NARA Collection fc — Collection fc

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Worker at table with chemistry laboratory equipment, mixing liquid, pouring it into titration tube, titrating, liquid in beaker changing color, filtering liquid - hands rubbing pigment on table surface, adding pigment, mixing - three men looking at mural on wall - views of sections of mural - Diego Rivera on scaffold painting - worker mixing dry pigment, adding drops of distilled water, mixing paint on table top. [1933]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Worker on scaffolding drawing final sketch on wall - view of scaffolding, blank wall, water fountain and ferns in middle of room - man posing - Diego Rivera with three other men - scaffolding, wall, fountain - worker on scaffolding chipping away plaster - water fountain, scaffolding, wall. [1932] b. “Bearing assembly to spline shaft.” Close-up of parts of transmission - transmission on display - transmission assembled. “The clutch is placed in its housing.” Clutch being assembled. “Illustrating the position of the gears as they are shifted in driving.” Transmission with cutaway section in operation. “Neutral -- center.” “Low -- back to the left.” “Second -- forward through neutral and on forward to the right.” “High -- straight back.” “Reverse -- left and forward from neutral.” [1929]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Partially completed industrial mural on large wall, scaffolding, Diego Rivera - spectators in room looking at completed mural - panorama of mural - close-up of various figures in mural. [1933] b. People entering Ford building [Michigan State Fair] - sign above entrance, ‘Come in and drive the new Ford V-8 Car,’ lawn - interior of building, people looking at various models of new Ford - sign above doorway, ‘Ride in the New Ford V-8 or Drive it Yourself on Special ½ Mile Track’ - large open-sided tent, cars on display, spectators - motor with cutaway section of housing in operation - safety glass exhibit, man breaking sheets of regular and safety glass - car chassis and motor, revolving exhibit. [1933] c. Boy manipulating deformed arm - girl with deformed leg and hip bone walking back and forth - girl standing on one leg and then the other, nurse assisting. [1932]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Scaffolding in front of partially completed mural - section of mural - small scale cartoons of mural taped to wall - drawing of full size section - close-ups of several drawings - wall, scaffolding - Diego Rivera painting, woman on scaffolding - close-ups of mural sections. [1932] b. Fairgrounds, Ford V-8 driven in circles, stopping, couple and children getting out - other groups taking rides in V-8’s, signing cards handed them by man at table. [1932] c. Scaffolding in front of blank wall - Diego Rivera painting figure. [1932]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Scaffolding, blank wall - Diego Rivera on scaffolding painting - scenes of partially completed mural - Spanish words written on wall. [1932] b. “Record attendance of 59,759.” “Entrants in bathing beauty contest.” Girls in bathing suits lined up at edge of pool, small child standing in front of girls. “Now let’s find the winner.” Girls walking up onto platform in front of judges. “Looking ’em over.” Judges on bench - girls on platform. “Disqualified -- immodest.” Man in old-fashioned suit wearing sunglasses and bathing cap. “Harlem ‘Sympathy’ Orchestra.” Negro boys playing banjos. “Miss Mayrose Robinson, winner.” Contestants gathered around car, winner climbing into car. “Ford dealers 500-mile race ends in a fight.” Men in kiddie carts racing around test track, men tussling. “Believe it or not, 99,855 miles on this Ford wins a prize.” Man carrying new tubes and boxes shaking hands with dealer. “Hold-up of the Broad Ripple Limited.” Miniature train coming through tunnel being stopped by men, ‘hold-up’ men climbing aboard. “A visitor from Dayton, Washington wins long distance prize.” Man in car receiving prizes - bathers on sand near pool. [1932] c. Steam Tractor Uprooting Stumps. [1935]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Close-up views of several sections of the mural - Diego Rivera at work. [1932] b. Workers around well-digging rig - close-up of tractor with winch attached - oil refinery - tractor-drawn train of small trailers loaded with tires moving along dock, freighter in background - tractor pulling, loggers using poles to roll log onto, wagon - tractor-drawn wagon loaded with logs on road in forest - tractor on railroad tracks hauling flatcars loaded with logs to boom - logs being dumped into boom - group of men watching circular saw in operation in sawmill - workers cutting wood with tractor-powered saw - sawmill, tractors moving wagons loaded with lumber - loaded coal cars, miners riding, moving in mine - tractor-powered shovel loading coal into gondola - tractor-drawn snowplow in residential area - workers cutting ice from lake, tractor-powered conveyor into ice house, workers using tongs to move ice in the ice house. [1920]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Views of various murals at the Detroit Art Museum. [1932] b. Close-up of Edsel Ford and Bremen flyers. [1928] c. Panorama of dock area at River Rouge - cranes - unloading facilities. [1939] d. The Advantage of Triplex Glass (laminated safety glass). [1929]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Men walking in field, U.S. Army dirigible ‘RS-1’ overhead [9/17/26] - spectators on field, dirigible overhead - views of dirigible - spectators, building in background - dirigible entering hangar - (unrelated footage: automobile, pedestrian traffic around building under construction; field, building, cars parked in front; automobiles driven away). [1926] b. Plant interior, workers, furnaces. “Electric forging furnaces. Billet heating -- operating temperature 2450°F.” Hot metal coming down chute from furnace, workers placing pieces on smaller chutes using tongs - worker holding hot metal in press - worker raking hot metal out of furnace, others pick it up with tongs, send it along via chute to presses. “Piercing and upsetting billet.” Worker at controls of machine, hot pieces of metal are tossed up into machine - chute - workers hands holding metal in press with tongs; holding up shaped part. “Electric forging furnaces. Rod heating prior to upsetting gear blanks and miscellaneous forgings.” Workers in front of furnaces - taking hot rod out, placing it in press - long room full of large furnaces as seen from overhead crane, workers on top of two furnaces - worker at machine - small furnaces and milling machinery, workers - taking rods out of furnaces and placing them in milling machines. “Spring furnaces -- heating both ends of spring leaf for forming. Temperature 1900°F.” Furnaces, workers - spring leaves on rack - worker removing leaves from furnace. “Heating, quenching, and drawing forgings.” [1927]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Views of U.S. Army dirigible ‘RS-1’ from different angles [9/17/26] - close-up of men at windows in pilot’s cabin - two men and military officer talking - view of underneath side of dirigible - ‘RS-1’ at Ford Airport mooring mast. [1926] b. Policemen standing beside their cars and standing on running boards. [1927]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Dorothy Gish with group touring plants - final automobile assembly line - Tri-Motor assembly - Miss Gish and group with Tri-Motor at Ford Airport. Group getting into plane, Miss Gish posing in doorway. [1927] b. Views of Ford Tri-Motor on airfield [Ford Airport] and in the air - group posing with Tri-Motor - people boarding plane. [1927] c. Fabric on conveyor belts, falling in folds onto machine - worker inspecting fabric coming off machine - fabric rolling onto roller - worker tending looms in operation - stack of folded fabric - fabric draped over racks. [1926]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Raised drawbridge, ship and tugboat pass through, bridge closes, train passes over, tug takes ship to dock - waterfront, industrial plant, railroad gondolas on siding - open drawbridge, ships pass. [1922]