1917-1952AUTOMOTIVE
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1934 DRAMA DEPICTING HISTORY OF AUTOMOBILE. CROWD AROUND EARLY MODEL AUTOMOBILE, MAN STARTING MOTOR, GETTING IN ALONGSIDE HORSE AND BUGGY READY TO HAVE RACE WITH AUTO. HORSE AND BUGGY STARTING AHEAD OF CAR.
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| 00:01:26 12.1 |
AUTO DRIVER HAVING DIFFICULTY STARTING CAR, GETS STARTED, PURSUING HORSE AND BUGGY DOWN STREET, CROWD FOLLOWING.
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| 00:01:48 34.1 |
HORSE AND BUGGY, ON COUNTRY ROAD. DRIVER LOOKS BACK FOR SIGNS OF PURSUING AUTO. MS- CAR DRIVING TOWARDS CAMERA, IN HOT PURSUIT. COWS WANDERING ACROSS ROAD IN FRONT OF CAR, SLOWING IT.
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| 00:02:51 97.1 |
CU- MAN DRIVING HORSE AND BUGGY, WHIP IN HAND, AUTO IN BACKGROUND CLOSING IN. MAN USES WHIP.
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| 00:03:14 120.1 |
LS- CAR PASSES, PASSENGER IN CAR WAVES HAT AS HE GOES BY. HORSE AND BUGGY, CHEERING CROWD IN TOWN GREET WINNING AUTO.
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| 00:04:09 175.1 |
MAN TINKERING WITH ENGINE OF CAR, IN BARN-LIKE SHOW-ROOM, SALESMAN APPROACHES. CONVERSATION BETWEEN 2 MEN. SALESMAN WIPES FACE NERVOUSLY WITH HANDKERCHIEF GLANCES BACK SUSPICIOUSLY. (ACTORS)
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| 00:05:50 276.1 |
SMALL TOWN STREET SCENE. MAN AND WOMAN DRIVING UP TO BARN SHOW ROOM IN VINTAGE CAR, 'JUST MARRIED'
SIGN ON CAR, MAN WALKS INTO SHOW ROOM, SPEAKS TO SALESMAN, LOOKS OVER NEW CAR AS SALESMAN WALKS OUTSIDE TO SPEAK TO NEWLY-WED'S WIFE IN CAR. TALKS TO HER. |
| 00:06:47 333.1 |
TWO MEN IN BARN TALKING - NEWLY-WED MAN CRANKS CAR, GETS IN WITH WIFE DRIVES OFF.
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| 00:07:37 383.1 |
SIGN '1904' - CU- THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND NEWSPAPER HEADLINE, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT ELECTED" ARE SUPERIMPOSED. FACE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT TALKING.
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| 00:07:45 391.1 |
AERIAL VIEW OF FAIRGROUNDS, SIGN, "WORLD'S FAIR OPENS IN ST. LOUIS"
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| 00:07:52 398.1 |
SIGN, "1906" - HEADLINES, "SAN FRANCISCO HIT BY EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE", "AUTOMOBILES BRING NEW ROADS,"
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| 00:08:01 407.1 |
ROAD GANG SMASHING ROCKS WITH SLEDGE HAMMERS ON ROAD.
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| 00:08:10 416.1 |
CUSTOMER LOOKING AT CAR IN DEALER'S SHOW-ROOM, READS PAPER HANDED HIM BY SALESMAN. AFTER CHAT, CUSTOMER FOLDS PAPER , NODS "NO", WALKS OUT.
ELDERLY WOMAN RUNS UP TO SALESMAN, SAYS SOMETHING. SALESMAN GETS HAT AND COAT RUNS OUT WITH WOMAN. |
| 00:09:26 492.1 |
SALESMAN AND WOMAN IN PARLOR WAITING, HE PACES FLOOR, SHE SITS IN ROCKER AND KNITS. DOCTOR ENTERS ROOM, WOMAN RUSHES IN AS DOCTOR ROLLS DOWN SLEEVES AND TALKS TO SALESMAN. WOMAN BRINGS IN BABY, SHOWS IT TO SALESMAN.
