Film

[COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE RELIABILITY TOUR]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Panorama of Ford Airport, planes on field, men walking about - men looking at planes parked on field - two men, one pointing, look at Ford Tri-Motor - man posing under wing of Tri-Motor - pilot and mechanic posing and shaking hands under wing - men standing in front of Tri-Motor - biplane with motor running stopped at starting line, men, one with white flag raised in background, flag dropping, plane taking off down runway - another plane taking off - men watching Tri-Motor starting engines - Tri-Motor taking off - views of other planes taking off - panorama of airport, planes and people on field - close-up of woman - William B. Stout and other men posing - views of airfield from above - two men in cowboy hats posing - planes taxiing on field - three biplanes in flight - two aviators posing, one in cockpit, other standing beside plane - Tri-plane taxiing on field - three planes doing acrobatics - formation of planes flying over field - pilot in plane posing with other man - close-up of aviator, ‘Texaco No. 13’ written on side of plane - aviator posing with woman - aviator in parka posing on field, people in background - Tri-Motor flying over field - Tri-Motor taxiing in - men getting out of Tri-Motor, other men standing by door - men posing with woman beside Tri-Motor - woman dressed in coat and tie climbing out of open cockpit, posing - formations of planes flying over field - Tri-Motor in flight, taxiing in - men and woman getting out of plane, posing - view of field from above, planes, crowds - Tri-Motor in flight - view of planes on field - spectators. [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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