NARA Collection fc — Collection fc

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Girls walking through woods - girls walking past large log building - elderly woman in garden picking flowers - man talking with woman, taking flower - close-up of woman holding roses - two women in large house - girl posing in house - same girl posing with smaller girl - large group of children posing - woman and man holding large strip of paper money - woman at rostrum speaking to children - uniformed soldiers marching past log cabin - costumed boys holding banner, ‘Receiving Roosevelt Medal’ - woman and man receiving medal from other man with military escort - lake - procession along country road led by woman in buggy followed by girls in school uniforms, marching band, boys, smaller children. [1927]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Man hanging clothes on line tied between two trees, steaming kettle on open fire in background - costumed boys holding banner, ‘Beginning the Girls School’ - man and girl in wagon stopping at log cabin, woman greeting them - man carrying trunk into cabin, man leaving - costumed boys playing trumpets, holding banner, ‘Roosevelt Visit’ - oxen-drawn wagon, man and woman alighting - man driving away in wagon - costumed boys holding banner, ‘Beginning the Foundation School’ - costumed men with tools gathering around log cabin - banner, ‘Berry’s Sons Serve’ - soldiers running near cabin, standing at attention - large group of boys and girls at side of road - people leaving large chapel - line of girls and boys marching outside chapel - two lines meeting, entering building - line of girls and boys walking past table, each placing coin on table, woman standing behind table. [1927]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Berry Schools, Rome, Ga., April 27th, 1927. Large plantation style house - close-up of front of house, Negro maid leaving house, returning, leaving with another woman - people in front of large building, ‘Memorial Library’ carved across front - view of library from a distance - line of boys and girls forming path leading from old vine-covered building - man leading horse-drawn buggy with woman seated in it between lines of children, line of people, one person on crutches, following buggy - close-up of elderly woman in buggy - close-up of man and horse - costumed boys holding banner, ‘The Original Cabin,’ in front of small cabin - woman entering cabin - children walking along banks of river - children entering log cabin - children and woman sitting in front of cabin - costumed boys playing trumpets - boys holding banner, ‘The Sunday Lady’ - children outside cabin - woman in buggy loaded with furniture, stopping - boys unloading furniture, carrying small pump organ into log cabin - boys holding banner, ‘Wash Day Comes Around’ - boys carrying large tubs, filling them with water, woman washing clothes - boy leading mule-drawn wagon with costumed boys and girls in it, spinning wheel in wagon - mule-drawn wagon with girls in it - boys costumed as bakers in wagon - wagon decorated as laundry - boys in wagon - men leading cattle - several decorated wagons - line of tractors - tractor-drawn threshing machine - mule-drawn covered wagon - frame schoolhouse in woods - boys herding cattle out of large barn - girl at loom. [1927]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Tunnel cut through base of Sequoia tree, men walk through, automobile drives through tunnel, continues along mountain road, parks near Sequoia tree - passengers alight. [1917] b. Man seated in automobile feeds bear, horse tied behind automobile - (unrelated footage: auto with ‘Ford’ sign on windshield, mired in the mud; auto traffic on a residential street; men examining car, with action accelerated). [1917] c.“The shields and running boards are positioned and secured to the brackets.” Plant interior with workers on assembly line assembling Model T Fords. “The chassis is now ready for the body, which is lowered into position by a crane.” Crane lowers frame onto chassis. “A creeper is provided for the man who secures the fenders.” “The radiator is then installed.” Men install radiator. (Workers perform the actions indicated after the following captions…) “The car then drops from the conveyor to the starting platform, where the radiators are filled and the hood is put on.” “Starting is accomplished by setting the control lever in the high speed position, the power being applied through the rear wheels.” Worker on assembly line attaches engine to chassis, attaches gas tank. “When the gas tank is secured, a gallon of gasoline is put into it.” “The dash unit assembly is made on a special rack.” “Putting the dash in the car.” “The wheels with tires inflated are assembled to the car.” (Close-ups of the parts indicated and then installation after each of the following captions…) “The engine.” “The transmission.” “The starting motor.” “The Bendix drive.” “The generator.” “A gallon of oil is put into each engine.” “By means of a chain fall traveling on an I-beam, the engine is held in position and lowered into the frame.” “As the car moves on, the engine and other parts are secured to the frame.” d. Model T driving across a field along a deeply rutted muddy