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| 00:11:02 588.1 |
SIGN, "1907" - HEADLINE, "DEPRESSION HITS COUNTRY"
MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN ON LONG LINES IN STREET- SIGN, "1908," HEADLINE, "TAFT ELECTED," PORTRAIT OF HOWARD TAFT SUPERIMPOSED. |
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NEW FORDS BEING DRIVEN OFF ASSEMBLY LINES. MS-
WORKERS LOWERING CAR BODIES ONTO CHASSIS - LOWERING MOTOR ONTO CHASSIS. |
| 00:12:49 695.1 |
HENRY FORD II DRIVING CAR OFF ASSEMBLY LINE WITH PASSENGERS. GROUP OF MEN INSPECTING CAR AND MOTOR, WRITING ON PADS OF PAPER. NEW CARS BEING DRIVEN OFF ASSEMBLY LINE.
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| 00:13:44 750.1 |
SMALL TANK DEMONSTRATION (1942) - SEVERAL VIEWS OF FLEET OF SMALL TANKS WITH RUBBER TIRES BEING TESTED IN WOODED AREA, DRIVEN OVER ROUGH TERRAIN, TREES, SPECTATORS, MILITARY PERSONNEL IN TANKS.
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| 00:14:48 814.1 |
MODEL-T LEAVING PLANT. FORD CARS COMING FROM FACTORY AND RUNNING ON MANCHESTER AVENUE.
AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC OUTSIDE HIGHLAND PARK PLANT - |
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MAN DRIVES MODEL-T TO CORNER, TURNS IT OVER TO CUSTOMER WHO DRIVES IT OFF.
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SEVERAL VIEWS OF MODEL-T BEING DRIVEN THROUGH DEEP SAND AND ROUGH TERRAIN DURING TEST. CAR SHOWN ON BUMPY ROAD AND HEAVY MUD. CAR FORDING SMALL STREAM AND CLIMBS HILLY COUNTRY ROADS.
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TUNNEL CUT THROUGH BASE OF SEQUOIA TREE, MEN WALK THROUGH, AUTO DRIVEN THROUGH TUNNEL, CONTINUES ALONG MOUNTAIN ROAD, PARKS NEAR SEQUOIA TREE WHICH DWARFS THEM. PASSENGERS ALIGHT. (FILM VERY DARK)
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YELLOWSTONE PARK CIRCA 1917. MAN SEATED IN AUTO FEEDS BEAR BY HAND. BEAR TAKES SWATH AT MAN"S HAND. HORSE TIED BEHIND AUTO.
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(UNRELATED 11 FEET OF AUTO WITH "FORD" SIGN ON WINDSHIELD MIRED IN MUD). (UNRELATED 106 FEET OF AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC ON RESIDENTIAL STREET, HORSE AND BUGGY RIDE DOWN STREET.
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MEN EXAMINING, CRANKING VINTAGE AUTO WITH ACTION ACCELERATED. (FILM SPOTTED AND VERY DARK).
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| 00:20:35 1161.1 |
PLANT INTERIOR WITH WORKERS ON ASSEMBLY LINE ASSEMBLING MODEL-T FORDS RUNNING BOARDS.
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CRANE LOWERS FRAME ONTO CHASSIS. MEN INSTALL RADIATOR, REAR WHEELS OFF GROUND. CAR IS DRIVEN OFF ASSEMBLY LINE.
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| 00:22:23 1269.1 |
CHASSIS IS PLACED ON ASSEMBLY LINE, GAS TANK IS ATTACHED. CU OF ENGINE.
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MEN ASSEMBLE DASH UNIT ON SPECIAL RACK AND ASSEMBLE IT TO CHASSIS. WHEELS WITH TIRES INFLATED ARE ASSEMBLED ONTO CAR.
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| 00:24:43 1409.1 |
MONTAGE- CLOSE-UP VIEWS OF ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION CU- WORKER ASSEMBLES STARTER TO ENGINE.
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CU- GENERATOR IS INSTALLED. CU- GALLON OF OIL IS ADDED TO ENGINE
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WORKER LIFTS ENGINE WITH CHAIN FALL ATTACHED TO OVERHEAD BEAM AND MOVES IT ALONG TO CHASSIS.
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MODEL-T BEING TESTED ON ROUGH HILLS AND MUDDY ROADS.
