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WOMEN SITTING ON PORCH OF FRAME HOUSE. CHAUFFEUR DRIVEN CAR STOP IN FRONT, LADIES GETTING OUT JOINING OTHERS ON PORCH. TWO WOMEN IN CONVERTIBLE STOP GET OUT, JOIN OTHERS.
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00:02:24 57 |
MRS. BURT DRIVES HER NEW FORD TO BRIDGE CLUB.
WOMAN DRIVING NEW FORD STOPS IN FRONT. CROWD OF WOMEN ON PORCH, IN THEIR 20s DRESS AND HATS, WALK OUT TO CAR, GATHER AROUND, EXAMINE IT. |
00:02:42 75 |
LONG LINE OF NEW CARS PARKED OUTSIDE FRAME HOUSE AT THE NEXT BRIDGE CLUB MEETING. THE GIRLS CLIMB OUT OF EACH CAR ONE BY ONE.
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00:03:03 96 |
PANORAMIC VIEW OF WATERFRONT, FORD MOTOR PLANT, CRATES ON DOCK, SHIPS. FREIGHTER DOCKING. HUGE CRANE WITH "FORD" WRITTEN ON IT.
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00:03:30 123 |
SIGN ABOVE PLANT, "NETHERLANDSCHE FORD". PAN.
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00:03:37 130 |
VINTAGE AUTO, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ON CHAMPS ELYSEES, ARC DE TRIOMPHE IN BACKGROUND. TRAFFIC AND OTHER BUILDINGS IN PARIS. FORDS IN FRANCE.
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00:03:50 143 |
AERIAL BARGE ON RIVER, PICTURESQUE SHORE.
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00:03:54 147 |
HERD OF HORSES LEAVING WALLED ENCLOSURE. SHEEP IN BARNYARD MOVING OUT OF WAY OF TWO WOMEN IN FORD CONVERTIBLE.
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00:04:00 153 |
AERIAL VIEW OF PLANT. PANORAMIC VIEW OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLANTS, SOME ON WATERFRONTS.
PEDESTRIANS, TRAFFIC. |
00:04:38 191 |
BOY RIDES ON DONKEY ALONG HILLSIDE ROAD. FORD AUTOS ON HILLSIDE DIRT ROAD. AERIAL VIEW OF PLANT AND HARBOR. PIGGYBACK CRATES LABELED "FORD, NEW ZEALAND," INSIDE PLANT.
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00:05:04 217 |
SPEEDING RAILROAD TRAIN CARRYING PIGGYBACK CRATES ON FLAT CARS.
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00:05:08 221 |
WORKERS ON OVERPASS AT RIVER ROUGE PLANT 1930 WORKERS EXITING STREETCARS & CLIMBING ROAD ON OVERPASS TO PLANT. NIGHT VIEW OF WORKERS ON OVERPASS, SOME CARRY TORCHES FOR LIGHT.
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00:05:30 243 |
HENRY & EDSEL FOR LOOKING OVER V-8 ENGINE 1935 HENRY AND EDSEL WALK THROUGH PLANT, CHATTING.
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00:05:58 271 |
UNION ELECTION 1947 FORD UNION WORKERS VOTE.
AERIAL CROWD OF WORKERS ON STREET CORNER, NEAR ROW OF SMALL BUILDINGS, PAN TO UNION HALL ACROSS STREET. |
00:06:23 296 |
AERIAL WORKERS ON LONG LINE ENTERING BUILDING TO VOTE. PAN TO WORKERS GETTING ON BUS.
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00:06:43 316 |
FORD PARADE, 1946 HUGE PARADE OF VINTAGE CARS SHOT FROM ABOVE. DENSE CROWD WATCHING PARADE OF OLD, NEW CARS. FLOATS WITH TRACTORS ON THEM, FLOAT WITH RACING CAR ON IT, CARS WITH DIGNITARIES, MARCHING BAND, OLD CARS. FLOAT DEPICTING BAGELY AVENUE SHOP, 1ST FORD SHOP, DOZENS OF VARIOUS EARLY MODEL CARS,
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00:09:28 481 |
AERIAL FLOAT WITH NEW FORD 1946 V-8 AND VINTAGE QUADRICYCLE. 2 MEN PUSH OLD MODEL CAR TO GET IT STARTED AFTER FAILING 1ST TIME. MOUNTED POLICEMAN GOES BY.
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00:10:00 513 |
AERIAL PANORAMIC VIEW OF PARADE ROUTE CROWDS.
CLOSER LOOK AT VINTAGE CARS IN PARADE. |
00:10:51 564 |
HENRY AND EDSEL FORD SITTING ON LOW WALL, HUGE STEEL SKELETAL BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN BACKGROUND. PLAQUE ON BUILDING READS, "UNITED STATES NATIONAL DEFENSE WILLOW RUN AIRPLANE PLANT, DEDICATED JUNE 16, 1941. DESIGNED AND ERECTED FOR BOMBER PRODUCTION BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY, HENRY FORD FOUNDER, EDSEL FORD PRESIDENT".
