NARA Collection fc — Collection fc

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Group of men and women including Mr. and Mrs. Edsel Ford and Navy officers on deck of Eagle boat under way, sitting in chairs, walking, at rail, posing - group leaving docked boat - group of men boarding Eagle boat - Eagle boats at dock - group of men on deck of Eagle boat under way - men on bridge from deck - Edsel Ford climbing ladder to crow’s nest, waving - men leaning against rail, two men sitting on covered gun, officer - views of Eagle boat under way. [1919]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Group of men and women on deck of Eagle boat under way - close-ups of members of group including Edsel and Mrs. Ford, Navy officer - group leaving docked boat - Eagle boat plant construction site - pipe lying on ground, pile drivers, construction in background - man standing on pipe, water flowing out onto ground - railroad tracks, shacks, pile drivers, wooden walks, construction, and debris, workers - group on deck of Eagle boat under way - men on bridge from deck - Edsel Ford climbing ladder to crow’s nest, waving - men leaning against rail, two men sitting on covered gun, officer - views of Eagle boat under way. [1919]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “But behind this beauty there’s the grind of hard work for everyone on the farm.” Woman operates hand pump to draw water, carries bucket into house, man places bucket on pump. “Mother can’t help feeling tired and cross.” Woman and girl in kitchen - farmer feeds draft horses. “Still working at eighty. Grandmother can at least do the churning.” Woman churning butter. “Wash day. Rubbing, scrubbing, wringing and all the daily routine work besides.” Woman washing clothes by hand, ironing, sweeping. “One of the jobs that always takes two men - the endless turning of the crank.” Men operate a corn shelling machine. “A little later. The electric plant arrives at the farm.” Horse-drawn wagon with equipment. Rural scene. “Nature does her best to make country life beautiful and enjoyable.” Cows in a pasture, farm buildings, horse-drawn wagon, chickens in a barnyard. “The old coal oil lantern. Oily and smelly -- never did give much light.” “Evening. Poor light dwarfs and hampers the opportunities for rest and enjoyment that belong to the evening time.” Family gathered around a table, straining to read by light of a coal oil lamp, argue over its placement. Man reads newspaper, ‘The Progressive Farmer,’ with advertisement for ‘Delco-Light -- Electricity for Every Farm.’” “We should have had electric lights long ago. Let’s get ’em now.” Family reads explanation; envelope addressed to ‘Delco-Light Co., Dayton, Ohio.’ [1919] b. Rivers; dam; lakes; forest; rocks. Log pile - automobile passes horse-drawn wagon on rural road - beaded moccasin - river with wooded shore line - men climb rocks - forests and river, lakes - river banks. [1919]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a.Parade led by band - flag and umbrella decorated open automobiles lined up on an athletic field, sign on umbrellas, ‘B.P.O.E., No. 3, Philadelphia.’ - mounted parade unit - marching unit - tourists on the sidewalk of a street heavy with traffic, board sight-seeing bus - industrial plant. [1920] b. Village from a distance - downtown street - natives pose - skyline with church steeples. [1920] c. Nurse assists crippled child in walking back and forth across hospital room, in bending - child with crippled spine - (unrelated footage: workers in an industrial plant handling a hot ingot; woman posing with a group of U.S. Army soldiers). [1920] d. Visitors and guests leave a building - three men in academic robes converse, two walk toward camera - academic officials in robes pose - procession of girls, adults, faculty and students in academic robes - band leads parade of same group down main street of business district, sign on building, ‘Bullens Big Busy Store’ - auditorium interior with academic procession - visitors on campus grounds. [1920] e. Buttes, eroded soil - Indian tepee, tents - Indian family in horse-drawn carriage - buttes - crowded square with tourists and Indians in ceremonial headdresses - camp site with tents, parked automobiles. View of flags of four countries flown on a single mast[1920] f. Golfer hits tee shot, spectators in background. “The Dearborn Independent, the Ford International Weekly, Brings World Events to your Own Home.” “Mr. Ford’s Page. Mr. Ford’s frank talks on business topics, labor and world problems, are full of interest to all.” “International News…” “Fearless Editorials.” “A Ford Product -- $1.50 a Year. The Dearborn Publishing Co., Dearborn, Mich.” [1920] g. Parade of tractor-drawn road graders with sign, ‘Road Leveling with Fordson Tractors’ - tractor-drawn earth scoop with sign, ‘We will demonstrate Fordson tractors’ - trucks with sign, ‘Fruehauf Trailers Make Your Truck Pay’ - tractor with sign, ‘For General Hauling Use Fordson Tractors’ - other tractors demonstrate and advertise uses - streetcars and automobiles use other lanes of the parade street. [1921]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “When day is done and dusk’s soft shadows steal o’er land and sea.” Views of rivers at dusk, boat moving on river. “Lazy clouds floating aimlessly, with soft gray blind the sky.” Fiver