NARA Collection fc — Collection fc

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “Detroit, Michigan. Helen Keller visits Henry Ford. By remarkable development of the sense of touch Miss Keller is able to understand what is being said to her. Note how she listens with her hands to what Mr. Ford is saying.” Miss Keller feeling the lips of Henry Ford - Miss Sullivan, Miss Keller’s teacher, in background. [1914] b. Henry and Mrs. Ford walking down through garden of Fair Lane - view of house in background - Henry Ford and others broad jumping in field - Ford in doorway of barn playing violin - Ford on horse-drawn wheat binder in field. [1925] c. Interior of Ford factory, workers painting cars on assembly line. [1930] d. Henry Ford with another man in front of Ford hangar and [Stout 2-AT], ‘Maiden Dearborn IV, Ford Airport of Dearborn’ [1925] - side view of airplane with Fordson tractor in foreground - (‘July 18, 1928 Gordon Bennett Balloon Race R 4-5’ written on film) - view of field, crowd, airplane and several balloons - close-up of Gordon Bennett and another man in basket - Bennett being presented with flowers by two ladies - balloon ascending - several views of Army dirigible ‘RS-1’ moored at the Ford Airport mooring mast [1926] - close-up of tower, base and automobiles. [1928] e. Views of Eagle boats with men on decks - several views of Eagle boats at dock. [1918] f. “Parking grounds for thousands at River Rouge plant.” View of thousands of cars outside plant. [1920] g. Ford truck being loaded from N&W railroad car - trucks in winter with windows in the doors and chains on - pick-up truck with tank truck passing in background - streetcars in background - back view of truck. [1923]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. 1. “Loading a Big Lake Freighter. Notice particularly the unique and efficient method employed in this work. The freight car is lifted complete in an immense crane and its load of coal shot into the ship.” Coal boat ‘Leonard C. Hanna’ at dock with overhead cranes and elevators. 2. “Jeff Davis, King of the Hoboes, visits the Ford Motor Company and spends few days working in the big factory. Note, Jeff makes a regular ‘a la Hobo’ arrival.” Davis jumps from freight train in freight yard - two girls play with a dog. 3. “We’ve often heard of ‘bottle babies’ so why not a ‘bottle calf.’” Calves, woman feeds them with bottle, little girl hugs calf. 4. “Detroit, Michigan. Off For a Gallop With the Cross-Country Riding Club.” Major Mead on horseback - men and women on horseback gallop across fields, along a country road. [1916] b. Entrance gate with sign, ‘Pikes Peak Highway’ and stone gatehouse, automobile drives through gate - rock formations - tourists. “There were other ways of getting to the summit of course, a popular one being the ‘Cog Road’ which makes two round trips a day.” View of mountain tops, railroad up the mountain - surrounding area - railroad locomotive. “Half way to the summit we come upon the ‘Half Way House’ a cozy little inn that invites the traveler to tarry and take tea.” Tourist at mountain inn. “We found the road an excellent one and the grades while moderate were persistent enough to test the climbing qualities of our motor.” Automobile travels Pikes Peak Highway as seen from the top - locomotive and observation post. “Look at the top and center of the next picture and you will see the ‘Kissing Camels.’” Rock formations. [1916] c. Line of Fordson tractors pulling plows, move across a field at staggered intervals. [1917]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Ford automobile assembly line - chassis - workers lower engine into chassis - chassis assembly line - workers attach wheels, engine, radiator, body. [1924] b. Ford sales and service garage exterior with mechanic working on automobile, man gets into automobile and drives away. [1919] c. Streetcars passing with Ford plant in background - long line of men awaiting streetcars - Ford plant exterior with automobile and pedestrian traffic. [1919] d. Plant interior with unassembled engines stacked, American flag hangs from ceiling - workers checking engine heads - two men open wire gate, hoist Liberty engine with tackle and chain onto support, attach propeller, test engine - woman instructs girl in operation of a factory machine - testing Liberty engine, truck drives by with Liberty engine on back. [1918] e. Woman leaves farmhouse carrying a child, hand in front of house feeding chickens - women gets into automobile, drives onto highway. [1919] f. Ford River Rouge plant exterior - Ford railroad coal cars on sidings - loading a coal hopper with coke. [1918] g. Ford automobile parks along curb in front of ‘Lincoln’ Building - passing streetcar - Mr. and Mrs. Leland leave automobile, walk up to building, are greeted by Henry and Mrs. Ford - automobile parking sequence repeated - group stands in front of building, other guests arrive and are welcomed - group poses in front of building, enters building - group in office with Edsel Ford behind desk, guests sign document. [1922]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Plant interior - engine blocks suspended, from a moving overhead conveyor belt - engine blocks moving down an inclined conveyor belt - engine assembly line with workers - steel furnace and steel pouring into bucket, hoist is positioned, raises bucket - plant interior - automobile wheel rims suspended from moving overhead conveyor - metal working and fender stamping machinery and conveyor belt - worker operates Dow stamping