NARA Collection fc — Collection fc

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Single frame advertising stills of Ford automobiles and trucks. [1937]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Single frame advertising stills from 1934 and 1936 for V-8 battery care - trucks - brake adjustment - engine tune-up - Ford manufacture of wool and mohair upholstery fabrics. [1936]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Single frame advertising stills showing Ford plan to fight depression through soy bean production - oil extraction methods from primitive to modern - food products, stock feed, plastics, from soy beans - advertising stills for Lincoln cars, Ford trucks - advertising stills about proper brake adjustment - truck advertising. [1937]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Single frame advertising stills for 1938 and 1939 Ford cars and trucks, and Lincoln cars. [1938] b. Boys and girls making candles at Greenfield Village. [1938]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Single frame advertising stills of Ford and Lincoln automobiles and trucks. [1934] b. Motorcade passing down city street, people on sidewalks, men with musical instruments sitting on tops of cars, signs on sides of cars - cars parked diagonally along road, men walking about - views from inside car looking out front window of driver’s side, steering wheel, dashboard - man being interviewed over radio, cars parked on city street, crowds gathered round - man posing in front seat of car, getting out, shaking hands with another man - views of crowds and cars - cars parked in front of large building, three men posing - motorcade passing along city street, along residential street - motorcade parked in town, people gathered around cars - motorcade on road in country. [1932]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Stills of advertising posters and photographs for Ford Motor Company. [1936] b. Henry Ford Hospital. [1936]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Stout 2-AT airplane on Ford airport outside of hangar - ‘Stout Air Transport, Maiden Dearborn’ on side of plane, people gathered around plane including pilot - plane, motor warming up on field, pilot climbs in cockpit from top - plane in hangar, one man on ground with oil barrel, other sitting atop plane on wing - plane on field, two men starting plane by spinning propeller - interior of airplane factory - three women sitting at table stuffing envelopes - boxes on floor with labels, ‘Ford Motor Company,’ ‘Air Transportation Service Ford Motor Company’ - pilot poses, turns, showing gear, parachute, etc. - exterior view of a Ford plant, water tower, smokestack - workers in shipping room, stacks of boxes - ‘Air Transportation Service, Ford Motor Company’ on truck leaving plant - automobile and pedestrian traffic - truck returning to plant - men unloading plane into truck, women and men watch - men putting together car - view of tires, motor, etc. of car inside plane. Stout 2-AT plane being wheeled from Ford hangar onto field, turned around - plane being loaded with Ford auto parts. Women going through cupboards making a list of items. [1925]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Men, including Henry Ford, loading mail sacks from back of truck into Ford [Stout 2-AT] airplane - plane takes off on snow-covered field, spectators - biplanes taking off, mooring mast in background - close-up of Ford and others handling mail sacks, talking - man buying air mail stamps at post office window - view of letters coming through slot landing on endless belt - sorting room, women sorting letters - group of men standing around plane talking to pilot - pilot loads mail sacks into plane - pilot straps on parachute, climbs into cockpit of Ford Stout 2-AT plane, takes off - interior of plane, plane takes off from snow-covered field - U.S. Mail truck at Ford Airport - men on field greet plane - pilot climbs from cockpit - close-up of pilot - mail sacks loaded into U.S. Mail truck. [1926]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Group including Henry and Edsel Ford loading airplane with U.S. Mail sacks from back of truck - close-up of group including Henry and Edsel Ford - crowd around plane, cars on field - plane taxis off - view of plane in flight - Henry Ford and others standing by U.S. Mail truck with sign, ‘Ford Fast Service’ - policeman by cars - Ford plane on snowy field, in flight - police-escorted motorcade of U.S. Mail trucks, streetcar traffic - group of men posing - planes in flight, landing - Ford and others getting out of car, U.S. Mail truck in background - plane flying over hangar, landing on snow-covered field - pilot climbing out of cock pit - men unloading plane into truck, man handed ‘The Cleveland News’ with headline ‘25 Hurt 575 Escape Mine Blast’ - pilot shakes hands with other man - truck leaves - pilot with parachute poses by plane, plane takes off. Worker carrying ladle across industrial plant yard; tractor on railroad tracks followed by locomotive; custodians given trays, one cleans water fountain; worker with visor on head operating machinery, man comes up, takes visor, sets it on fire, worker gets new visor). [1926]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Aircraft