- Title: VM-1312B
- Summary: FORD COLLECTION STORIES:
- Description:00:01:23 - LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA FORD ASSEMBLING PLANT, 1930 *SEE ALSO VM-530C 00:01:36 - PAN PARKING AREA, PEOPLE WALKING ON TRAIN TRACKS MILLING OUTSIDE 00:02:10 - PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH BEAUTIFUL CUT FLOWERS ON DISPLAY. PAN TONS OF BOUQUETS, CUT FLOWERS IN PLANT. PORTRAIT OF HENRY FORD AMID FLOWERS. SENT BY WELL WISHERS 00:02:38 - GUESTS ARRIVE FOR PLANT OPENING CELEBRATIONS MEN IN SUITS HELPED UP GANGPLANK 00:02:58 - PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND FORD TRI-MOTOR PLANE LOOKING OVER PLANE. CU QUICK SILVER ON SIDE OF PLANE 00:03:24 - OPEN DRAWBRIDGE, EXCURSION BOAT DECKED WITH PENNANTS. 2 SHIPS AND 2 SMALL BOATS GOING THROUGH SPAN, FORD STEAMSHIP ONEIDA DOCKING 00:05:00 - FORD BIG-WIGS, SUITS INTERVIEWED, MOS 00:05:11 - MAYOR OSCAR HAUGE OF LONG BEACH WALKS UP GANGPLANK, WELCOMES CAPTAIN KAMINISKI OF THE ONEIDA. SHAKING HANDS 00:05:53 - PAN OUTDOOR CROWD OF MEN IN SUITS 00:06:05 - CAR PARTS ON CONVEYOR MOVING THROUGH PLANT 00:06:35 - AUTOMOBILE ASSEMBLING PLANT. ASSEMBLY LINE. WORKERS, CAR BODIES BEING LOWERED ONTO CHASSIS 00:07:14 - CAR COMING OFF ASSEMBLY LINE, CROWD AROUND IT. MAYOR HAUGE GETTING INSIDE CAR 00:07:44 - LS LONG BEACH FORD PLANT. PAN PLANT, 1939 00:08:13 - PEOPLE WALK THROUGH PLANT GATE SIGN "FORD OPEN HOUSE, EVERYBODY CORDIALLY INVITED" 00:08:39 - INTERIOR SHOWROOM, SHINY NEW FORD CARS ON DISPLAY 00:09:10 - CU PORTRAIT OF HENRY FORD AMID FLOWERS. ECU FORD 00:09:31 - DETROIT TIMES TOPICS, 1931. GROUP OF MEN ARRIVING AT DETROIT STATION, KAYE DON AMONG GROUP 00:10:10 - COMMODORE A.A. GUS SCHANTZ EXCHANGING GREETINGS WITH KAYE DON, SOUND ON FILM 00:11:17 - KAYE DON AND GAR WOOD ON STEPS OF CITY HALL, SCHANTZ AND OTHERS STANDING BEHIND THEM 00:12:14 - AERIAL OVER DETROIT YACHT CLUB & DETROIT RIVER 00:12:24 - MISS ENGLAND II IDLING IN WATER, KAYE DON & MECHANIC ON BOARD 00:12:39 - AERIAL VIEW OF FIRST HEAT OF RACE, BOATS RACING AERIAL AND LAND VIEWS. POWERBOAT RACE 00:14:39 - GAR WOOD CONGRATULATING KAYE DON AFTER THE RACE 00:14:53 - AERIAL OVER SPECTATORS AFTER RACE 00:15:10 - START OF SECOND HEAT, TWO BOATS TAKE OFF BEFORE THE STARTING GUN. DISQUALIFIED. 00:15:40 - MISS ENGLAND II CAPSIZING, BOATS PICKING UP DON AND CREW. PROW OF BOAT ABOVE WATER 00:17:25 - DETROIT TIMES TOPICS, 1930. LIONS IN CAGE, KEEPERS FEEDING LIONS. CU LION EATING. DINNER TIME AT THE ZOO. CAGED CAPTIVE ANIMALS. 00:18:53 - COLLEGIATE SWIMMING EXHIBITION BIG TEN MEET. COACH AND TEAM AT POOLSIDE, COACH INSTRUCTING. SWIMMERS DIVING IN, SWIMMING, FANCY DIVING, SWIMMING. FLYING DUTCHMAN DIVE. SOMERSAULTS. BREAST STROKE. BACK STROKE. 00:21:20 - DR. JULIUS KLIEN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES IS GREETED BY GROUP OF DETROIT'S MOST INFLUENTIAL BUSINESSMEN. POSING ON STEPS OF BUILDING. ECONOMIST. KLIEN MAKES SHORT SPEECH 00:22:13 - WRESTLING MATCH BETWEEN JIM LONDOS, WORLD'S CHAMPION WRESTLER AND RENATO GARDINI, ITALY'S CHALLENGER AT OLYMPIA. WRESTLERS IN RING, REFEREE, SPECTATORS. 