NARA Collection fc — Collection fc

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Aerial views of city, country, lake, B-24 Liberator bombers in formation flight - plant interior, rows of bombers under construction, workers - woman operating overhead crane carrying fuselage section, section being lowered - wing and fuselage assembly lines - landing gear, retraction testing - engine and propeller - women workers assembling plane - engine being lowered by crane, workers placing it - tail section being moved into place by crane, workers securing it - worker fastening propeller to engine - group of men touring plant - workers carrying section of fuselage covering, placing it on side of partially completed plane, group watching - tail section assembly to plane - workers filing past man, receiving refreshments - plant interior, wing section being moved by crane - Liberator bomber on field - Edsel Ford inspecting finished Liberator bomber. [1943]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Aircraft instruments, with pair of fluctuating graphs [Manometer] positioned above, mounted in passenger cabin of Ford Tri-Motor (graphs are formed by changing level of colored liquid in glass tubes in response to the varying conditions) - views of test instruments and graphs document the following flight conditions: ground check, take off, climbing, level flight, cruising speed, level flight, minimum speed, level flight, high speed, spiral to the left, spiral to the right, left motor dead, center motor dead, right motor dead, dive and pull out, roll, stall, glide without power, and landing. [1932]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Winter in Greenfield Village. [1930]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Views of herder with sheep beside lake - farmer shearing sheep by hand, two wool buyers looking at sheep, fleece - farmer shearing another sheep - flock of sheep in field, herder and dog - buck with curling horns - herder and flock - man getting out of car in farmyard, waving, farmer walking up, man showing farmer upholstery in car, the two walking away - family looking at new car in farmyard, getting in - farmer with bundles under arm looking at advertising on Ford dealer’s window family looking at new Ford in farmyard, getting in - family with new car in front of house - small town business district, farmer leaving store with packages under arms - (repeat) - wool buyer and farmer beside car in farmyard talking - shearing sheep with electric clippers hands examining wool on sheep - farmer looking in store window, entering - farmer and wool buyer talking, standing beside car at curb. [1926]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Workers upholstering a Ford automobile seat. [1926]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Caption superimposed over portrait of Henry Ford, “Mankind passes from the old to the new on a human bridge formed by those who labor in the three principal arts, Agriculture, Manufacture, Transportation.” Men and women workers entering plant through gate, truck and bus traffic. [1942]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Views of fairgrounds and buildings - truck traffic, construction, workers. [1939]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Leopards - bears - yaks - zoo building - lion - visitors to lion house - keepers feed lions - mountain sheep - llamas - kangaroos - views of birds nesting, feeding their young, baby birds - bird walks on lily pads, man poles canoe among lily pads, finds and examines nest of eggs on shore - views of swamp, bird refuge - man with dogs outside vine-covered house, trees hung with Spanish moss - close-up of old Negro man - park-like area with trees with Spanish moss - view over forested area, birds fly up - sky through Spanish moss, long-necked birds on tree limb - bird feeding young - nest in brushy swamp - long-necked birds in thicket - baby birds in nest being fed by adult bird. [1921]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “In compliance with the law of this state this is Safety (non-inflammable) film.” “Permit issued without examination, pursuant to the law of the State of New York, No. 09125.” “Yosemite Valley is in the heart of Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. It is seven miles long, half a mile wide and three thousand feet deep.” Map of California showing Sierra Nevadas and Yosemite National Park. “A grinding stream of ice ages ago cut this deep valley of the Yosemite.” Diagram showing glacial advance and canyon and stream of today, El Capitan, and Bridal Veil Falls. “The first view reveals the nearly vertical cliffs that enclose the narrow valley.” Forest, cliffs above. “El Capitan guards the entrance to the Yosemite. Its rounded crest is three thousand feet above the valley. The granite walls have been polished smooth by the ice stream.” Views of El Capitan and the valley. “Bridal Veil Falls is thirty feet wide when it starts to fall from the edge of the granite ledge, and nine hundred feet below it ends in a great cloud of fleecy spray.” Views of the falls from across the valley and from below. “Cathedral Spires are huge granite masses towering three thousand feet above the bottom of the valley.” Bridal Veil Falls towering cliffs. “The Falls of the Yosemite descend 2,600 feet in three sections. The Upper Fall is 1,400 feet high. This is the Upper Fall from Glacier