plant interior - working on fuselages - mounting motors - plane in hangar being worked on - Ford airplane on runway at Ford Airport - plane takes off, flies, lands, takes off - Henry Ford with others on field - crowd - Ford greets pilots - plane takes off - Air Transportation Service truck drives away from building, into airport, up to plane - plane takes off - small plane ,Ford Flivver, is carried by group of men, placed on ground, takes off from racetrack course, gives stunt flying exhibition - aerial view of Ford plant. [1926] b. Dense crowds waving flags, signs - troops march - cars and people with signs, one reading, ‘The Devil Says He Will Resign if the Kaiser is Admitted’ - President Wilson waves from car moving slowly through wildly enthusiastic crowd. [1918] c. Tanks ,Ford Model 1918, 3-ton M1918, lined up with drivers standing beside them - tanks test driven over rough, hilly field, through mud, over ditches - tanks stuck in trench - observers look at it - workers dig enough of bank away for tank to drive out - tank falls into another trench, pulls itself out - tanks knock down barbed wire fence - Henry Ford watches. [1918] d. President and Mrs. Wilson enter flag and bunting draped automobile - Wilson waves top hat to crowd. [1916]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “The trimming department puts the final touches on the interior and exterior.” Workers making and installing seats - view of finished passenger compartment. “Final inspection -- going over everything with a fine tooth comb.” “Flight test inspection before the first flight.” Worker inspecting motor, tail assembly - passengers in seats. [1928] b. Tri-Motor on pontoons taxiing on water. “This plane was purchased by the Canadian government for dusting spruce forests in an effort to eradicate the spruce worm. 1,600 pounds of arsenate of lead are carried at one load.” Plane taking off, in flight, landing. “The End.” [1927] c. Cars being driven on circular driveway after each caption. “Attractive body designs.” “Phaeton.” “Tudor Sedan.” “Roadster.” “Coupe.” “Business Coupe.” “Sport Coupe.” “Fordor Sedan.” “Standard Sedan.” Hand unscrewing cap, removing gas filter, replacing it and cap. “Six brake system.” Close-up of front wheel. “Foot brake action.” Foot on brake - view of wheel, brake action. “Emergency brake action.” Driver pulling brake lever back - close-up of brake action. “Shock absorbers.” Appropriate pictures of this and the following. “Standard gear shift.” “Speedometer and gasoline gauge.” “Perfectly balanced engine.” “Now you will see how quality is built into the new Ford car.” “After a short conveyor trip the block arrives at one of the stations where the valve seats are cut.” Worker operating multiple drilling machine. “In a single operation 8 valve seats are cut at a 45 degree angle.” “Setting the valves. Mushroom on ends of stems give long wear and quiet action.” Close-up of stem, worker placing it in block - close-up of valve stem action - block with all stems in place. “Crankshafts are statically and dynamically balanced.” Crankshafts revolving in testing machine - close-up of dial - worker removing crankshaft from machine, examining it. [1927]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “Driving the Tent Stakes. Machinery has taken the place of hand labor.” Men with team and wagon with stake-driving machinery. “The War Dance.” Indians in costume, circus tent in background. “Breaking wild horses.” Circus riders break wild horses. “Buffalo Bill, in his 71st year. Straight as an arrow and as active in the saddle as when he trailed the prairies years ago.” Army caissons. [1916] b. Views of bobsledding and ski jumping. [1916] c. “Not so deep maybe as the Colorado Canyon and there’s no river running through it, but a never ending sea of humanity is continually ebbing and flowing between its steep boundaries.” Pedestrians, automobiles, horse-drawn vehicles. [1916] d. “On the way to school. Old Dobbin has a merry load of young Americans.” Horse-drawn sleigh with school children. “And a little car made in Detroit, with more than a million of its kind on duty, brought another load of jolly boys and girls.” “School days, School days -- Dear old Golden Rule days -- ‘readin’ and ‘ritin’ and ‘rithmatic.’” Classroom. “And then came recess, and Oh! what fun -- sledding and snow fights and --” Boys tree-climbing and dropping from branches. “School’s out! School’s out.” Boys drop from tree branches - sleigh loads of children leave school - children ride sleds - pile on automobile, sleighs. [1916] e. Soldiers in 6 foot diameter ball pushing contest, officers on horseback as referees - tug-of-war between teams of soldiers - foot race, soldiers on horseback ride along, automobile traffic. [1916] f. “After the race. Jack Frost has been busy frosting the crew.” Ice boats under full sail, crew of ice boat - automobile driving on ice. “Down the toboggans at Lake George, New York.” [1916] g. Pool with sign, ‘Sutro Baths and Museum’ [San Francisco] - women’s backstroke race. “The winners -- right to left. Miss Olga Dorfner - first - Philadelphia. Miss Claire Galligan - second - New York. Miss Dorothy Burns - third - Los Angeles." View of swimmers. “Miss Dorfner -- the winner.” Dorfner. [1916]