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MODEL-T CARS AND TRUCKS 1917 - 1925 VIEWS OF MODEL-T CARS IN FRONT OF COUNTRY CHURCH, PEOPLE LEAVING CHURCH. LS- 2 MEN DRIVING ON COUNTRY ROAD, TURNING OFF ONTO FIELD; THEY PREPARE MODEL-T FOR OVERNIGHT CAMPING. EQUIPMENT ATTACHED TO CAR, BEDS BEING MADE UP ON CAR SEATS, MEN SLEEP IN DOUBLE BED MADE ON CAR SEATS.
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MODEL-T PASSES 2 MEN SHOVELING SNOW. MODEL-T PASSES FAMILY WALKING DOWN TROPICAL ROAD. CAR DRIVING THROUGH ORIENTAL VILLAGE STREET, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. CARS DRIVING DOWN MOUNTAIN ROAD. MS- PICNICKERS SIT NEAR WATERFALL.
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| 00:28:38 1644.1 |
FAMILY GETTING INTO CAR IN FRONT OF HOUSE, DRIVING ALONG COUNTRY ROAD, PICNICKING UNDER TREE, PICKING FLOWERS IN FIELD.
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| 00:29:19 1685.1 |
MONTAGE- VIEWS OF MEN AND WOMEN, OLD AND YOUNG, DRIVING MODEL-T'S.
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HAND PULLING ON SELF-STARTER ON FLOOR. WOMAN'S FOOT ON CLUTCH PEDAL. HAND RELEASING BRAKE. FOOT ON MIDDLE PEDAL LETS UP SLOWLY.
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FAMILY PICNICS UNDER TREE BY SIDE OF ROAD.
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| 00:30:30 1756.1 |
WOMAN OPENING GARAGE DOOR, GETTING INTO CAR, BACKING IT OUT, DRIVING UP TO HOUSE. ANOTHER WOMAN COMING OUT GETTING INTO CAR, THE 2 DRIVING AWAY.
THEY ARRIVE AT OPEN AIR MARKET, GET OUT AND SHOP. |
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MS- THE TWO WOMEN GET INTO CAR WITH PRODUCE, DRIVE AWAY. CAR IN FRONT OF STORE, LADIES LOADING PACKAGES, GETTING INTO CAR, DRIVING AWAY.
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| 00:31:37 1823.1 |
CAR DRIVING ON HILLY COUNTRY ROAD.
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| 00:31:50 1836.1 |
CAR COMING OUT OF GARAGE - LARGE HUGE CROWD OF MEN SURROUNDING TEN MILLIONTH FORD IN STREET.
COUPLE LOOKING AT MODEL-T SPORTS COUPE, TALKING WITH SALESMAN OUTSIDE THEIR HOME, TAKING RIDE - |
| 00:32:43 1889.1 |
MODEL-T PANEL TRUCK LEAVING DOCK, STOPPING IN FRONT OF GARAGE (FILM VERY DARK)
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| 00:33:07 1913.1 |
CAR WITH LUGGAGE ON RUNNING BOARD ON COUNTRY ROAD STOPS AT INTERSECTION. TRACTOR, TRUCK, AND CAR IN FRONT OF DEALER'S SHOP. MEN GET IN EACH ONE AND DRIVE AWAY.
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| 00:33:43 1949.1 |
WORKERS LOADING PRODUCE BOXES ONTO TRUCK IN FIELD, DRIVING OFF - TRUCK STUCK IN MUD, TEAMS OF HORSES HAULING IT OUT.
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| 00:34:06 1972.1 |
VIEW OF SHIP SINKING IN SEA.
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| 00:34:23 1989.1 |
AERIAL VIEW OF RIVER ROUGE PLANT.
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| 00:35:19 2045.1 |
HENRY FORD CAMPING PARTY - MS- HARVEY FIRESTONE, THOMAS A. EDISON AND HENRY FORD SEATED OUTDOORS ON LAWN CHAIRS CONVERSING -
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MS- FORD COOKING ON OUTDOOR STOVE, HANDS PANCAKE ON SPATULA TO EDISON WHO EATS IT - FORD AUTOMOBILE IS DRIVEN ALONG HIGHWAY.
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| 00:35:52 2078.1 |
2 MODEL-T'S DRIVE SIDE BY SIDE DOWN CITY STREET, TURN CORNER AND ALMOST STRIKE YOUNG GIRL AT CORNER
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| 00:36:04 2090.1 |
YOUNG BOY WALKING HAND AND HAND WITH MOTHER. BOY SUDDENLY BOLTS INTO STREET IN PATH OF 2 MODEL-T'S.