road. [1919]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. U.S. Army biplanes, Curtiss JN-4 ‘Jenny’, taxiing, taking off, landing - men and planes lined up on airfield. [1918] b. Drafting room, workers at drawing tables - laboratory, workers, equipment. [1931] c. View of Ford railroad trains in the plant yard. [1923] d. Views of parking lots at River Rouge plant, heavy automobile and bus traffic - workers leaving plant by overpass, coming downstairs - workers walking in plant yard. [1925] e. View of Ford Motor Company aircraft building at the River Rouge plant with pedestrian, automobile traffic. [1940] f. Building on fire, firemen spraying water into building, dense smoke - firemen on ladder spraying water into building. [1941] g. Final assembly line, workers - chassis on line, body drop, ‘Twenty Millionth Ford’ - interior of garage, tow truck, Model A driven in, people getting out - garage exterior, Model A driven out, man filling tank with gasoline - Model A turning in narrow circle - men with Model A at gas pump, car being driven away from pump - Model A’s on display: Victoria Coupe; Deluxe Roadster; Deluxe Coupe; Standard Coupe; Cabriolet; Roadster; Sport Coupe; Tudor Sedan; Town Sedan; Fordor Sedan; Deluxe Sedan; Deluxe Phaeton; Station Wagon - Model A on road through woods. [1931]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: River, shoreline, yachts at anchor and small boats in distance - crowds on banks, canoes - choppy water, boat running fast - sailboat at anchor, spectators aboard - canoe - man on yacht waving handkerchief - spectators on pier, clubhouse in background - boats racing - spectators on excursion boat - various views of race - industrial plant from across river - ore boat underway - views of race - automobiles, spectators, tents on shore - views of spectators on shore - spectators on large yacht at pier - pier, boat house, racing boat with engine cover open - spectators in large launch, on yacht - views of race and judges float - judges float, close-ups of officials. [1920]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: River, shoreline, small boats race by, yacht and other boats in distance, large building on shore - close-up of boats racing by - two men in racing boat - men and woman on yacht - racing boats, industrial plants in background - large building on shore - boats racing around marker flags - close-up of yacht at anchor - men working on engine in racing boat - racing boats - view of front underneath side of boat in dry dock - racing boats - spectators on dock and shore - boats racing - two men in racing boat - boats racing, industrial area. [1920]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Man and woman looking at monument in park. “Modern Boston is guardian of national traditions and associations.” Panorama of city overlooking harbor - business district from above - looking down into crowded street, automobile, pedestrian traffic - (unrelated footage: man guiding logs from boom onto conveyor leading up into sawmill; close-ups of engine running; steam tractor operating another machine; sacks being filled from thresher) - (‘Revolutionary monument to memory of the first fallen in defense of liberty’ written on film) - tourists looking at monument. “The Boston Common was the training field for soldiers in early days.” People sitting on benches by pond in Common. “Beacon Hill.” From the water. “Granary Burying Ground. Samuel Adams and many other patriots have memorials here.” “Samuel Adams monument.” Tourists. “Graves of British Soldiers.” Woman with dog. “Monument Square. On this site was the Liberty Pole which the British cut; and here was the powder magazine which did not contain the ammunition they hoped to find.” “Captain Parker commanded the little band of farmers that memorable morning. This is his monument.” Statue. “Concord River and Old North Bridge. Minuteman in the distance.” “Washington Elm in Cambridge.” Tourists - close-up of marker. [1917] b. “Forest areas of the United States.” Map. “The visitor at a winter lumber camp in northern Michigan needs to be warmly clothed as the winters are severe.” Log cabin, snow-covered, icicles down side. “Starting out for the day’s work in the woods.” Workers driving teams of horses out of log barn. “A voice shouts ‘timber.’” Workers stand back from sawed tree as it falls. “The low loading sled or ‘skid’ makes it easy to load logs.” Loading logs with block and tackle - horse-drawn sleds loaded with logs. “Logs may be transported to the railroad where they are reloaded on flatcars.” Horse-drawn sled loaded with logs - railroad flatcars loaded with logs, workers - moving trainload of logs. “Should there be no snow, there are other ways to move the logs. In the Northwest they ‘snake’ them out of the woods in this manner.” Steam powered block and tackle moving logs. “In some places an aerial cable is used. Why?” Logs on cable, steam powered block and tackle. “In the Southwest the logs are hauled out on large two wheeled carts.” Logs slung under the axle of horse-drawn cart - logs being placed on flatcar by crane. “A river provides the best transportation for the clumsy logs.” Men in rowboat - stack of logs on shore. “The logs reach the mill and are stored in the ‘boom.’” Panorama