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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.

EXTERIOR FORD DEALERSHIP. SIGN IN WINDOW "SEE THE MODEL-T, THE NEW FORD AUTOMOBILE".

TWO MEN WALK OUT OF FORD DEALER, ACROSS DIRT MAIN STREET. SMALL TOWN, USA.

MAN DOFFS HAT AT WOMAN & FAMILY IN CAR. TOWNSPEOPLE CHAT ON MAIN STREET.

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.

EXTERIOR FORD DEALERSHIP, 1934

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.

YOUNG CAR SALESMAN BORED AT WORK, WHISTLING &
PRACTICING GOLF SWING IN OFFICE. OLDER MAN RISES, ARMS AKIMBO, CHASTISES HIM

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

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

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

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,

CURIOUS LITTLE BOY COMES RUNNING TO SEE NEW CAR

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

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.

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.

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