CU- MOTHER COVERS HER FACE IN FRIGHT. BOY LIES IN STREET AFTER AUTOMOBILES PASS |
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LS- AUTO TRAFFIC, MOSTLY MODEL T'S, IN BUSINESS DISTRICT. POLICEMAN STOPS WOMAN DRIVER AND UN-JAMS TRAFFIC
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| 00:36:41 2127.1 |
LS- 5 MEN IN VINTAGE CAR HEAD FOR TRAIN TRACKS AS SPEEDING TRAIN APPROACHES INTERSECTION. KNOWING THEY CANNOT STOP IN TIME THE 5 MEN JUMP OUT OF CAR WHICH IS STRUCK VIOLENTLY BY TRAIN.
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| 00:36:47 2133.1 |
DEMOLISHED CAR IS DRAGGED BY TRAIN UNTIL IT STOPS.
TRAIN BACKS AWAY FROM WRECKAGE. SPECTATORS EXAMINE WRECKAGE. MS- MAN TRIES TO FREE PART OF CAR STUCK UNDER LOCOMOTIVE'S WHEELS. |
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LS- CHILDREN PLAYING IN CITY STREET. AUTO HEADS TOWARDS THEM AND SWERVES TO STOP TO AVOID HITTING THEM. POLICEMAN RUNS TO SCENE. DRIVER OF CAR RUBS LEG OF INJURED BOY SITTING ON RUNNING BOARD OF CAR
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| 00:37:22 2168.1 |
LS- HORSE-DRAWN COACH RIDING ON MUDDY ROAD, GETS STUCK IN MUD. DRIVER GETS OUT AND TUGS AT REIGNS PASSING MILK WAGON DRIVER ASSISTS IN FREEING IT.
THEN RIDES AWAY. MILK WAGON LOSES WHEEL AS TRAIN GOES BY IN DISTANCE.. |
| 00:38:52 2258.1 |
MS- PAN OF FARM HOUSE AND BARNYARD. FARMER WITH DOG PUSHES BUGGY INTO BARN
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| 00:39:07 2273.1 |
CU- PHOTO OF YOUNG MAN IN WORK CLOTHES. GROUP PHOTO OF WORKERS OUTSIDE BUILDING.
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| 00:39:31 2297.1 |
MS- HENRY FORD AND GUESTS EXAMINE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT.
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| 00:39:35 2301.1 |
GROUP OF WORKERS UPRIGHT TANK THAT HAS FALLEN ON ITS SIDE. CIRCA 1918 MS- TANK DRIVER WALKS AWAY FROM TANK THAT HAS ROLLED OVER ON ITS SIDE. MEN ATTEMPT TO UPRIGHT IT
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| 00:40:10 2336.1 |
LONG LINE OF FORD TRACTORS RIDING ON DIRT ROAD.
(1919 - 1930) |
| 00:40:22 2348.1 |
MS- 1930 FORD LINCOLN ON DISPLAY IN SHOWROOM - 2 WOMEN AND MAN INSPECT IT.
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| 00:40:37 2363.1 |
MS- TWO MEN INSPECT NEW AUTO IN DEALER'S SHOWROOM MONTAGE- HENRY FORD AND COMPANIONS INSPECT NEW FORD JUST OFF ASSEMBLY LINE.
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| 00:40:58 2384.1 |
LS- ROAD CONSTRUCTION CREW AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT AT A SITE. CEMENT WORKERS SPREAD CEMENT BEING POURED INTO FORM ON ROAD.
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| 00:42:17 2463.1 |
NEW 1952 FORD BEING DRIVEN OFF FINAL ASSEMBLY LINE. SUPERVISOR LOOKS UNDER HOOD.
CAR IS DRIVEN TO WHERE HEADLIGHTS ARE ALIGNED. |
| 00:42:59 2505.1 |
MS- PAINTED CHASSIS ON OVERHEAD CONVEYOR, SLOWLY PASSING BANK OF BAKING LIGHTS -
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| 00:43:36 2542.1 |
LS- EXTERIOR OF PLANT, PARKING AREA - WORKERS LEAVING MEN'S LOCKER ROOM, WORKERS WALK DOWN HALLWAY TOWARDS CAMERA.
