECTIONS STORIES:
- Description:00:22:26 - LONG SUCCESSION OF FORD TRUCKS, 1931-1932. MOTORCYCLE ESCORTED MOTORCADE MOVING ALONG STREET. DIFFERENT STYLES OF TRUCKS, CARS, BUSES, SOME CARRYING BANDS AND SIGNS. VEHICLES ON PARADE 1930s TOW TRUCK. 00:27:44 - FORD MODEL-T'S AND MODEL-A'S THROUGHOUT THE YEARS DRAMA OF HISTORY OF THE AUTOMOBILE AND A FAMILY WHICH HAS A FORD DEALERSHIP. THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY IS REVIEWED IN THIS FILM. 00:27:53 - EXTERIOR FORD DEALERSHIP. SIGN IN WINDOW "SEE THE MODEL-T, THE NEW FORD AUTOMOBILE". 00:28:08 - INTERIOR FORD DEALER, MAN POLISHES CAR, TALKS TO CUSTOMER. 00:32:12 - TWO MEN WALK OUT OF FORD DEALER, ACROSS DIRT MAIN STREET. SMALL TOWN, USA. 00:32:57 - TWO BUSINESSMEN LEAVE OFFICE, LAUGHING, THIRD MAN ANGRY, EXITS, TALKS TO THEM. 00:33:20 - MAN DOFFS HAT AT WOMAN & FAMILY IN CAR. TOWNSPEOPLE CHAT ON MAIN STREET. 00:33:52 - DRIVER STARTS HIS CAR, FAMILY DRIVES OFF 00:34:12 - HISTORICAL MONTAGE. DATES FLASH ACROSS THE SCREEN WITH HISTORICAL EVENTS. 1909 PERRY DISCOVERS NORTH POLE, 1912 TITANIC SINKS, 1914,PANAMA CANAL OPENS, FORD GIVES $10,000,000 TO 20,000 EMPLOYEES. 1917 PRESIDENT WILSON SIGNING PAPERS BRINGING AMERICA INTO WORLD WAR ONE. DOUGHBOYS MARCH. 1918 ARMISTICE DECLARED. TICKER TAPE CELEBRATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY. 1919 FORD RAISES PAY OF 28,000 WORKERS. 1920 94,000 BLUE COLLAR WORKERS WALKING. 1924 CALVIN COOLIDGE ELECTED. 1926 FORD ESTABLISHES 5-DAY WEEK. 1927, LINDBERGH REACHES PARIS, 1928 COUNTRY IN GREATEST ERA. 00:35:31 - HS URBAN TRAFFIC, CAR HORNS BEEPING CARS CIRCA 1934 00:35:42 - EXTERIOR FORD DEALERSHIP, 1934 00:35:53 - CAR SALESMAN ARRIVES FOR WORK, WHISTLING, MAKES PHONE CALL. ROBERT J. HAINES. BOSS ARRIVES, SITS AT HIS DESK. BUSINESSMEN TALK IN OFFICE 00:38:18 - CONTINUATION OF DRAMA ABOUT DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMOBILE, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF A FAMILY WHO OWN AND OPERATE A FORD DEALERSHIP. YOUNG CAR SALESMAN WASTES TIME ON GOLF AND GAMBLES ON THE STOCK MARKET. 00:38:29 - CAR SALESMAN SHOWING POTENTIAL CUSTOMER CARS, TALK ABOUT MODEL-T & MODEL-A. AUTO IMPROVEMENTS 00:39:26 - YOUNG CAR SALESMAN BORED AT WORK, WHISTLING & PRACTICING GOLF SWING IN OFFICE. OLDER MAN RISES, ARMS AKIMBO, CHASTISES HIM 00:39:42 - CAR SALESMAN WRAPS UP SALE, CUSTOMER LEAVES. BREATHES SIGH OF RELIEF. TAKES OFF HAT, SITS ON DESK, TALKING TO OLDER CO-WORKER 00:41:25 - EXTERIOR LARGE HOME, UPPER-MIDDLE CLASS HOME, MAN-OF-THE-HOUSE SITS IN WICKER ROCKING CHAIR READING PAPER, DAUGHTER SITS ON PORCH. BUTLER INFORMS MAN THERE'S A PHONE CALL. GOES INSIDE TO TAKE CALL 00:41:41 - MAN IN CONVERTIBLE ARRIVES, WOMAN GIVES HIM A LOVING LOOK, SUITOR