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00:11:47 620 |
AERIAL LIBERATOR BOMBER FLYING OVER FIELD AS SEEN FROM ABOVE IT.
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00:11:59 632 |
LARGE GROUP OF DEFENSE PLANT WORKERS POSE IN FRONT OF LIBERATOR. GROUP INCLUDES HENRY FORD II AND ARMY OFFICER WITH BOMBER.
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00:12:16 649 |
HENRY FORD II RIDES TRACTOR HAULING BOMBER OUT OF PLANT. HE SIGNS HIS NAME ON SIDE OF BOMBER.
SEVERAL OTHERS SIGN, INCLUDING WOMEN WORKERS. |
00:13:00 693 |
HUGE CROWD GATHERS AROUND BOMBER. AERIAL VIEWS OF ENORMOUS PLANT. PAN INSIDE PLANT WITH WORKERS ASSEMBLING GLIDERS
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00:14:11 764 |
PLANE TOWS MILITARY GLIDER OFF THE GROUND.
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00:14:26 779 |
PLANT INTERIOR, TANK MOTOR DECORATED WITH FLAGS.
SIGN, "25,000TH TANK ENGINE". 500-HP TANK BEING TESTED ON ROUGH TERRAIN |
00:14:35 788 |
EOPLE IN NEW FORD PULL OFF ASSEMBLY LINE ONE BY ONE. LONG STRING OF NEW FORD CARS CIRCA 1947 SPEED DOWN ROAD.
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00:15:33 846 |
FORDS CARS BEING TESTED ON DIRT AND BUMPY ROADS AT TEST SITE. FORD CAR RIDES ON RAILROAD TRACKS, BOUNCING RIGOROUSLY. SMOKING LOCOMOTIVE WITH PASSENGER CARS SPEEDS BY ON ADJACENT TRACK.
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00:16:10 883 |
HENRY GAU'S HORSELESS FARM, PIERZ, MINNESOTA.
MEN RIDING A ROCK. TRACTOR-DRAWN DIRT SCOOP WITH TWO MEN & DRIVER RIDE THROUGH POND IN FIELD. DIRT SCOOP FALLS OFF, TWO MEN JUMP OFF. TRACTOR BACKS UP, DIRT SCOOP IS RE-ATTACHED, DREDGING RESUMES. |
00:17:11 944 |
TRACTOR GETS STUCK AT EDGE OF POND. BACKS UP TO MIDDLE OF POND, SPEEDS OUT OF POND.
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00:17:32 965 |
TRACTOR PULLING PLOW ATTACHMENT WITH MAN ON IT, THROUGH FIELD. PLOW IS UNATTACHED FROM TRACTOR SO A TURN CAN BE MADE.
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00:18:20 1013 |
TWO MEN JUMP OVER A SMALL DITCH, LAY DOWN PLANKS ACROSS DITCH SO TRACTOR CAN CROSS. TRACTOR BREAKS PLANKS, BUT CROSSES EASILY WITHOUT THEM.
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00:18:35 1028 |
WORKER CHOPPING LARGE TREE TRUNK LYING IN FIELD.
TREE TRUNK IS ATTACHED TO TRACTOR WITH ROPE & SNAKED OUT OF THE FIELD. |
00:19:21 1074 |
WORKER WRAPS LARGE ROCK IN FIELD WITH CHAIN, ATTACHES CHAIN TO TRACTOR. TRACTOR PULLS ROCK THROUGH FIELD, WORKER HOPS A RIDE ON THE ROCK.
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00:19:44 1097 |
MAN DRILLS HOLE IN BASE OF TREE STUMP, ANOTHER MAN PLACES STICK OF DYNAMITE IN HOLE. EXPLOSION OBLITERATES STUMP. OTHER GROUP OF MEN PULL SEVERAL STUMPS USING TRACTOR AND CHAIN.
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00:20:39 1152 |
TWO TRACTORS JOIN TO PULL DOWN A TALL STUMP.
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00:21:00 1173 |
TRACTOR-DRAWN HAND GUIDED PLOW HAS HARD TIME PLOWING THROUGH VERY TOUGH ROCKY FIELD. MAN HOLDING PLOW IS TOSSED ABOUT WHEN THEY HIT DIFFICULT AREAS.
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00:21:51 1224 |
TRACTOR-DRAWN DISKS PLOWING THE SAME ROUGH DRY SOIL. PANORAMA OF UNCLEARED LAND.
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00:22:25 1258 |
WORKER DRIVING TRACTOR THROUGH FARMYARD.
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00:22:50 1283 |
INDIAN GIRL IN THICK, FOREST BRUSH. GIRL IS OVERTAKEN BY INDIAN BRAVE WHO HUGS HER LOVINGLY.
THEY LOOK THROUGH BRUSH & SEE COVERED WAGONS WITH WHITE MEN ON FOOT. CIRCA 1919 |
00:23:40 1333 |
PIONEERS ON HORSEBACK, COVERED WAGON, PACK HORSES, INDIAN GUIDES.