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| 00:44:02 2568.1 |
MS- INTERIOR OF HUGE FOUNDRY - WORKERS ASSEMBLING LARGE MOLD. MS- STEAM RISING FROM FURNACE -
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| 00:44:59 2625.1 |
MS- BLACK WORKERS EXAMINE PISTONS HANGING FROM OVERHEAD CONVEYOR - MONTAGE- SPARKS FLY AS WORKERS WELD CHASSIS' - CU- WORKER'S FACE AND WORKERS AT MACHINES.
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| 00:45:25 2651.1 |
MS- MOLTEN METAL POURING FROM FURNACE. LS- WORKERS THROWING MATERIAL INTO INTENSELY HOT MOLTEN METAL POTS. LS- MOLDS BEING FILLED WITH MOLTEN METAL
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| 00:46:07 2693.1 |
FORD MOTOR PLANT IN GERMANY, 1930 VIEW OF WORKERS ON ASSEMBLY LINE, ADEPTLY LIFTING MOTORS WITH HAND CONTROLLED CRANE SUSPENDED FROM ABOVE AND PLACING THEM ON CONVEYOR.
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| 00:46:21 2707.1 |
VIEW OF PLANT, BUSY WORKERS, MOTORS ON CONVEYORS.
MONTAGE- MOTORS AS FAR AS EYE CAN SEE MOVING ON HUGE CONVEYOR. |
| 00:46:52 2738.1 |
MOTORS BEING LOWERED ONTO CHASSIS - WORKERS SECURING THEM AS TIRES HANG ON MOVING OVERHEAD CONVEYOR. WORKERS ATTACHING RADIATORS TO CHASSIS, TIRES AND WHEELS - OTHER PARTS.
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| 00:47:53 2799.1 |
MS- WORKER SITTING ON SCOOTER PUSHES HIMSELF ALONG AS HE CONTINUES WORKING ON CAR MOVING ON CONVEYOR.
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| 00:48:06 2812.1 |
MS- BODY BEING LOWERED BY CHAIN HOIST ONTO CHASSIS, WORKERS SECURING IT TO CHASSIS.
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| 00:48:28 2834.1 |
AMERICA AT PLAY, CIRCA 1918 - CONEY ISLAND -
VIEW OF WIDE STREET, LARGE BUILDINGS WITH COLORFUL FACADES, AUTO, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, LAMP POSTS ALONG STREET - VIEW OF PEOPLE WALKING ALONG STORE-LINED AND CONCESSION-LINED STREET, |
| 00:48:50 2856.1 |
LS- ACCELERATED ACTION OF PEOPLE MOVING ABOUT FROM CONCESSION TO CONCESSION. MS- CROWDS OD MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN 1918 DRESS FILL THE FAIRWAY.
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| 00:49:01 2867.1 |
MONTAGE- LARGE ROUND TILTING AND REVOLVING STRUCTURE WITH ROLLER COASTER TYPE CARS MOVING ALONG OUTSIDE TRACK, CLOSE-UP OF HUGE RIDE.
ELEPHANT PASSING BY IN FOREGROUND, PEOPLE CLIMBING INTO CARS ON RIDE. MS- RIDE IN OPERATION |
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RIDE WITH CARS SWINGING FROM LONG CABLES. AERIAL-
ANOTHER RIDE WITH CARS WHIPPED AROUND CORNERS IN CIRCLE. MS- RIDERS BEING WHIPPED AROUND |
| 00:50:37 2963.1 |
WORKER LEAVING SHED WITH TOOLS IN HAND, SUPERVISOR EXAMINING CHISEL, WITH HEAD DAMAGED, SENDING WORKER BACK FOR ANOTHER
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| 00:50:56 2982.1 |
MS- WORKER CARRYING LADDER ALMOST HITS SUPERVISOR WITH IT. SUPERVISOR INSTRUCTS WORKER IN CORRECT METHOD OF CARRYING IT. SAME SUPERVISOR IS ALMOST HIT IN FACE BY PICKAXE BEING CARRIED BY WORKER. HE INSTRUCTS WORKER TO CARRY TOOL WITH POINT TOWARD GROUND.
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| 00:51:25 3011.1 |
MS- WORKER WEARING GLOVES OPERATING DRILL PRESS.