at dusk, clouds in sky - view of clouds at dusk. “While a rising moon casts its soft silver veil.” Moon shining over water. “The heavens afire, the parting gift of a parting sun.” Views of sunsets over water. “Silhouetted against the evening sky stands the lighthouse, silent sentinel of the sea.” View of lighthouse and water at dusk. “Silver rays that give the water a glow like shimmering silk.” Moonlight over seacoast, lake, and river. “How dear to me the hour when daylight dies --” Man rowing boat on moonlit lake. [1919] b. “The Beaver.” “The life of a beaver is full of industry and rich in repose. His home is built in beautiful places, as he is a lover of peace and happiness.” View of lake. “The house is built of sticks and mud. It has two entrances and one room, the floor laid just above the water line.” “In spite of his apparent awkwardness on land, he is a wonderful performer in the water.” Views of beaver swimming. “And can easily stay under water from 5 to 10 minutes.” Beaver diving under water. “The possessor of 20 self-sharpening teeth which in an hour can cause the fall of a 4 inch sapling.” View of tree partially chewed by beaver. ‘‘After felling a tree the limbs are cut off and the trunk gnawed into sections preparatory to building a dam.” Tree falling in forest. “Deep ponds are needed around his house, hence the reason for the Beaver Dam.” Views of beaver dam across stream. “A large dam is seldom built in a season, and its beginning may date back a half dozen centuries.” View through woods of dam and pond. “Beaver skins lured the hunter and trapper over all American wilds; the lure is still there.” Woman looking at beaver coat - another woman helping her try it on - woman trying on a muff. [1919] c. “The Canadian Porcupine is an excellent climber in spite of its weight, and can strip trees of their leaves in no uncertain manner.” Views of porcupines in trees. “It weighs from 15 to 20 pounds, has powerful claws and a short tail.” Porcupine ambling over and beside railroad tracks. “Normally the quills lie flat, but -- ” Man prodding porcupine with long stick - close-up of stick with quills sticking in it. “The End.” [1919]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Excursion boat passes through canal. [1916] b. “Horseshoe Falls in Estes Park.” “In the park of the Red Rocks we found strange formations reared in the landscape by nature’s workmen.” “The Pillars of Hercules. Swarthy sentinels looking up a sheer 1,000 feet with a passageway of only forty feet majestically guard the approach to Cheyenne Canyon.” “Winding up the canyon we came to ‘Seven Falls,’ a torrent of water rushing down mighty cliffs on one side of a colossal amphitheater. The precipitous cliffs show seven distinct terraces down which the foaming torrent plunges.” “And at the base of the falls we found an artificial aid to vanity, burros well fed and carefully slicked than which you are informed there are none slicker, and your ‘photo’ on a burro with the falls for a background for a shilling.” Tourists ride burros. “A friendly chipmunk not to be outdone or better not to be done out of peanuts visited with us while we set ’em up!” “At Canyon City we found a large herd of elk. When winter comes, the elk come down into the valleys to escape the severe weather on the mountains. Just before they leave the big bulls travel the mountains from end to end driving young and old before them into the warmer lower country.” Mountain meadow with herd of elk - Royal Gorge from the rim. “Passenger trains running through the Royal Gorge carry a sight-seeing trailer -- we’ll jump aboard for a short ride.” Gorge as seen from the train - views of locomotive and train crew. “When it is realized that the Rocky Mountains occupy in Colorado more than five times the entire space of the Alps in Europe, their importance in climatic influence as well as in scenic magnificence can be understood.” Views of canyon. “Within the canyon one might as well have been translated to another planet so far as utter isolation can be realized.” c. “The Continental Divide as viewed from Estes Park. ‘The Roof of the Continent’ for here great rivers are born, coursing their ways both east and west to the fertile valleys below.” Mountains and town of Estes Park. [1916] d. “Main Street, Santa Fe.” “Executive Mansion. Home of the Governor of New Mexico.” “The Capitol dedicated in 1900. Pleasantly placed in Capitol Park.” “Cathedral of the Scottish Rite Masons.” “Bringing in wood for the market. The wood merchant and his burros are close friends, in fact it is claimed for the burro that he is the only living thing that can get along with his master.” Burros carry and pull cart-loads of wood. “The U.S. Indian Industrial Training School. One of the largest Indian schools in the country. 400 Indian boys and girls are being taught trades and domestic science. 