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00:23:53 1346 |
VINTAGE TRUCK BECOMES MIRED IN DEEP MUDDY ROAD.
TRUCK ROCKS FORWARD AND BACKWARDS IN ATTEMPT TO FREE ITSELF. DRIVER GETS OUT, KICKS TIRE, HAILS PASSING CAR, GETS PULLED OUT WITH CHAIN. |
00:24:39 1392 |
CARS AND TRUCKS RIDING ON DEEPLY RUTTED DIRT ROADS
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00:24:52 1405 |
BLACKSMITH SHOP WITH 2 MEN LOITERING IN FRONT, MAN GREETS THE TWO MEN AND BLACKSMITH COMING OUT.
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00:25:05 1418 |
BLACKSMITH SHOWS EXPRESSION OF DEJECTION AS HE REALIZES HIS TRADE HAS GONE BY.
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00:25:10 1423 |
BUSY GARAGE WITH MECHANIC WORKING ON CAR OUTSIDE.
MAN IN FEDORA & OVERCOAT ALSO WORKS ON CAR OUTSIDE GARAGE |
00:25:31 1444 |
SURREY WITH TWO ABOARD APPROACHES OLD CHURCH.
PEOPLE INCLUDING OLD MAN BEARDED WITH CANE ENTER CHURCH. |
00:25:55 1468 |
YOUNG WOMAN CONVERSES WITH OLD COUPLE IN LIVING ROOM. GIRL MAKES GESTURE OF SHAME, SHAME WITH FINGERS TO OLD LADY
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00:26:00 1473 |
COUPLE ON A HORSE MAN IN SADDLE, GIRL SIDE-SADDLES BEHIND HIM
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00:26:09 1482 |
YOUNG COUPLE RIDE TOWARDS CAMERA IN AUTO.
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00:26:33 1506 |
BACKS OF AUDIENCE FACING STAGE, AS OLD MAN WITH BEARD INTRODUCES ACT. STAGE CURTAIN OPENS TO DRAMA PLAY.
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00:26:41 1514 |
VINTAGE CAR PARKED OUTSIDE MOTION PICTURE THEATER WITH SIGN, "MADISON", FEATURING 'NORMA TALMADGE.'
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00:26:46 1519 |
MAN AND WOMAN DRIVE UP TO THEATER, WOMAN GETS OUT, MAN DRIVES OFF.
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00:26:56 1529 |
CHILDREN ON WAY TO SCHOOL, WALKING DOWN MUDDY ROAD TOWARD CAMERA.
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00:27:17 1550 |
BOYS ROLLER SKATING, SCHOOLGIRLS WITH BOOKS, PONY-DRIVEN BUGGY FOLLOWED BY VINTAGE BUS, TRAVEL ALONG PAVED HIGHWAY.
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00:27:29 1562 |
CHILDREN PLAYING IN SCHOOLYARD, TEACHER RINGING BELL.
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00:27:37 1570 |
FARM WIFE SITS OUTSIDE HOUSE WITH DAUGHTER ON LAP.
SHOTS OF MUDDY ROADS. |
00:27:48 1581 |
WOMAN CARRYING CHILD LEAVES FARMHOUSE , GETS INTO CAR, DRIVES AWAY, LEAVES MAN FEEDING CHICKENS IN FRONT OF HOUSE.
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00:28:09 1602 |
TWO OLD MEN, ONE WITH BEARD, LOITER AND CHAT ON PORCH OF COUNTRY STORE. BOY RIDING HORSE BAREBACK, GETS OFF GOES INTO STORE. INTERIOR OF STORE WITH MEN PLAYING CHECKERS AND WOMEN CUSTOMER WATCHING THEM. GAME BREAKS UP.
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00:28:46 1639 |
U. S. MAIL TRUCK STOPS, UNIFORMED DRIVER GETS OUT OPENS REAR DOORS ON TRUCK WITH KEY, TAKES PACKAGES FROM MAN, PUTS THEM IN TRUCK.
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00:29:24 1677 |
TRUCK DRIVES UP TO PLATFORM ON SIDE OF ROAD, DRIVER UNTIES CALF ON PLATFORM, PUTS IT IN BACK OF TRUCK.
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00:29:39 1692 |
TRUCK DRIVER UNLOADS MILK CANS FROM TRUCK ONTO PLATFORM. DRIVES OFF.
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00:30:02 1715 |
WOMAN GETS ON, DRIVES HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE.
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00:30:09 1722 |
CUSTOMERS AROUND VEGETABLE STAND WITH SIGN, "FRESH VEGETABLES -- FARM TO TABLE".
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00:30:19 1732 |
AUTO AND TRUCK TRAFFIC ON OPEN HIGHWAY. CARTOON OF FARMER SINKING DEEPER IN MUDDY BOOTS INTO MUD AS HE WALKS, FALLING INTO THE MUD. CAPTION ABOVE FARMER, "DID THIS EVER OCCUR TO YOU? VOTE FOR...."