SUPERVISOR WALKS OVER AND TELLS HIM TO REMOVE GLOVES, WORKER REMOVES GLOVES, REPLACING THEM AS SOON AS SUPERVISOR LEAVES, WORKER GETS GLOVE CAUGHT IN DRILL PRESS, PULLS AWAY AND HOLDS HIS HAND IN PAIN. |
| 00:51:42 3028.1 |
CU- WORKER USING SCREW DRIVER WITH ONE HAND, HOLDING WORK WITH OTHER. SCREWDRIVER SLIPPING, CUTTING HAND.
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| 00:52:17 3063.1 |
MS- WORKER PUTTING ON PROTECTIVE ARM COVERING BEFORE HANDLING GLASS WINDSHIELDS. WORKERS CUTTING GLASS IN BACKGROUND.
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| 00:52:42 3088.1 |
MS- WORKER TINKERING IN FUSE BOX RECEIVES SEVERE SHOCK, PULLS BACK IN PAIN. ANOTHER WORKER SHOWS HIM HOW TO SHUT MAIN SWITCH AND USE USE FIBRE PLIERS TO PULL FUSE.
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| 00:53:05 3111.1 |
AERIAL- LONG LINE OF WORKERS AT STREETCAR STOP, VINTAGE FORD CARS RIDE BACK AND FORTH IN TRAFFIC.
TWIN TROLLEYS PULLS UP, WORKERS BOARD. |
| 00:53:48 3154.1 |
LS- STREAMS OF WORKERS CLIMB DOWN STAIRS OF TRAFFIC OVERPASS WHICH LEADS OUT OF FORD PLANT.
IN PLANT YARD. PAN TO ANOTHER OVERPASS TEAMING WITH WORKERS LEAVING FORD PLANT. "FORD MOTOR COMPANY" SIGN, ON WALL OF PLANT |
| 00:54:17 3183.1 |
LS- VINTAGE FLATBED TRUCK ROLLS ALONG WITH OLD MODEL-T AUTOS TO BE SCRAPPED.
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| 00:54:46 3212.1 |
WORKERS ON LINE BUYING LUNCH ITEMS FROM VENDOR, PAYING HIM. WORKER EATS PIE SLICE WITH HAND AS HE CHATS WITH WORKER HOLDING COFFEE CUP.
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| 00:55:26 3252.1 |
MS- MAN BUYS NEWSPAPER FROM NEWS STAND PUTS IT IN HIP POCKET MOVES ON. WORKERS RUN FRANTICALLY ACROSS STREET, DODGING TRAFFIC, TO CATCH TROLLEY.
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| 00:56:09 3295.1 |
MS- MAN AND WOMAN CHAT AS THEY RIDE IN CONVERTIBLE MODEL-T NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO TRAFFIC. COUPLE HAVE TO SWERVE TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER MODEL-T.
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| 00:56:25 3311.1 |
DRUNKEN DRIVER IN MODEL-T SWERVES FROM SIDE TO SIDE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. MOTORCYCLE COP PULLS HIM OVER TO CALL BOX. COP HAS HARD TIME KEEPING DRUNK UNDER CONTROL. PATROL WAGON PULLS UP AND 2 COPS PLACE DRUNK INSIDE AND OFF TO JAIL.
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| 00:57:06 3352.1 |
MS- DRUNK SITS AT DESK BEFORE JUDGE, IS SENTENCED TO 90 DAYS AND $500 FINE. MS- WIFE SPEAKS TO DRUNK BEHIND BARS, STARTS TO CRY
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| 00:57:51 3397.1 |
MS- OLD ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS PROPER WAY TO MAKE LEFT TURN AFTER CAR STRIKES TRUCK.
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| 00:58:08 3414.1 |
MONTAGE- MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN DOING OLD FASHIONED SQUARE DANCE, NOW CALLED LINE DANCING.
INSTRUCTOR SHOWS DANCERS SOME STEPS. KIDS GET THEIR CHANCE TO DANCE, ADULT INSTRUCTS FROM CENTER OF CIRCLE MADE BY DANCERS. |
| 00:59:57 3523.1 |
LIBERATOR BOMBER IN FLIGHT CIRCA 1943.
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| 01:00:07 3533.1 |
OVERHEAD PAN OF WORKERS ASSEMBLING LIBERATOR BOMBERS FOR WWII. FEMALE WORKERS WEAR PROTECTIVE SCARVES OVER HAIR AS THEY ASSEMBLE PARTS.
