NARA Collection fc — Collection fc

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]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Your State Police, Part Two. Policeman standing inspection - men getting into police cars - police car on highway - motorcycle on highway - night patrol - policeman investigating hen house looting - policeman stopping cattle truck, investigating for rustling - checking door of store - tourists receiving directions from motorcycle policeman - policeman checking windows and doors of house - trooper inspecting kerosene on farm - weighing truck - trooper aiding man in changing tire - trooper boarding state police airplane - plane taxiing - troopers fighting forest fire - troops at roadblock checking hunters for loaded guns in car - view of prison - troopers in woods - troopers aiding in accident, fire in town - trooper investigating accident at night, flagging cars past - views inside office of police building, files, clerks, etc. - men looking over maps on table - motorcycle policeman talking to kids outside school - talking to kids in classroom - policeman and man in driver’s license renewal office - motorcycle policeman pulling over car on highway. [1939]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Your State Police, Part One. Policeman standing on steps of Michigan State Police Headquarters - views of State Police Headquarters and barracks - boy plowing in field, man giving boy letter of acceptance to State Police - gas station attendant getting acceptance letter - college student in front of library getting acceptance letter - men walking toward entrance of Michigan State Police building - Police Commissioner and staff interviewing applicants in office - rookies receiving fatigues from quartermaster - recruits shoveling debris into back of truck - pushing wheelbarrow - recruits waiting on tables in mess hall - washing dishes - recruit loading pistol - recruits on pistol range - policeman giving recruits instruction of Thompson sub-machine gun - firing ‘Tommy Gun’ on range - policeman instructing recruits in disarming men - first aid class, splinting leg - instructor giving recruit motorcycle training - recruits on cycles - recruits in classrooms - recruits in swimming pool - water first aid demonstration - view of headquarters in East Lansing, Michigan - State Police Building in Detroit - State Police sub-station at Mt. Pleasant, Michigan - State Police Building at Brighton, Michigan, view of State Police Training School at East Lansing, Michigan - State WPA director shaking hands with State Police Commissioner. [1939]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Chicle is a product of the Sapoteros tree of tropical America. This tree is tapped once every 4 years. The milk-like sap is boiled into a hard mass for shipping. In 1916, 7,347,000 pounds of chicle were imported into the United States.” “A good judge will readily estimate the moisture, shrinkage, quality and color of the crude chicle.” Man cutting hunk of chicle from open bag, looking at it, tasting it. “By a grinding, filtering and steaming process, dirt and bark are removed without injuring chewing qualities of the gum.” Worker feeding chicle into machine - semi-liquid substance flowing from taps into trough. “The chicle is run into pans and weighed; each ingredient is also weighed or measured according to flavor or kind of gum desired.” Worker weighing pan of chicle on scale - worker pouring substance into large bin - two workers scraping gum from bin. “All are mixed in a steam mixer for 1½ hours.” Workers pouring ingredients into mixer - close-up of mixer in operation. “Rolled in sugar, the gum is placed in a kneading machine, and issues forth in long strips. These are cut into blocks.” Worker kneading gum in sugar - workers cutting strips of gum into smaller pieces - woman worker feeding pieces into rolling machine. “Some of the ‘Overly Plump’ have tried this, but never with such satisfactory results.” Worker pulling thin strips of gum from roller. “Marking the ‘5 for a nickel’ size.” Woman worker pulling strips of gum from roller. “She can call it a day when she has broken 200,000 sticks.” Women breaking strips into smaller pieces - worker displaying broken pieces. “Wrapping. Over 28,124,000 lbs. of 844 million packages of chewing gum are consumed annually in the United States.” Views of automatic wrapping machinery in operation. “Putting the finish to chicle by first scoring the slabs into little squares.” Worker pulling gum from cutting roller, laying them on table. “Which are then separated in a tumbling barrel.” Worker putting gum into tumbler - separated pieces flowing from tumbler into bucket. “Each revolving pan holds 20,000 pieces -- it is here that they receive their candy coating.” View of long row of tumbling barrels, workers spooning candy into barrels. “They are then placed in a hopper and automatically fed into boxes. 