Film

[COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE RELIABILITY TOUR]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: View of crowds at Ford Airport - Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and William B. Stout talking - (‘Navy Plane’ written on film) - Tri-Motor flying over field - Ford Tri-Motor taxiing on field, ‘Standard Oil Company’ sign on plane - Ford Tri-Motor taxiing on field - people on field, some in uniform, watching biplane taxiing - starter waving flag and group signaling biplane to take off - view of spectators - Henry and Edsel Ford, William B. Stout, and another man talking - crowd around Tri-Motor - Tri-Motor taxiing on field, spectators - monoplane flying over field - Standard Oil Tri-Motor taxiing on field - biplane taking off - different planes taking off one at a time - starter dropping flag - view of crowd listening to band - Henry Ford and men talking - planes landing, including Tri-Motor. [1927]

  • 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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