Film

Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Group of men standing around Ford Tri-Motor airplane - Tri-Motor taking off - twin-motor plane on runway, photographers - open cockpit plane flagged off, Henry Ford Museum in background - flying boat with one motor attached to center of wing on struts above boat, wheels attached to boat, pontoons on wing struts - monoplane taking off - biplane flagged off - biplane moving down runway - monoplane taking off - group of men in front of Ford Tri-Motor, other planes on field in background - Tri-Motor taking off - monoplane taking off - biplane flagged off - men beside group of planes on field - men and suitcases near planes warming up - young woman pilot posing - plane, ‘Texaco No. 13’ on runway, close-up of pilot, ‘Frank M. Hawks’ printed on plane near cockpit - man with camera near ‘Texaco No. 13’ - group of men near planes on runway, bunting-draped hangar in background - four men posing - field, planes, spectators from on top of hangar, Ford Museum in background - building, spectators lined up along field, planes, three biplanes in flight - two men in cowboy hats posing - formation of biplanes in flight - man shaking hands with pilot of ‘Texaco No. 13’ - close-up of pilot in cockpit - pilot in cockpit posing with women standing near plane - man posing in fur parka, crowd in background - man and two women posing beside plane, other people posing with first three - man with cap and goggles - crowd on runway, planes lined up on field - crowd around planes on runway, Henry Ford Museum in background - plane in air - crowd, planes on runway - young woman pilot in cockpit of biplane, ‘Pilot Nancy Hopkins’ on side of plane - men talking to woman pilot - woman pilot getting out of cockpit, posing beside plane - formation of planes over field - plane in flight. [1929]

  • Part of Ford Motor Company Collection, Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects

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