equipment - engine assembly line. [1929] b. Plant exterior with Ford railroad car on siding, truck with trailer driven up with four old automobiles aboard - man receipts shipment - cars are backed off truck, towed into building, stripped of parts - men with torches cut apart the body - large press crushes the frame, wreckages compressed, forced into open hearth furnace. [1930] c. Automobile turns corner in business district - policeman stands at corner, spectators under umbrellas line sidewalk - flag decorated, speaker’s platform - audience in raincoats and hats, with umbrellas - train arrives at station in rain, spectators with umbrellas - President Herbert Hoover leaves passenger car, poses with Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edison - the three men conversing indoors while another man prepares an exhibit and experiment - Edison gestures as he points to equipment. [1929] d. Crowd of workers leave streetcars at station, walk up steps - men parade with signs - policemen sit in back of open truck as men parade past - police disperse marchers, 5/26/37. Men running in all directions - police chase men across railroad tracks, through a field. [1937] e. Field with Ford plant in background - automobiles are test driven and circle field at high speed. [1932] f. Three armored trucks drive out of plant. [1918]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Henry Ford inspecting Quadricycle outside first workshop - Charles Sorensen lifting side of Quadricycle, Edsel Ford in background - men including Edsel Ford driving various early model Fords in Greenfield Village - Henry Ford posing in Quadricycle - Henry and Edsel Ford posing with Quadricycle and 1932 V-8 - same pose with Sorensen and another man, P.E. Martin, with Edsel and Henry Ford - Sorensen lifting Quadricycle - people entering workshop - horse-drawn carriage passing line of parked old Ford cars - workshop - three antique cars lined up outside Clinton Inn - Henry Ford posing in car - Henry and Edsel Ford posing near line-up of cars from Quadricycle to V-8 - Henry Ford posing in car, horse-drawn carriage next to car - line-up of antique cars. [1932]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Policeman directing traffic from raised street platform - sign on platform, ‘Drive Safely-Walk Right’ - Detroit Safety parade - streetcar - flatcar with wrecked car and sign, ‘This is the First of 52 Safety Weeks, RU Careful’ - floats - Pennsylvania RR System, Ford Motor Co, Cadillac [1922] - motorcade on mountain road [1920] - Model T cars and tractors parade on racetrack - steam roller - auto races, racers and stock cars - driver poses with car [1920] - accelerated action of uncontrolled automobile, pedestrian, and streetcar traffic at intersection of city street [1920] - view of road with hairpin curves [1916] - city street - pedestrian, bus, automobile traffic [Detroit, 1929] - heavy automobile traffic [Miller Road, Detroit, 1929] - team and wagon and fire truck combine efforts to pull a truck out of mud [1920] - two men unloading barrel of cider from Model T Touring car [1916] - Model T pick-up truck driven up steep ramp, backed down [1916]. b. Plant interior - Highland Park plant exterior views - Ford tractor pulls six wagons loaded with machine parts. “Five immense crane ways are a part of the Ford system.” Interior of plant. “In the magneto department nimble fingers wind magneto coils.” Women work at long tables - exterior views of plant, buildings, workers, automobiles - ‘Ford’ smokestacks - view of plant, smokestacks - bus, truck traffic - dense crowd outside of Highland Park plant - workers leaving plant. [1916] c. Sign on Highland Park plant, ‘Our Hats Off to the President Who Has Kept Us Out of War’ - crowd flows along street at side of plant - dignitaries in open car - other cars drive by. [1916] d. Views of Highland Park plant exterior along front and side - views from above of plant complex. [1916]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Shoreline, beach, dense brush from water - thatch house, rocks, debris in front - two fish in man’s hands - dead snake on ground - close-up of snake with head cut off on ground - group of boys lined up, marching with man, row of houses in background - two men target shooting, river, jungle in background - cattle being driven and pulled through narrow chute into pens on pier - cattle lifted by ropes around horns, lowered onto pier, let go - cattle in narrow chute, workers - group of Brazilian Indians, some in ceremonial dress, in front of building, dancing, shaking gourds, one dancer dressed as bull, other dancers around and darting at bull - boys jumping contest, spectators - line of boys running - soccer teams on field, ball in center, game, spectators. [1931]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Latex dripping from spout on rubber tree into jar tied to tree with wire - dirt road across brush area - worker emptying jars of latex into can - workers on saw platform moving log across saw - large building - railroad tracks, brush - men eating in ‘Ford Restaurant’ - worker scoring rubber tree - plant, water tower - men in grove of trees, thatched houses in background - jungle, houses in background - cleared land, logs on moving railroad flatcar - men working in rock quarry, water spraying from pipe - man coming out of house, taking ball of raw rubber out of basket on boy’s back - men standing on sidewalk, sign, ‘Carne Fresco’ - crowd around street vendor - crowd behind counter, scales and merchandise on counter - pack saddle on horse at edge of water, boats, boys in background - flying boat on field, men working on motor, others on top of wing adding gas, sign on hangar, ‘PAA Brasil’ - sign on plane, ‘Panair do Brasil S.A.’ - front of plane - side view of plane - view out over deck, wake of boat under way - road over bridge in park - rock formation in park - dirt street in village, houses - three girls posing on bench - views of shore, thatched shelter, trees taken from moving boat on river - small frame building - row of thatched houses, natives - little boy and girl in identical shirts posing - Henry Ford in laboratory - people standing outside thatched house - high view of village, houses - ‘Ford’ water tower - little girl in garden at front of house, mother and children on porch - view of shore, church, from boat on river - beach, men in boats - excursion boat on river - river, shore. [1932]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Panorama of city from above - trees, building behind fence - paved bower, tables and chairs - workers emptying cans of rock into small crusher on tracks, worker pushing crusher - workers using hooks on long poles to unload logs from flatcars, sawmill in background - water tower, open-sided shelter at foot, house in background - worker, electrical control equipment for water tower, gas cylinder, machinery - two men carrying another in hammock tied to long pole, worker at door of building - workers, boys, man in suit on pier - close-up of dynamo - huge caterpillar hauling trailer load of logs on dirt road - workers at controls moving saw platform - farm buildings, windmill tower on shore from water, jungle pavilion near ruin of large building - view of water and opposite shore from inside ruin, people standing in arches - group of workers with machetes walking along path through jungle - workers on porch of long building - jungle and partially cleared area - workers housing among rows of palm trees - close-up of large fruit in worker’s hand - shore trees and plantation buildings from water - people walking along road between rows of houses - excavation, water pouring from hose on large pump and pipe stuck into bank, workers using hand tools - piles of lumber on either side of railroad tracks - thatched huts, rocks and debris in front, people coming and going - view of neat village from water - wake, jungle on both sides of river from moving boat - large boat with sheltered deck at bank of river, people on log under tree - looking up at palm tree - shore and trees, water, opposite shore - large boat with sheltered deck at water’s edge from between two trees - rapids in river from below. [1931]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Group of long buildings, river in background - sign on building, ‘Restaurant Ford’ - interior of restaurant, men at tables eating - men on fire truck - fire truck driven across elevated roadway - girl carrying large basket of large balls on her head - worker weaving two palm leaves together for thatch - workers weaving palm leaves - group of uniformed boys marching - soccer players racing, spectators - people walking along walkway outside long building - workers lined up receiving pay envelopes - group of buildings, river in background - front end of view of old steam locomotive backing down track - view of tracks from moving train - group of men in small boat - men walking by uniformed boys at attention - group of people around speakers platform - men on platform, one speaking - small frame house - people on porch of house, plants and flowers in yard - two little girls posing - girls in yard, people on porch - housing development - ‘Ford’ flag - river, sailboats. [1931]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Men coming off ship, spectators - plaza, buildings - statue in plaza - shoreline, jungle, houses - lake - shoreline from boat in river, worker cutting a piece of dough-like mass of rubber - putting mass through press - close-up of dough-like mass of rubber - road, flat land - orchard, house, lake in background - close-up of house - hilly area, houses - buildings and terraced hills seen from above - close-up of open sided building. “Part Six will follow immediately.” [1931]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Brazilian native and priest with umbrella in small boat - row of thatch houses, priest entering one - priest posing with native family in doorway of house - close-ups of several Brazilian men, including one wearing a leather Congaceiro hat - carnival scenes in large ballroom, costumed dancers, band - several large rusted out boats - carnival dancers, band - rusted boats - view of remains of deck of boat - view of boats in water - aerial views of River Rouge plant - pile of new rubber tires - wheels on overhead conveyor, workers assembling cars - display of several small automobile parts made of rubber - map of Brazil locating Boa Vista and surrounding area - view of freighter at dock being loaded - boxes being lowered into hold of freighter - view of large trimmed umbrella-shaped trees near large building, pedestrian traffic - residential area with same type of trees lining street - plaza, palm trees, building in background - close-up three animals in zoo, animals in cage (probably tapirs) - park, trees - tree-lined street, streetcar and pedestrian traffic - view of several large two story houses - flower garden - park, footbridges, stone wall - woman walking through park - large statue in park, people passing by - large church. [1931]