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| 01:00:36 3562.1 |
LONG LINE OF COMPLETED BOMBERS, FRONT FACING BOMBERS AS CAMERA PANS OVERHEAD.
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| 01:01:22 3608.1 |
AERIAL PAN- VIEW OF HUGE RIVER ROUGE PLANT WITH SMOKING STACKS. LS- WORKERS BUSY INSIDE PLANT WITH LARGE PULLEYS AND GEARS TURNING. CU-
HUGE PRESS STAMPING BODY TOPS, CIRCA 1930. |
| 01:02:29 3675.1 |
MODEL-T HEADS TOWARDS CAMERA ON SNOWY ROAD (1920)
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| 01:02:37 3683.1 |
MS- MAN STANDS OVER PILE OF JUNK IN SNOWY STREET AND GESTURES LIKE HE IS DRIVING A CAR. MS- GROUP OF MEN IN FRONT OF COUNTRY STORE, TWO OF THEM LOOKING OVER MODEL-T FORD, ONE OF THE T 2 WEARS GROCER'S APRON. CIRCA 1920
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| 01:03:02 3708.1 |
MS- 2 ELDERLY MEN TALKING ON PORCH OF COUNTRY STORE AS 2 MEN WALK OUT.
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| 01:03:08 3714.1 |
LS- ACCELERATED EXTREMELY HEAVY AUTO, TROLLEY AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AT CITY INTERSECTION.
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| 01:03:16 3722.1 |
HENRY FORD AND WHITE BEARDED JOHN BURROUGHS GETTING INTO MODEL-T. MAN CRANKS ENGINE FOR THEM.
HENRY FORD DRIVING IT AWAY. CIRCA 1920 |
| 01:04:42 3808.1 |
FOUNDRY, 1948 - SPARKS FLY AS MOLTEN METAL POURS INTO BUCKETS FROM FURNACE. OVERHEAD CRANE LIFTS LARGE BUCKET OF MOLTEN STEEL AND POURS IT INTO SMALLER BUCKET. ONE WORKER SKIMS SLAG OFF STEEL AS ANOTHER WORKER PUSHES SMALLER BUCKET ON OVERHEAD CRANE AND EMPTIES IT INTO MOLDS. PROCESS IS REPEATED
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| 01:12:48 4294.1 |
MONTAGE- WORKERS REMOVING FLAT CASTINGS FROM TRUCK, STACKING THEM ON FLOOR. MS- BLACK WORKERS INSPECT CASTINGS AS THEY PASS ON CONVEYOR.
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| 01:16:12 4498.1 |
LS- VIEWS OF LINCOLN BUILDING, WITH PEDESTRIAN AND AUTO TRAFFIC. 1921
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| 01:16:18 4504.1 |
HENRY AND EDSEL FORD AND THE LELANDS AT SIGNING CEREMONY. CU- LELAND SIGNS AND BLOTS SIGNATURE.
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| 01:16:40 4526.1 |
MS- FARMER LOADING CORN INTO FEED GRINDER.
LS- FARMER DRIVES TRACTOR PULLING VINTAGE STEAM ENGINE INTO FARMYARD. |
| 01:17:04 4550.1 |
FOUR MEN INCLUDING HENRY FORD STANDING BESIDES WAGON, FORD FARM HOUSE IN BACKGROUND.
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| 01:17:12 4558.1 |
2 MEN CUT LOGS IN TRACTOR-POWERED SAW AND PILE THEM ON SNOWY GROUND. MODEL-T APPROACHES, HENRY FORD GETS OUT CHATS WITH WORKERS.
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| 01:17:38 4584.1 |
MS- HENRY FORD CHOPPING NOTCH IN LARGE TREE. FORD USES 2-MAN SAW ON TREE, 3 MEN HELP FORD IN CUTTING DOWN TREE. FORD HITS HUGE TREE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER BUT IT DOESN'T BUDGE. AFTER MORE SAWING THE TREE FALLS. FORD POSES FOR CAMERA ON HUGE STUMP
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| 01:18:55 4661.1 |
LS- SQUARE HOUSE, HOME OF THE FORDS FROM 1889 TO 1891. LS- VIEW OF FAIR LANE AS SEEN THROUGH TREES, ICE ON RIVER.
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| 01:19:23 4689.1 |
MS- HENRY FORD SITS ON ROCK ON EDGE OF STREAM AND WASHES CLOTHES THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY.