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00:30:50 1763 |
SPENCER TRACY IN OFFICE AT DESK SIGNING BOOK.
EDSEL FORD WRITING IN BOOK. 1939 |
00:31:33 1806 |
GROUP INCLUDING SPENCER TRACY, HENRY FORD, EDSEL FORD, FRANCIS JEHL, IN EDISON'S LABORATORY.
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00:31:47 1820 |
JEHL EXPLAINING SOMETHING TO SPENCER TRACY AS OTHERS LISTEN IN. HENRY FORD TURNING HANDLE ON MACHINE IN LABORATORY, TRACY WATCHING.
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00:32:08 1841 |
GROUP LEAVING BUILDING. JEHL STOPS TRACY FROM GETTING INTO CAR, THEY CHAT.
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00:32:46 1879 |
TRACY POSES WITH EDSEL FORD.
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00:32:56 1889 |
SPENCER TRACY SITS AT DESK EXAMINING PREVIOUS PAGES IN GUEST BOOK AND SIGNING. EDSEL FORD FOLLOWS
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00:34:58 2011 |
SPENCE TRACY CHATS WITH FRANCIS JEHL IN EDISON'S LABORATORY AS HENRY AND EDSEL FORD PASS IN BACKGROUND. TRACY GIVES OUT A BIG LAUGH WHILE SPEAKING WITH JEHL.
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00:36:52 2125 |
TRACY CHATS WITH HENRY FORD IN LAB AS THEY LOOK AT EDISON'S EQUIPMENT.
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00:37:40 2173 |
HENRY FORD TALKING TO TRACY AND GESTURING.
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00:38:48 2241 |
PEOPLE STANDING UNDER SIGN, "DYNAMIC KERNELS"
TITHING WHEAT, WITH EXPLANATION & HISTORY OF HOW THE WHEAT WAS GROWN CIRCA 1944 |
00:39:09 2262 |
HENRY FORD STOOPING OVER CUTTING WHEAT BY HAND WITH SMALL SICKLE, SPECTATORS INCLUDE HENRY FORD II.
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00:39:27 2280 |
YOUNG GIRL CUTS WHEAT THE SAME WAY AS FORD, WITH SMALL HAND SICKLE, HANDING WHEAT TO FORD. HENRY FORD AND HENRY II POSE WITH OTHERS.
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00:40:10 2323 |
MAN CUTTING WHEAT WITH SCYTHE AND CRADLE ATTACHED MAKING IT LOOK LIKE 4-BLADED SCYTHE. SPECTATORS.
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00:40:39 2352 |
GROUP OF PEOPLE GATHER AROUND HENRY FORD AS HE TALKS.
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00:40:50 2363 |
MEN IN FIELD CUTTING WITH SCYTHE WITH CRADLE.
SHEAVES OF WHEAT PILED UP ON GROUND. |
00:40:59 2372 |
HENRY FORD SPEAKS OVER MICROPHONE FROM COVERED PLATFORM, STATION "WJR" WRITTEN ON MIC.
INTERVIEWER HOLDS MICROPHONE UP TO HENRY FORD, WHO SPEAKS OVER IT |
00:41:27 2400 |
TWIN HORSE-DRAWN REAPER IN FIELD, SPECTATORS.
HENRY FORD DRIVES THE HORSE-DRAWN REAPER. AS CROWD WATCHES, PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKE SHOTS. |
00:42:00 2433 |
SEVERAL MEN ON COVERED PLATFORM ADDRESSING CROWD.
BACKS OF AUDIENCE WATCHING SPEAKERS. PAN |
00:43:11 2504 |
GIRL AND BOY CHOIR SING ON PLATFORM, AS CONDUCTOR LEADS WITH BATON. PAN. CROWD AND PARKED CARS IN BG
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00:44:20 2573 |
HENRY AND MRS. FORD APPROACH STAND. HENRY FORD AND ANOTHER MAN ON STAND. HENRY AND MRS. FORD POSING WITH ANOTHER MAN ON STAND. HENRY FORD LIFTS SMALL BOY IN ARMS AS HE AND MRS. FORD POSE.
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00:44:55 2608 |
SUN OVER DETROIT RIVER WITH CITY SKYLINE IN DISTANCE. FACTORIES WITH STACKS ALONG RIVER. PAN. EXCURSION BOAT LEAVING DOCK.
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00:45:52 2665 |
MONTAGE LONG ORE FREIGHTERS SAILING IN HARBOR.
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00:46:31 2704 |
MONTAGE LARGE RAILROAD TERMINAL BUILDING IN DETROIT. AUTO AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
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00:46:45 2718 |
AERIAL VIEW TALL BUILDINGS AND LOFTS IN HEART OF DETROIT. WORKERS BUILDING A HOUSE. USING HAND SAWS, SHOVEL.