00:23:48 - CHILDREN ENTERTAINERS PERFORM RADIO SHOW. STUDIO ANNOUNCER, PIANO PLAYER, AND CHILDREN SINGING BEFORE MIC "WMBC" 00:24:11 - LITTLE GIRL PERFORMS SEXY SONG, MUSSES UP MAN'S HAIR GRABS HIS CHEEKS. CHILD ACTING LIKE AN ADULT 00:25:11 - LITTLE BOY, FOUR YEAR OLD SINGS SPRING TIME IN MILWAUKEE 00:27:18 - FORD BACK TO WORK 1931. DEARBORN, MICHIGAN. WORKERS GOING TO WORK AT THE PLANT 00:27:29 - INSIDE PLANT. WORKERS, AUTOMOBILE PARTS, MACHINES. 00:28:22 - EXTERIOR NIGHT, AUTOMOBILE WORKERS GOING TO WORK BY TRAIN 00:28:49 - DAY, WORKERS LEAVING TRAINS, WALKING TO WORK 00:29:13 - INTERIOR AUTO PLANT, WORKERS, PARTS, MACHINES 00:29:36 - MEN WORKING INSIDE TUNNEL, MOVING CLAY, 00:30:57 - MEN OPERATE HYDRAULIC ERECTOR PUTTING BLOCKS OF CONCRETE IN CEILING 00:32:04 - MEN PUSHING LOADED AND UNLOADED HAND CARS INTO AND OUT OF TUNNEL 00:32:41 - TWO SUITS TALKING AT TUNNEL ENTRANCE WEARING PROTECTIVE RAIN GEAR 00:33:00 - WORKERS AND HAND CARS AT ENTRANCE 00:33:28 - WORKERS ROLLING PRE-CAST CONCRETE BLOCKS ON RAILROAD CAR INTO TUNNEL, UNLOAD, ATTACHING BLOCK TO CRANE, CRANE MOVING BLOCK INTO POSITION FOR ERECTOR TO PICK IT UP. ERECTOR PICKING UP BLOCK, SWINGING IT INTO PLACE IN ROOF OF TUNNEL 00:35:42 - KINOGRAMS VISUAL NEWS OF ALL THE WORLD 1931. 00:36:06 - MEN PULLING DIRIGIBLE "AKRON" OUT OF HANGAR. AIR SHIP BIGGEST AIRCRAFT BUILT TO DATE. AKRON, OHIO 00:37:02 - DEMOLITION OF BIG GERMAN FORTRESS OF HOHER KAVALIER, KUESTRIN. REPEATED BLASTS RAZING OLD GERMAN FORTRESS, 1931 00:37:38 - FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS. PAN OCEAN LINER COMMONWEALTH IN BIRTH 00:37:54 - MODEL OF LINER IN WATER. MEN PICKING UP MODEL, BOY WITH MODEL OF LINER BAY STATE BESIDE THEM. 00:38:18 - BOTH LINER MODELS UNDER WAY 00:38:36 - VIEW OF NEW FORD PLANT, EDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY 00:38:43 - INTERIOR EDGEWATER PLANT, WORKERS ASSEMBLING CARS, ASSEMBLY LINE. 00:39:48 - CARS DRIVEN OUT OF THE PLANT 00:40:00 - HORSES AND BUGGIES, CARS CIRCA 1931 ON ROAD IN CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK CITY. GREAT FOOTAGE HORSEBACK RIDER. 00:40:40 - SPRING CREEK, SOUTH DAKOTA. GOLD MINING, 1931. MINING CAMP. SLUICE, MINERS PANNING FOR GOLD, ONE FINDING NUGGET. CU NUGGET IN HIS HAND, HOLDS IT UP IN THE AIR, OTHER MINERS RUN OVER TO SEE 00:41:36 - CU HURLER, UNIFORM CIRCA 1931. CU SLIOTAR, HURLING BALL 00:41:43 - HURLING MATCH IN THE BRONX, NEW YORK. COULD BE IRELAND. GAELIC GAMES. FIELD SPORTS. SPECTATORS 00:42:43 - SAN FRANCISCO, SIGN "WHITE ANGEL JUNGLE, EVERYBODY WELCOME" MOTHER JORDAN DISHING OUT FOOD TO MEN MEN AND BOYS EATING. MOTHER JORDAN HANDING OUT GIVING CLOTHES TO BOYS AND MEN. DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION. THE WHITE ANGEL BREAD LINE. 00:43:38 - WASHINGTON, DC. WOMEN MODELING OLD HATS, 1931. EUGENIE HAT. WOMEN'S MILLENARY FASHIONS. CU'S 00:44:20 - REGATTA. GERMAN CANOEISTS ON THE ISAR RAPIDS BETWEEN TOELZ AND MUNICH. GROUP OF PEOPLE ON LARGE RAFT. CU GERMAN MEN ROWING 00:44:33 - CU MAN POURING BEER INTO BEER STEINS FROM KEG 00:44:35 - BAVARIAN BAND ON RAFT. TRADITIONAL ETHNIC COSTUMES CU ACCORDION PLAYER. 00:44:42 - POV ON RAFT RUNNING THE RAPIDS 00:44:52 - ECU TRUMPET PLAYER ON RAFT 00:44:53 - SPECTATORS ON RIVER BANK, CANOES. 