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| 01:19:31 4697.1 |
HENRY FORD, HARVEY FIRESTONE, JR. AND THOMAS EDISON AROUND WASH BASINS ON FOLDING TABLE.
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| 01:19:38 4704.1 |
HENRY AND MRS. FORD CLIMB INTO QUADRICYCLE AND RIDE IT AROUND DRIVEWAY OF FAIR LANE. MR. AND MRS.
FORD POSE FOR CAMERA AND CHAT. |
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MS- HENRY FORD, THOMAS A. EDISON AND WARREN G.
HARDING SITTING OUTDOORS IN LAWN CHAIRS READING NEWSPAPERS AND CHATTING |
| 01:21:24 4810.1 |
MS- MRS. FORD MAKING SNOWBALL AND THROWING IT.
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| 01:22:21 4867.1 |
VIEW OF FORD FARM, HOUSE AND BARN. RE-ENACTMENT, BOY (HENRY FORD) LEAVING HOUSE. LS- CHILDREN PLAYING IN FRONT ONE-ROOM COUNTRY SCHOOL, ENTERING SCHOOL. FARM BOY (FORD) RUNS IN BEHIND THEM.
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| 01:23:05 4911.1 |
MS- WITH BOOK PROPPED UP IN FRONT OF HIM, BOY (FORD) DRAWS STEAM ENGINE ON SLATE, PLAYS WITH TOOLS. HE TAKES WATCH APART WITH SMALL TOOLS
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| 01:23:49 4955.1 |
MS- BOY DRIVING HORSE-DRAWN WAGON LOADED WITH FIRE WOOD. HE PULLS SAME WAGON WITH TRACTOR.
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| 01:24:12 4978.1 |
MS- BOY CHOPS FIRE WOOD OUTSIDE FARM HOUSE.
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| 01:24:40 5006.1 |
BOY AND MAN EXAMINE STEAM ENGINE NEAR FARMHOUSE.
MS- SHOT OF VINTAGE, SMOKING, STEAM ENGINE |
| 01:25:18 5044.1 |
MONTAGE- SEVERAL VIEWS OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY ASSEMBLY PLANT. LS- NEW EARLY MODEL CARS BEING DRIVEN OUT OF PLANT. RIDING DOWN CITY STREET.
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| 01:25:43 5069.1 |
AERIAL - PANORAMA OF RIVER ROUGE PLANT. HEAVY BLACK SMOKE RISES FROM STACKS.
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| 01:26:48 5134.1 |
LS- HENRY FORD STANDING BESIDE A SMALL WATERFALL.
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| 01:27:07 5153.1 |
TRACTOR-DRAWN SLEDS LOADED WITH LOGS ON SNOW ROAD LOGS ON CONVEYOR INTO SAW MILL. SAW IN OPERATION.
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| 01:27:29 5175.1 |
PANORAMA- COAL PILE BESIDES TIPPLE, MINE BUILDING AND WORKERS
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| 01:27:50 5196.1 |
HENRY FORD DRIVING TRACTOR IN FIELD FROM FARMYARD
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| 01:27:59 5205.1 |
LS- DRIVING SNOW FALLING ON PILES OF TRACTOR WHEELS IN PLANT YARD. PAN
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| 01:28:14 5220.1 |
LS- MEN WORKING IN PLANT. SIGN OVER MOTOR, '2500 HORSE POWER STEAM TURBINE ENGINE USED IN EAGLE BOATS, FORD MOTOR COMPANY'
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| 01:28:20 5226 |
MS- BI-PLANE TAXIING ON FIELD.
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| 01:28:20 5226.1 |
EAGLE BOAT UNDER CONSTRUCTION. BOAT SPEEDING ON WATER - PLANT INTERIOR, WORKERS
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| 01:28:31 5237 |
CLERKS IN FORD COMMISSARY SERVING WOMAN AND MEN AT COUNTER.
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| 01:28:44 5250 |
MS- BUTCHER SELLING MEAT AT COUNTER.
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| 01:28:53 5259 |
YOUNG BOYS AT MACHINES IN SHOP CLASS AT TRADE SCHOOL.
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| 01:29:03 5269 |
LS- HENRY FORD HOSPITAL BUILDING. PAN
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| 01:29:38 5304.1 |
TAPE ENDS
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