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00:46:55 2728 |
AUTOMOBILES, DOUBLE DECKER BUS, STREETCAR, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN BUSTLING BUSINESS DISTRICT.
SIDEWALKS JAMMED WITH PEOPLE. DOUBLE STREETCARS ROUND CORNER AT INTERSECTION |
00:47:34 2767 |
PANORAMIC VIEW OF LARGE BUILDINGS. CARS PARKED AROUND PARK, POLICEMAN. PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
BUILDINGS ALONG RIVER. BEACH. RESIDENTIAL AREA. |
00:48:16 2809 |
UNIFORMLY DRESSED CHILDREN IN FRONT OF LARGE BUILDING, WEARING KNICKERS AND CAPS.
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00:48:18 2811 |
BOYS PLAYING BASEBALL IN LARGE FIELD WITH GAME IN PROGRESS IN BACKGROUND. PAN
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00:48:23 2816 |
DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING.
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00:48:34 2827 |
DOUBLE-DECKER BUS AND AUTO TRAFFIC, WATER TRUCK WASHING STREET, LARGE BUILDINGS IN BACKGROUND.
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00:48:45 2838 |
PLANT, CROWDS OF WORKERS WALKING ALONG SIDEWALK ON BUSY THOROUGHFARE. LONG LINE OF WORKERS GETTING ON STREETCARS OR WAITING OR THEM. DOUBLE STREETCARS LOADED WITH WORKERS RIDING BY.
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00:49:06 2859 |
AUTO, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF HIGHLAND PARK PLANT
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00:49:16 2869 |
PEOPLE IN OPEN MARKET, BOY BUYING CHICKEN, HOLDS IT UP BY ITS LEGS. MAN RECEIVING MONEY AT TELLER'S WINDOW.
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00:49:46 2899 |
PEOPLE WALKING ABOUT IN FRONT OF LARGE BANK. LINES OF MEN IN FRONT OF TELLER'S WINDOWS INSIDE BANK.
PAN FROM BOTTOM UP OF SKYSCRAPER UNDER CONSTRUCTION. |
00:50:02 2915 |
AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC IN STREET, CROWD LEAVING CHURCH
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00:50:28 2941 |
HEAVY AUTO TRAFFIC ON AVENUE, IN RESIDENTIAL AREA.
CHILDREN PLAYING IN PLAYGROUND. ON SWINGS, SLIDES. |
00:50:49 2962 |
PEOPLE WALKING IN PARK, PIGEONS. BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC OF VINTAGE CARS.
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00:51:04 2977 |
HOLIDAY CROWD SIT ALONG SHORE, OTHERS IN CANOES AT BELLE ISLE, DETROIT.
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00:51:14 2987 |
CROWDS STREAMING THROUGH GATE AT DOCK TO BOARD EXCURSION BOAT. CROWDED EXCURSION BOAT SLOWLY MOVES OUT ON RIVER. SMOKING STACK.
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00:51:41 3014 |
HUGH STACKS AND SMOKE RISING FROM PLANT.
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00:52:00 3033 |
CHAUFFEUR-DRIVEN CONVERTIBLE WITH MEN IN REAR SEAT, PULLS AWAY FROM ESTATE, PEOPLE STANDING ON PORCH CIRCA 1924.
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00:52:35 3068 |
1920s CARS PARKED ON FIELD. POLO PONIES BEING LED AROUND BY TRAINERS, IN FIELD, PAST GRAND STAND.
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00:52:43 3076 |
POLO GAME IN PROGRESS. POLO PLAYER CHANGING HORSES NEAR PARKED CARS.
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00:53:16 3109 |
VIEW OF LINCOLN PLANT, PAN. PEOPLE ENTERING LOBBY OF BUILDING. GROUP OF MEN & WOMEN TOURING PLANT WATCH MAN AT HIS MACHINE.
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00:53:58 3151 |
MILLING MACHINE IN OPERATION, CYLINDER BORE BEING GRINDED.
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00:54:16 3169 |
FLYWHEEL BEING MACHINED AND TEETH HOBBED FOR ENGAGEMENT OF STARTER GEAR.
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00:54:28 3181 |
CU HAND OF WORKER MEASURING THICKNESS OF TEETH WITH GAGES.
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00:54:58 3211 |
WORKER MAKING CAMSHAFT FROM SOLID BAR.
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00:55:12 3225 |
HAND OF WORKER TESTS HARDNESS OF CAM AND BEARING SURFACES WITH SCLERESCOPE. CU WORKER TESTS CONCENTRICITY OF BEARINGS. HAND OF WORKER TESTING CRANKSHAFT WITH MICROMETER.
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00:55:42 3255 |
MACHINE BALANCES CRANKSHAFT TO REMOVE ALL CAUSE OF VIBRATION.
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00:56:00 3273 |
WORKER LAYS CRANKSHAFT AND BEARING INTO ENGINE BLOCK. WORKER PLACES ASSEMBLED CAM SHAFT, LINES UP GEARS.