of boom, sawmill, and houses in background. “After being sorted some lumber is placed in storage for future shipment.” Truck with solid tires hauling trailer full of lumber. “Some may be loaded on cars for immediate shipment.” Workers loading lumber onto freight cars. “Lumber is shipped from the northwest and south in ocean going vessels.” Ship at dock, lumber being loaded aboard. “Lumber is generally seasoned before it is used.” Worker stacking lumber in yard - stacks of lumber. “The rough lumber is cut and planed in the wood-working factory. The smooth, dressed boards are now ready for use.” Boards moving on conveyors, workers - worker using power saw to cut boards. “Watch this machine rapidly cut a square hole.” “The revolving knives of the planer cut the board down to a level, even surface.” “Where will this piece of lumber be used?” Worker cutting support for stairs - logs floating down river - lumber yard, crane, workers - worker sawing large log - two workers sawing tree - logs rolling off flatcar, worker jumps out of the way - woods and snow, sky through trees - railroad track as seen from moving train, snowy countryside - loading logs on flatcar - boy in apron striking triangular piece of metal [dinner bell] hung on outside of building - workers entering log building - man eating. [1919]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Boys sitting in classroom, teacher talking, man enters, he and teacher leave, several boys raise their hands, leave the room - Scouts setting up a frame on wheels, two climb up ladder at end, walk down it - two Scouts pulling boy out of lake - Scouts marching on parade grounds - close-up of Scout eating a sandwich - Scouts diving off of overturned boat - Scouts entering and leaving building - three Scouts on street see man drop wallet, return it to him - Scouts practicing first aid - Scout enters, talks to and leaves with instructor - instructor enters room, talks with two boys, leaves room with them - instructor enters with boys not in uniform, man behind desk hands them each a piece of rope - repeat of scene, boys tie knots - the two boys and Scouts pledge allegiance to the flag - say Scout oath - Scouts give cheers for the two new boys - Scouts marching on parade grounds - Scouts fixing dinner over open fire - two boys sneak up on porch of house, ring doorbell, run, man comes out as a Scout is passing, blames Scout, people come up, explain to man that it wasn’t the Scout - man mowing lawn, boy comes up, offers to mow lawn, after mowing man pays him - Scout rings doorbell, is let in house by a woman - three people walking along street - Scout leaders standing behind large first place trophy - Boy Scout field day, ribbons, trophies on table, United States flag and Boy Scouts of America flag on either side. [1919]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Boy Scout watches boy pick up hat from sidewalk, put it on, walk off - three people and a Scout enter house - they sit around table and talk, get up and leave - man reading newspaper, Scout enters, salutes, talks with man, salutes and leaves - Scouts dismantling trek cart - leader looking over troop lined up for inspection - Scouts breaking camp - Scout blowing bugle, others come to attention, salute - flag behind Scout - Scout selling newspaper ‘Detroit Azumer’ on street, pedestrian traffic - Scout displaying knot in rope - Scout tying knot in rope - Scout telling other Scouts funny story, all laugh - man and boy in yard, man talking to boy, throws down pliers, walks into house, boy follows - man and boy in back yard, woman walks out with Boy Scout - Scout talks to man and boy, they smile, Scout and woman leave - woman faints on street, three Scouts run up, administer first aid - Sea Scout on deck blowing bugle, Scouts get into rowboat, row out to sailboat, sail away. [1919] b. Man in high boots and man with racing goggles on standing next to race car, man with flag walks off - man standing next to open car number ‘4,’ spectators in background - man posing by number ‘27,’ a closed racing car - man sitting inside car - start of race between number ‘4’ and number ‘27’ - views of race, large roller coaster in background - view of car ‘4.’ [1919] c. Men entering dining room. [1919]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Boys walking down trail into woods - boys crossing stone footbridge over pond, U.S. flag flying from pole on top of hill - marching band coming out of stone chapel - band marching down trial to building in background - boy herding flock of sheep through woods. [1926] b. Parade, locomotive moving along tracks in city street, spectators - men climbing aboard locomotive - close-up of conductor - locomotive moving on - man on horseback, costumed color guard, band, oxen-drawn Conestoga wagon, horse pack train, horse-drawn Conestoga wagon, men in buckboard, stagecoach, various types of buggies, men and boys on different styles of bicycles - views of most of parade from different points - pony-drawn miniature reproductions of steam engine, reaper, and hay wagon - boy scouts, several floats. [1923]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Boys loading old rifle at Greenfield Village. [1938] b. Horse-drawn carriage at Greenfield Village. [1938]