718,000 lbs. of gum were exported in 1916, mostly to England and Australia.” Women workers scooping gum into hopper - automatic boxing machine in operation. “Where there’s gum there’s action.” Switchboard operator sitting in front of switchboard, reading, chewing gum. [1920]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “In early days live stock was shipped directly to the place of consumption, today it is shipped to a few central points, dressed and distributed throughout the country, making it possible to utilize all by-products.” Cattle standing by pool on the range. “Arriving at Union Stock Yards. After a buyer purchases a ‘lot’ of cattle, a complete record is kept of his ‘lot’ until handed to the retailer.” Views of cattle in pens at stockyards - cattle being herded into pens - cattle eating - cattle in pens - cattle being driven through chute. “Some inside stuff. The viscera (stomach and organs) is inspected and if found diseased is sent to U.S. Inspection Department.” Slab of meat hanging in room, tagged ‘U.S. Retained.’ “Equality -- as aided by the use of the cleaver and the saw.” Men using cleaver and saw to split hanging carcass in half. “Washed thoroughly and put on conveyors.” Men scrubbing sides of beef with brushes while meat is hanging from overhead conveyor. “Chill room where the animal heat is gradually removed.” Meat hanging in chill room. “With the aid of refrigeration, America is able to export large supplies of fresh meat.” Men loading quarters of beef on their shoulders and carrying them to refrigerated boxcar - view of boxcar - two men leaving boxcar, closing door. “Pick your favorite cut.” Drawing labeled ‘Beef Cuts’ showing cuts and where they are cut from on animal - slab of meat hanging in plant, man with knife preparing to cut it into cuts - slab of beef on cutting table, man cutting beef and showing each different cut. “No department of the packing industry has progressed as has pork packing. Formerly this was done only during the winter.” Women feeding pigs in stockyard on farm - pigs being herded into pens at stockyard, men sitting on fences of pens. “Pulling leaf lard and splitting the hog. This is considered an even break.” Men with cleavers splitting hogs hanging from conveyor. “As soon as the hogs are thoroughly chilled, they are ready for cutting. Hams being cut off and trimmed.” Hams being cut off of pig carcass - man trimming ham on band saw - men slicing fat from hams. “Zip! Off comes another shoulder.” Man with large axe hacking off shoulders of pigs. “Sawing ribs by hand. Some go into spare ribs and the remainder to pork loin.” Man sawing ribs. “The loins are then pulled.” Man cutting ribs from meat. “Spareribs.” Man cutting ribs from side. “Sides made to their respective cuts.” Men cutting sides into different cuts of meat. “Right from the shoulder. The famous California style hams.” Men cutting meat on band saw. “Salting down hams for curing which takes from 30 to 60 days.” Man placing hams in pile, salting them - view of piles of ham in curing room. “Removing the chill. A highly favored operation.” Man placing pork in pan and putting pan in oven. [1919]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The Oak tree renders the most preferable wood for barrel making.” Workers sawing tree in forest with two man saw - tree falling. “No barrel can be longer than its log. These are cut into desired lengths.” Worker cutting log with power saw. “A barrel is a chunk of air, all bound ‘round with staves and hoops. Splitting the log for staves.” Workers splitting sections of log into quarters with axes and wedges - man trimming quarter with power saw - man placing staves in press. “Staves are ‘given the air’ for seven months in which they dry. Then they dry in a kiln for two weeks after which they are shipped.” Worker stacking staves outside - view of piles of staves in yard - view of staves entering kiln - men pulling staves from kiln. “A barrel has flat ends, or heads. These are made just like the staves.” Worker carrying split logs in a wheelbarrow from freight car - logs being cut by power saw - workers stacking wood in high piles in yard - worker putting wood together to form top - man operating saw cutting round tops. “Staves are given their final preparation in the factory, planed and beveled.” Workers planning and beveling staves using power machinery. “Hooping ’em up.” Cooper placing staves in hoops. “The steam box gets the barrel used to moisture.” Steaming barrels - worker adding final hoops. “No sooner out of the steam room than