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00:56:23 3296 |
CU HANDS OF WORKER ASSEMBLING THE MAIN BEARING OIL LEAD PIPES & PLACING MAIN BEARING BOLT LOCKING DEVICE.
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00:56:34 3307 |
CU PUMP & GENERATOR DRIVING SHAFT BEING ASSEMBLED.
CU FINGERS OF WORKER TESTS CAM SLIDES. THEY FALL OF THEIR OWN WEIGHT. |
00:56:53 3326 |
CU TWO MEN PLACE THE CYLINDER BLOCK.
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00:57:02 3335 |
CU CRANKSHAFT IS REVOLVED AND RELATIVE PARTS MOVE CU OIL SCREEN AND OIL PAN ARE PUT IN PLACE
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00:57:25 3358 |
CU COMPLETED ENGINE IS TESTED. WORKER TURNS OVER ENGINE BY HAND. CU CLUTCH DRIVER TEETH BEING INSPECTED.
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00:57:56 3389 |
HAND OF WORKER PLACES GEAR AND UNIVERSAL JOINT
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00:58:12 3405 |
WORKER TESTS COMPLETED TRANSMISSION IN "QUIET ROOM". WORKER ASSEMBLES COMPLETED TRANSMISSION TO MOTOR
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00:58:40 3433 |
WORKERS USE OVERHEAD CHAIN LIFT TO ASSEMBLE FRAME ONTO WHEELS. ENGINE IS LOWERED ONTO FRAME.
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00:59:15 3468 |
CU SHUTTERS ON RADIATOR OPENING AND CLOSING.
00 59 ENGINE & CHASSIS WITH STEERING WHEEL AND SEAT ARE ROLLED OFF ASSEMBLY LINE AND ROAD TESTED WITHOUT BODY OVER ROUGH ROADS OUTSIDE PLANT. |
00:59:52 3505 |
WORKER SPRAYS CHASSIS WITH COAT OF VARNISH.
CHASSIS BEING PUSHED ALONG ASSEMBLY LINE. |
01:00:15 3528 |
WORKER TOUCHING UP PAINT ON BODY WITH PAINT BRUSH.
PAINTED BODY BEING LOWERED OVER CHASSIS. |
01:00:45 3558 |
CAR IS SHAKEN VIOLENTLY BY MACHINE TO CHECK FOR SQUEAKS.
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01:00:57 3570 |
CAR BEING DRIVEN OVER ROUGH HILL & TERRAIN. CAR DRIVEN OVER BUMPY ROAD OUTSIDE PLANT. NEW LINCOLNS LINED UP INSIDE PLANT.
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01:01:24 3597 |
CARS BEING CRATED FOR SHIPMENT OVERSEAS. OTHERS ARE BACKED UP INTO BOX CAR
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01:01:41 3614 |
CARS IN SHOWROOM, CUSTOMERS.
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01:01:50 3623 |
POST OFFICE, 1922. AIR MAIL & TRAIN MAIL CU ENVELOPE WITH "REV. SAM SYLVESTER SMITHERS, #23 PIKE STREET, SEATTLE, IND." ON IT. WOMAN PLACING LETTER IN MAIL BOX, CLOSE-UP OF LETTER.
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01:03:23 3716 |
UNIFORMED MAILMAN GETTING OUT OF VINTAGE MAIL TRUCK, REMOVING LETTERS FROM MAILBOX, DRIVING OFF.
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01:03:44 3737 |
LONG LINE OF WOMEN WORKERS SORTING MAIL AT MAIL DEPOT. LETTERS GOING THROUGH STAMP CANCELLING MACHINE, CLOSE-UP OF CANCELLED STAMP ON LETTER.
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01:04:14 3767 |
MACHINE AT WORK CANCELLING 500 LETTERS PER MINUTE.
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01:04:23 3776 |
LONG LINE OF MEN WORKERS PLACING MAIL IN PIGEON HOLE RACKS FOR EACH CARRIER. CU SORTERS PLACING LETTERS IN PIGEON HOLES AT A FAST RATE.
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01:04:49 3802 |
UNIFORMED CARRIERS APPROACH RACKS AND REMOVES MAIL FOR HIS ROUTE. LONG LINE OF CARRIERS LEAVE POST OFFICE CARRYING THEIR MAIL BAGS ON SHOULDERS.
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01:05:15 3828 |
LITTLE GIRL MEETS MAILMAN ON STEPS OF HOUSE AND TAKES MAIL.
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01:05:26 3839 |
MAIL SORTERS THROW NEWSPAPERS INTO BAGS SET UP IN ROWS BEFORE THEM. A GOOD AIM IS HELPFUL. BEARDED WORKER REMOVES BAGS TYING TOPS.
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01:05:49 3862 |
WORKERS MOVING MAIL SACKS ON ON HAND TRUCKS, LOADING PACKAGES AND SACKS ONTO MAIL TRUCKS. LONG LINE OF VINTAGE MAIL TRUCKS DRIVING AWAY FROM DEPOT.