14 different tribes are in attendance at the school.” Grounds, buildings, children playing and marching. “Indian village of Tesuque, nine miles from Santa Fe. No place for a bachelor for only the married men are allowed to vote. Here the Spanish element does not predominate, Tesuque being a pure Indian village.” “Governor Eliseo Suazo. Elected by the married men to control the destinies of Tesuque.” “On the way to Frijoles Canyon and the home of the cliff dwellers.” “Kiva of the ancient cliff dwellers. The kiva is a circular underground chamber about 40 feet in diameter and is the ceremonial center of all Indian life. Here all important councils, ceremonies and dances are held.” Cliffs and exteriors of cliff dwellings. “Santa Fe is the center of archaeological research in America. Prehistoric cliff dwellings are fast being restored. In Frijoles Canyon 1,500 separate ruins have been discovered.” [1916] e. Two children play in a tub. [1916] f. Forest views with captions: “The forest covers many thousands of acres in five separate tracts. The trees grew where they now lie and many standing stumps are visible.” “Some of these prostrate trees of stone are over 200 feet in length and seven to ten feet in diameter although they are most frequently broken into sections by traverse fracture.” “The forest is now a national park and thus guarded from vandalism, but there are so many millions of fragments scattered about on every hand that no objection is made to visitors taking away small specimens.” [1916]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: View of River Rouge plant - views of mill town, children, brick houses, small dirt roads, paddlewheel boat on river moving past mill - view of sky and field - Sharon Mills - man and child in garden - child feeding lamb - woman and boy working in garden - view of Nankin Mills - man polishing hydro-electric generator - man at machine making small dies - men and women working in garden - view of Newburg Mill - man operating machine tool making machine - same man feeding cows - view from afar of mill - man filling bags with soybeans - man operating tractor - man in plant - same man hitching up horses - man operating machine - same man working in garden - view of industry at Hagerstown, Indiana - men packing piston rings - view of worker’s home - wife working in garden - man feeding chickens - woman placing home canned food on shelf - man painting muffler - same man feeding hogs - man packing piston rings - same man leading cows to pasture - view of cotton mill near Gainesville, Georgia - woman operating machine making surgical dressings - views of surrounding country - woman operating spinner - same woman working in garden - man in garden - view of homes in northern Georgia, people and children in yards - family working in yard - man working on 155mm shell - man operating large earth scraper - smoky mill town - view of tenement - view of farm - woman in garden - man feeding pigs - view of lake - man in garden - man feeding chickens - woman placing jars on shelf - man in mill - family in garden - panorama of farm - man in mill - women and men working in plants - tractor towing B-24 Liberator bomber from hangar - bombers in flight. [1943]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Views of fairgrounds from above - people walking around fair - people looking at Sideshow entrance, man and women on stage - large Spanish style building - amphitheater, orchestra on stage, audience - patio of Spanish style building, fountain - industrial machine - Mexican band strolling through large arch - Spanish gardens and architecture - women walking in garden - costumed flower girls pinning flower on man’s lapel - overhead view of Balboa Park, site of fair - views of Ford building at fair - crowds, exhibits inside Ford building - man speaking into microphone - soybean processing exhibit - people looking at car frame on revolving display - welding exhibit - man operating electric arc welding machine - two men disassembling Ford V-8 engine - Ford Trade School boy operating machine - crankshaft balancing machine in operation - valve seat insert testing machine in operation - safety glass ball drop test exhibit - model of Ford plant, model trains running around yard - views inside building - people sitting at tables on Ford building veranda - young boy looking through telescope - younger boy sitting beside fountain eating ice cream cone - people looking at Ford V-8 fountain - Mexican band playing - people sitting in Ford Bowl - pianist playing on stage - sign, ‘Ride On the Roads of the Pacific. No Charge’ - cars along old plank road, scenery in desert - car on mountainous Japanese road - car on Panamanian Gold Road - view of Old Spanish Trail - sign, ‘This is the House of Pacific Relations’ - Kimono clad Japanese girls leaving ‘House of Japan’ - close-ups - Norse costumed girls leaving Norwegian House - Slavic costumed girls sitting in front of Yugoslavian house - view of house of Central American nations - parka costumed girl with family of huskies, Admiral Byrd’s dog ‘Klondike’ - costumed dancers dancing before Queen Elizabeth and court - costumed girl playing ancient flute - costumed Indians dancing before pueblo - Irish costumed girl dancing jig - costumed Castilian dancers in amphitheater - clown playing bass drum - view of midway, Ferris wheel, other rides - close-up of man with megaphone - people looking at man and midgets on stage - man on motorcycle, people walking through midway - costumed prospector panning gold in stream - costumed men sitting in front of tent in woods, close-up of Soapy Smith and his pet coyote - view of Palace of Education building - small boy and girl painting at easels - boy finishing ice cream cone beside fountain - views of different buildings at fair. “The End.” [1935]