the barrel is dried.” Worker wheeling barrels in line. “Often staves are broken.” Worker replacing broken stave. “Large iron bands hold the barrel in shape much better than any corset ad guarantees to do.” Bands being pushed farther to center of barrel by machinery. “Creating the well-known bunghole.” Woman worker using power drill to cut bungholes - worker placing barrel into machine for trimming ends. “Putting a head on each end of the barrel.” Worker operating machine which pushes head into barrel ends. “Off come the iron bands, the barrel is planed and steel hoops adjusted.” Worker planing revolving barrel - hoops being adjusted by machinery. “Making steel hoops.” Lengths of steel coming out of machine - worker riveting ends together - worker placing them on stretching and shaping machine. “The inside of the barrel is glued and the outside painted by machinery.” Barrels on conveyor being glued and painted. “Nine months have elapsed since the oak tree was felled. Here, at last, is the finished product.” Men sawing tree in forest, tree falling - barrels rolling out of plant - view of barrels piled high in plant yard. “And now, loaded with various American products, the barrels start for all corners of the globe to develop our commerce.” Workers rolling barrels from plant, up ramp, into freight car. “The End.” “Produced by Ford Motor Company.” [1919]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The Modern Packing House is, in reality, a food factory.” “Canning tongue.” Men at table placing pieces of meat in cans - man placing top on can, welding top on. “A plunger stuffs the meat from cylinder into the cans.” Men working at large round machine, one man placing cans on machine, other man removing them. “Potting meats. Showing how easily a lid is placed on some things.” Views of machine capping cans of meat. “Inspecting and placing solder over air hole.” Women at tables filled with many cans inspecting cans of meat. “Removing air from cans by vacuum and soldering.” Boy working vacuum machine - close-up of large soldering iron covering air holes on cans. “Placing cans in steam retorts where meat is cooked.” Men placing cans in large oven - view of thermometer reading 235° - men opening oven, pulling cans out. “Labeling and wrapping.” Cans moving through labeling machine - woman at table wrapping cans in paper. “Chopping meat preparatory to making sausage.” Close-up of meat being chopped by machinery. “Then ground and a little spice added.” Men dumping buckets of meat into large grinding machine - close-ups of meat coming out of grinding machine. “The birth of a sausage.” Man placing casings over machine pumping meat into casing. “Something to do with links, but nothing to do with golf.” Women twisting stuffed casing to form links. “The sausage is smoked to give it the desired flavor.” Man opening door - view of sausages hanging in smokehouse. “An appetizing result.” Close-up of plate on table, fork removing pieces of sausage, other foods on table. “Hog’s hair being woven into rope.” Man with large armful of hair, pulling woven strand from machine. “The first step seems to be backward, but never mind, the rope goes on just the same.” Men and women pulling long strands of woven rope from machines. “And the cardings make sitting easy, especially in an auto cushion.” Views of carding machine in operation - woman holding armful of carded fiber. “The manufacturing of Butterine is done with the most scrupulous cleanliness.” Liquid pouring into large vat - view of vat with liquid in a solid state. “The oil is run into a truck and placed in chill room to harden, after which it is pressed to remove the oil.” Workers scooping oil onto paper revolving on round table, oil being wrapped in paper and placed in open shelf - view of oil on shelves in chill room - men removing hardened oil from shelving - hands opening paper, showing hardened oleo. “The oil is called ‘oleo,’ to which other oils are added, such as peanut and coconut.” Men with scoops pouring oleo and oil into large mixing machine - oleo in mixer. “Pasteurizing milk.” Milk pouring into large vat with revolving heat coils - hand with thermometer testing milk - worker filling glass from large can of milk, other man drinking from glass. “Mixing oils and milk.” Close-up of mixing machine in operation. “After churning, the flakes are thoroughly washed, dipped out by cheese cloth into truck, covered with salt and placed in cooler overnight.” Liquid pouring into vat - workers dipping out flakes with cheese cloth - close-up of pile of flakes. “Working the butter, after which it is made into forms and wrapped.” Men putting butter into mixing machine - men placing butter into molds, handing molded ‘pounds’ to wrappers. [1919]