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01:06:15 3888 |
STEAM LOCOMOTIVE, WITH WORKERS IN MAIL CARS WAVING AS TRAIN RIDES BY.
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01:06:32 3905 |
WORKER ATTACHES MAIL SACK TO HOOK ON UPRIGHT NEXT TO TRACK, PASSING TRAIN PICKS IT OFF HOOK
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01:06:56 3929 |
WORKERS IN MAIL CAR SORTING MAIL FROM LARGE SACKS INTO SMALL SACKS.
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01:07:06 3939 |
REENACTMENT OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WRITING LETTER BY CANDLELIGHT. CU LETTER WITH WITH ADDRESS ON SAME SHEET AS LETTER. CU HANDS OF "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN"
FOLDING LETTER WITH ADDRESS ON OUTSIDE, SEALING LETTER WITH WAX. |
01:07:58 3991 |
BACK OF POSTAL WORKER FACING PIGEON HOLE RACK.
CU CANCELLED STAMPS ON LETTER. WORKER HANDS SPECIAL DELIVERY LETTER TO CARRIER. UNIFORMED CARRIER MOUNTING MOTORCYCLE TO DELIVER LETTER. |
01:08:23 4016 |
PILES OF LOGS FLOATING DOWN MOUNTAIN STREAM RAPIDS
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01:08:30 4023 |
PULP ON PAPER MAKING MACHINE. WORKER TAKING PAPER OFF OFF ROLLER. CU HANDS RIPPING MATTED PULP.
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01:08:42 4035 |
PRESS IN OPERATION PRINTING POSTAL STAMPS.
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01:08:52 4045 |
HAND OF WORKER POURING PASTE FROM CAN INTO RESERVOIR OF MACHINE WITH SHEETS OF STAMPS GOING THROUGH.
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01:09:03 4056 |
FEMALE WORKER OPERATES MACHINE MAKING PERFORATIONS SO STAMPS CAN BE TORN APART QUICKLY.
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01:09:29 4082 |
MAN HANDING MAIL SACKS TO CO-PILOT OF VINTAGE BI-PLANE OF OPEN COCKPIT PLANE. PLANE TAKING OFF.
ELS PLANE IN FLIGHT |
01:10:10 4123 |
BOYS WORKING IN METALLURGY CHEMISTRY LAB. RACKS OF JARS IN FRONT OF THEIR WORK BENCHES. TRADE SCHOOL, 1927
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01:10:39 4152 |
ADVANCED STUDENTS IN CHEMISTRY LABORATORY, INSTRUCTORS MOVE AMONG THEM. PAN.
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01:11:02 4175 |
HAND HOLDS SMALL LADLE WITH TONGS POURING MOLTEN METAL INTO MOLD. TONGS REMOVING HOT BAR FROM MOLD.
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01:11:20 4193 |
STUDENT DRILLING METAL BAR, PLACING DRILLINGS ON PIECE OF PAPER, WEIGHING THEM IN MICROBALANCE, BRUSHING THEM INTO SMALL TRAY, POURING POWERED SUBSTANCE OVER THEM, PLACING TRAY INTO TUBULAR OVEN.
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01:12:17 4250 |
HAND OF BOY REMOVING TINY TRAY FROM OVEN, USING LONG WIRE. RESULTING SUBSTANCE IS WEIGHED ON MICROBALANCE.
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01:13:04 4297 |
TEACHER IN CLASSROOM LECTURES STUDENTS, USES POINTER ON DRAWING ON BLACKBOARD.
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01:13:14 4307 |
BOYS WORKING WITH LABORATORY EQUIPMENT. STUDENT TESTS HARDNESS OF HARDNESS OF STEEL SAMPLE WITH TESTING APPARATUS.
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01:13:57 4350 |
BOYS AT THEIR DESKS POLISHING SMALL PIECES OF STEEL BY HAND AS TEACHERS CIRCULATE. CU STUDENT POLISHING STEEL AT HIS DESK.
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01:14:20 4373 |
CU BOY POLISHES SMALL SAMPLE TO A MIRROR FINISH, ON TABLE TOP POLISHING WHEEL
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01:14:32 4385 |
INSTRUCTOR POUR ACID IN SMALL DISH DIPS STEEL PIECE IN DISH USING TONGS, THEN WASHES IT WITH WATER. USES HAIR DRYER TO DRY OFF THE SMALL PIECE.
CU HIGHLY POLISHED PIECE IS HELD UP TO CAMERA. |
01:15:19 4432 |
BOYS EXAMINE & PHOTOGRAPH PIECE UNDER MICROSCOPE.