COMES COURTING. COUPLE SITS ON PORCH TALKING, HOLDING HANDS 00:42:28 - GIRL'S ANGRY FATHER COMES OUT, DISAPPROVING FATHER CLICHE "DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO KEEP AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER". SUITOR UNSUITABLE FOR HIS DAUGHTER 00:42:59 - SUITOR BECOMES ANGRY WITH GIRL, SHE BECOMES ANGRY WITH HIM, INTERRUPTED BY ANOTHER GIRL WHO ASKS THE BOY TO GO WITH HER, HE DOES. LOVE TRIANGLE. REJECTED GIRL GOES INSIDE 00:44:11 - CAR SALESMAN AT DESK SMOKING A CIGARETTE DOING PAPERWORK. CHAIN SMOKER PUTS OUT ONE CIGARETTE, LIGHTS ANOTHER. TELLING OLDER, WISER MAN HIS WOES. CLICHE "I'M DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF THESE SMALL TOWN YOKELS" OLDER, WISER MAN PUTS PATRONLY HAND ON HIS SHOULDER, LENDING SUPPORT 00:46:16 - INTERIOR UPPER-MIDDLE CLASS HOME, GIRL CURLED UP ON THE COUCH KNITTING, FATHER ENTERS, THEY TALK 00:48:35 - HORSELESS CARRIAGE CHALLENGED TO RACE AGAINST AUTO. PEOPLE GATHERED IN FARMYARD, POLITICIAN TYPE TALKING TO TOWNSPEOPLE, USING CANE FOR EMPHASIS, GESTICULATING WITH CANE. PERIOD COSTUME, RE-ENACTMENT, CHICKENS IN CAR. CUTS TO LOW ANGLE OF TRIO BEHIND WHITE PICKET FENCE LISTENING. CROWD LAUGHING, 00:49:56 - COUPLE DRIVES UP IN EARLY MODEL CAR, SCARING HORSES HITCHED TO BUGGIES, MEN HOLD REIGNS, CALMING HORSES CROWD IN FARMYARD GATHER AROUND CAR INCLUDING POLITICIAN. CURIOUS CROWD. AUCTIONEER HEARD CONTINUING HIS BIDDING 00:50:17 - CURIOUS LITTLE BOY COMES RUNNING TO SEE NEW CAR 00:50:53 - AUCTIONEER URGES CROWD BACK TO AUCTION, CROWD BREAKS UP, YOUNG MAN ASKING CAR OWNER QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS CAR. CU HAND CRANKING CAR. DRIVES GETS IN CAR, DRIVES OFF. YOUNG MAN LOOKS ON WISTFULLY DREAMY, YEARNING LOOK, WISHES HE HAD A CAR LIKE THAT 00:51:59 - MAN WRITING AT DESK OUTSIDE HOUSE AS ANOTHER LOOKS OVER HIS SHOULDER, YOUNG MAN WALKS OUT OF HOUSE, TALKS BRIEFLY TO THEM, WALKS OFF. YOUNG WOMAN APPROACHES, TALKS, RUNS AFTER YOUNG MAN, THEY TALK LEANING UP AGAINST FENCE 00:53:39 - THEY RETURN TO FATHER MAN AT DESK, MOTHER, WIFE LISTENS IN FROM PORCH. MAN GETS UP, ENTERS HOUSE WITH WIFE. 00:55:04 - PEOPLE OUTSIDE WORKSHOP LOOKING OVER EARLY MODEL CAR, HORSE-DRAWN WAGON PASSING. TWO MEN WALK OUT OF SHOP LOOK OVER CAR. ONE TRIES TO CONVINCE THE OTHER TO BUY CAR. LIVERY STABLE. 00:56:19 - SALESMAN RUNS OVER TO MAN WITH HORSE. THEY CHAT, 00:56:59 - SALESMAN TAKES MAN OVER TO LOOK OVER CAR. OTHERS ALSO LOOK OVER AUTO WITH GIRLS IN BACK SEAT. DRIVER CHALLENGES MAN WITH CAR TO A RACE. 00:58:17 - LS CAR & HORSE BUGGY LINE UP FOR RACE, CROWD WATCHING 00:58:24 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1903
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1900s
- File Name: VM-1310A