00:44:57 - CANOEISTS RUNNING RAPIDS. KAYAKS 00:45:50 - WATCHING CARS DRIVE BY, CIRCA 1933. MOBILE GAS ECONOMY RUN. PAN LINE OF PARKED FORD V-8 CARS ON SIDE OF THE ROAD 00:46:00 - INTERIOR, DASHBOARD THROUGH STEERING WHEEL 00:46:18 - TWO MEN TALKING INTO MIC, MOS 00:46:27 - MAN SITS IN CAR "A YEAR'S DRIVING IN 12 DAYS, 10,000 MILE ECONOMY RUN, MOBIL-IZED" 00:46:54 - MEN SHAKING HANDS, POSING AT BOTTOM OF STEPS OF BUILDING WITH TEST CAR 00:47:27 - MAN, ARMS AKIMBO, STANDING IN FRONT OF BATTERY SHOP WATCHING THE CARS GO BY. 00:48:17 - FORD MOTORCADE PASSING THROUGH SMALL TOWNS, CITIES, COUNTRYSIDE, SOMETIMES POLICE ESCORTED, SPECTATORS 00:50:22 - CROWDS INSPECTING LARGE NUMBER OF V-8'S ON CITY STREET 00:50:40 - 1933 FORD MOTORCADE CONVOY ON COUNTRY HIGHWAY 00:51:56 - FORD MOTORCADE, PARADE IN CITY, FLAGS, BAND MEMBERS SITTING ON MOVING CARS PLAYING, MOS DODGE CLOTHES STORE. STETSON HATS $5.00 00:52:57 - PEOPLE LOOKING AT PARKED FORDS ON CITY STREET. 00:55:09 - SHEPHERD MOVES SHEEP ON ROAD THROUGH WOODS 00:55:46 - SHEEP HERDED INTO GATE, FARM BUILDINGS IN B/G 1928 00:56:16 - SHEEP HERD MOVING THROUGH OPEN LAND 00:56:27 - PAN COWS, HEREFORD CATTLE. 1928. 00:57:41 - COWS EATING FROM TROUGH 00:58:58 - THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, 1903. ASSEMBLAGE, LOGGED ELSEWHERE 01:07:08 - PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS TRI-MOTOR IN THE AIR 1929-1931. MEN HUGGING. PLANES ENGINES WARMING UP. 01:07:58 - PASSENGERS BOARDING PLANE 01:08:13 - PLANE TAKING OFF, IN FLIGHT, SOUTH AMERICA. SNOW COVERED ANDES MOUNTAINS 01:10:03 - AERIAL OVER AIRPORT, "IQUIQUE" (CHILE) PAINTED ON ROOF OF HANGAR 01:10:09 - AERIAL VIEWS SOUTH AMERICAN COASTAL CITY 01:10:31 - PLANE LANDING, TAXIING 01:10:51 - MANY PEOPLE, POLICE ON HORSEBACK, LOOKING AT TRI MOTOR PLANE, 1929, AT AIRPORT. CU'S MEN & WOMEN LOOKING AT PLANE 01:11:35 - MAIDEN VOYAGE OF BARGE, SS CHESTER. PAN SUITS ON DOCK, FORD BIG WIGS 01:12:05 - BUSINESSMEN ON BARGE USED TO TRANSPORT PARTS FROM THE ROUGE PLANT THROUGH THE ERIE CANAL TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN 01:12:32 - MEN RIDING ON FORD BARGE SS CHESTER, HUTCHINS POINTING IN THE DIRECTION OF CANADA AS THE SHIP LEAVES ROUGE PLANT MAMMOTH CRANE SEEN IN B/G 01:13:23 - CU HUTCHINS, RICE, AND DAVIS. MS UNIDENTIFIED GROUP POSING 01:14:01 - POV GOING THROUGH BRIDGE ON BARGE, DRAW BRIDGE LOWERS 01:14:27 - CU W.C. COWLING, P.E. MARTIN & C.E. SORENSEN 01:14:43 - SORENSEN AND MARTIN INSPECT PILOT HOUSE, COWLING STAND OUTSIDE PORTHOLE. 01:15:04 - CU CAPTAIN JOHNSON AT THE WHEEL 01:15:17 - THREE UNIDENTIFIED FORD DEALERS POSING SHAKING HANDS 01:15:32 - MEN DISEMBARKING AT GREAT LAKE ENGINEERING CO. PIER 01:15:46 - BREAKING GROUND FOR WATER TUNNEL. MEN WATCHING STEAM SHOVEL BREAK GROUND AT RIVER ROUGE, PLANT BUILDINGS IN B/G 01:17:39 - AIRPORT, SHIPS. PREVIOUSLY LOGGED VM-528B 01:24:40 - FORD SHORTS FOR THEATERS. 1928-1932. SEVERAL DIFFERENT ADVERTISING PICTURES SHOWING DIFFERENT MODELS OF FORD CARS AND POINTING UP FEATURES BY ADVERTISING SLOGANS; DEALERS NAMES AND ADDRESSES ARE PART OF EACH FEATURE. FORD AUTOMOBILE ADVERTISING
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1928
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: VM-1312B