Point.” Tourists on point looking at falls. “Upper Fall of the Yosemite from valley floor. Top of Second Fall just appears.” “The Upper Fall has cut a deep notch in the granite ledge.” “A glimpse of the two lower falls of the Yosemite.” Falls - diagram of valley showing North Dome, Glacier Point. “All peaks have been rounded by the glacier into dome-like cones. North Dome is one of the domes or peaks that guard the narrow valley.” River, trees, dome in background. “Glacier Point is 3,250 feet above the little village of Yosemite at the bottom of the deep, steep-sided valley.” Tourists on Glacier Point. “Looking from Glacier Point into Tenaya Canyon which is part of the Yosemite Valley. Half Dome is to the right. Cloud’s Rest is the peak on the mountain crest.” Ranger with two hounds on Glacier Point looking across valley - valley from above. “Washington’s Column is a pillar of granite that supports the massive walls.” Column from below. “Great masses of granite were removed by the glacier from the sides of the valley wall forming the Royal Arches.” From valley floor - diagram showing Half Dome, Mirror Lake. “The grinding force of the stream of ice is clearly shown in Half Dome, where half of a great mountain is worn away. The surface of Half Dome is polished smooth.” Two views. “Mirror Lake is one thousand feet below the surrounding cliffs. It reflects perfectly Mt. Watkins, which is six thousand feet above.” Mountains reflected in lake. “Vernal Falls are nearest us and in the distance is Nevada Falls. They are cataracts larger than Niagara.” “The water of the Merced River flows with great velocity as it comes from the Vernal Falls.” Tourists on rocks beside rushing river. “The turbulent water means the falls are a short distance up stream.” Close-up of river. “Vernal Falls plunges three hundred feet from the granite ledge to the valley floor.” The falls from below - tourists on horseback looking at falls. “Nevada Falls is guarded by Liberty Cap. The water has cut a notch in the granite ledge through which the water flows.” Tourist on rock looking at falls - views of the falls. “The falling water of the Nevada Falls makes the beautiful Silver Apron.” Tourists looking at falls, “Long ago the Indians called the Yosemite the ‘Heart of the Sky Mountains.’ No better name has been found for this beautiful valley.” Views of the valley from above. “The End.” “Ford Educational Library.” [1924]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Policeman handing pistol to ballistics expert, rack with many weapons on wall - man fires pistol into can of waste, retrieves bullet - man viewing bullets under microscope - view through microscope - man filling out paper - display of death masks, photos, hand and foot prints, sheriff talking on phone - map of Michigan - policeman at switchboard - dispatcher receiving call, giving messages to radio tower - map of Michigan showing radio communication from East Lansing - views of map and policemen receiving and sending information to East Lansing - card file - dispatcher and radio operator - map of Michigan - radio operator sending robbery report - man at large wall map pinpointing blockades - lighted panel board - dispatcher - views of communications network of State Police - views of equipment - operators - armed policeman checking cars at blockade - map of Michigan showing ‘Unity of Law Enforcement’ and ‘Federal Officer, State Police, County Sheriff, and City Police’ - meeting of Police Commissioner and staff - meeting of district captain and staff - meeting of post Commissioner and men - view inside business administration office - sign, ‘Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science’ - teacher and students in science laboratory - students leaving school bus and entering police headquarters building - police cars and motorcycles leaving barracks - policeman saluting flag. “The End.” [1939]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Your State Police, Part Three. Captain Marmon receiving policeman in his office, policeman carrying bundle of clothes and pistol - two detectives entering sitting down, looking at pistol, taking notes - view of Identification Bureau, men working at files and desks - trooper getting out of car parked by grain elevator at Okemos - trooper checking safe for fingerprints - powdering prints on safe - photographing powdered latent prints - trooper giving negative to photographer - photographer giving picture of print to Bureau Chief - Chief giving photo to fingerprint expert - man comparing photo of print with prints in files - trooper pulling files of suspect - Sheriff fingerprinting suspect - prints being classified by trooper - close-up of prints through magnifying glass - man drawing print card from file - cards placed in comparagraph - view of cards in comparagraph, sheriff opening mail - Sheriff fingerprinting little girl - trooper fingerprinting students in classroom - handwriting expert receiving check and letter of suspect - close-up of points of identification of two handwritings - views inside laboratory - man operating ultra-violet light - man being given polygraph test - close-up of polygraph - man looking at package with X-ray machine - X-ray picture of package with pistol and bomb inside - doctor giving bullet to trooper - doctor marking bullet - men performing tests on bullet in laboratory - ballistic expert preparing report. [1939]