VIEWS OF METAL THROUGH MICROSCOPE. STUDENT PEERING THROUGH MICROSCOPE. |
01:16:00 4473 |
STUDENTS USE APPARATUS TO PHOTOGRAPH SAMPLE UNDER MICROSCOPE. CU STUDENT PEERS INTO SCOPE AND MAKES ADJUSTMENTS. CU STUDENT USES POINTER AS HE LOOKS AT AND DISCUSSES SMALL PHOTO OF METAL TAKEN UNDER MICROSCOPE
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01:16:33 4506 |
BOYS WITH APRONS SETTING DOZENS OF LONG TABLES IN HUGE DINING ROOM. HUNDREDS OF MALE STUDENTS SITTING AND EATING IN HUGE DINING HALL. PAN. CU VIEW OF BOYS EATING ON LONG TABLE. BOYS FINISH EATING AND WIPE OFF DISHES IN PAIL AS THEY LEAVE.
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01:16:50 4523 |
BOYS WASHING DISHES. BOYS DRYING DISHES.
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01:17:18 4551 |
MONTAGE VIEWS OF HUGE FORD PLANT. GROUP OF BOYS TOURING THROUGH PLANT YARD. GROUP OF STUDENTS WATCH DISCHARGING COKE OVEN. HUGE CARS WITH MOLTEN BUBBLING STEEL MOVES SLOWLY IN FRONT OF THEM.
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01:17:23 4556 |
GROUP OF STUDENTS WATCH MOLTEN METAL FLOWING FROM FURNACE THROUGH DITCH INTO LADLE CARS.
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01:18:19 4612 |
GROUP WATCHES HUGE TONGS OF OVERHEAD CRANE REMOVING INGOT FROM SOAKING PIT, DROPPING IT ONTO CONVEYOR.
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01:19:18 4671 |
WHITE HOT INGOT GOES BOUNCING DOWN CONVEYOR INTO BLOOM MILL. GROUP WATCHES STEEL INGOT BEING SQUEEZED TO STANDARD SIZE
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01:20:04 4717 |
BOYS WATCHING CRANE REMOVING INGOT FROM FURNACE.
INGOT BEING SHAPED BY PRESS. |
01:21:47 4820 |
1931 FORD V-8 DRIVING ON ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA. CU ANIMATED CARTOON FIGURE OF SCOTSMAN PLAYING PIPES ON CARBURETOR WITH SCOTTIE DOG DANCING AS NARRATOR TELLS ABOUT CAR.
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01:22:03 4836 |
CU VIEW OF MAN DRIVING CAR AS SEEN FROM BEHIND HIM. CU SPEEDOMETER DIAL ON CAR INCREASING IN SPEED TO 60 MPH.
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01:22:24 4857 |
CU FOOT ON GAS PEDAL LIFTING OFF AND ONTO BRAKE PEDAL. CU WHEEL MAKING FULL STOP.
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01:22:40 4873 |
MAN DRIVING CAR BRAGS ABOUT BRAKES WHEN HE COMES TO FULL STOP. (ENACTMENT) CARTOON CHARACTER IN BACK SEAT RESPONDS TO DRIVERS QUESTION.
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01:23:19 4912 |
DRIVER MOVES OVER TO PASSENGER SIDE AND HIS WIFE SUDDENLY APPEARS IN DRIVERS SEAT. THEY DISCUSS COST OF CAR. CU- CAR'S DASH BOARD, UPHOLSTERY, DOOR HANDLE AND INSIDE LIGHTS,.
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01:24:00 4953 |
WIFE DRIVES THE CAR.
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01:24:10 4963 |
CU NUT, BOLT AND WASHER COME TOGETHER MAGICALLY
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01:24:25 4978 |
BACKS OF WOMAN DRIVING AND HUSBAND BESIDE HER AS SEEN FROM BACK SEAT AS SHE DRIVES ON ROAD.
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01:24:31 4984 |
TINY ANIMATED CARTOON CHARACTER IN BACK SEAT USES STETHOSCOPE ON DOOR AND FLOOR OF CAR TO CHECK IT'S QUIET RIDE. CARTOON CHARACTER ON CARS SPRINGS.
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01:25:00 5013 |
CARS LUGGAGE SPACE IN TRUNK. MAN AND WOMAN HAVING DISCUSSION AS SHE DRIVES. TINY CARTOON CHARACTER IN BACK SEAT JOINS IN CONVERSATION
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01:26:06 5079 |
TWO IDENTICAL FORD V-8'S DRIVING SIDE BY SIDE MAN DRIVES ONE AND WOMAN THE OTHER. CARTOON CHARACTER SEES HIS REFLECTION IN WINDOW AND BOWS.
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01:26:40 5113 |
CHARACTER SPEAKS TO MAN DRIVER IN PIG LATIN.
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01:28:18 5211 |
MAN DRIVING CAR SEES CAR NEXT TO HIM RIDING WITH NO DRIVER. MONTAGE- DIFFERENT PEOPLE APPEAR IN DRIVER'S SEAT GIVING THEIR REASONS FOR OWNING THE FORD.
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01:30:18 5331 |
TWIN FORD CARS DRIVING TOWARDS CAMERA AND DRIVING AWAY FROM CAMERA.
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01:31:00 5373 |
TAPE ENDS
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