NARA Collection fc — Collection fc

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Silhouettes of people against light in windows - woman coming down steps from porch, greeting people at bottom, man making, throwing snowballs - people getting into cars parked at curb - filling station attendant cleaning rear window of car - car on cleared road, turning onto snowy side road, moving fast along snow-covered road in woods - cabin in woods - close-up of woman - ice and snow on field or river - log cabin in woods - three men playing in snow, roughhousing, snowballing - group around parked cars throwing snowballs at each other - cars being driven away - close-ups of several men and women in and out of cars - people inside cabin, fire in fireplace - woman plays with rabbit - snowy woods from open door of cabin - cabin interior, people moving about - outdoor scenes, rabbit looking at man with gun, man looking at rabbit - cabin interior, man holding rabbit up by ears, placing it in box, people. [1934] b. Long row of cars parked at edge of road, sign in window of first car, ‘Ford V-8, Detroit Police Department’ - man standing beside car with sign - view of parked cars - panorama of policeman standing next to each car in line - cars being driven away - motorcade of police cars with motorcycle escort parked at edge of road - views of dignitaries posing for camera in street - motorcade moving along street. [1934]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Close-up of student talking, others in background - students in classroom, professor lecturing - students leaving building - classroom, professor lecturing and acting out meanings of words - finger pointing to chart ‘Preparing Breakfast,’ sentences concerning breakfast preparation. [1918] b. “The smallest village has its sick, its poor, its orphans, its helpless old people. These are cared for mostly by neighbors. Detroit, with its million population, has the same classes of dependents, and they must be cared for by community methods.” “Visiting Nurses starting on their daily rounds.” Nurses leaving large house - one goes to door of shabby house, enters. “A typical home where community aid is required.” Nurse washing child. “The community furnishes medical treatment at hospital clinics.” Waiting room of clinic filled with patients. “The children of today are the citizens of tomorrow. The community takes especial care of its sick little ones.” Ward filled with babies and children. “John S--, apparently a helpless cripple is helped to become self-supporting by community aid.” Legless man in wheel chair going down ramp. “Hundreds of inexperienced housewives are shown how to combat old H.C. of L.” Woman baking muffins, looks discouraged - settlement worker enters, shows woman how. “Character building and education. Detroit boys and young men, however poor, can develop sound bodies and educate their minds.” Boys swimming - boys attending class. “Several hundred children in Detroit have no father but the community.” Baby in arms of nurse - small girl sitting in bed with doll looking at book. “Recreation and settlement work. Poor foreigners and immigrants are taught how to become good Americans. Through its social settlements the serves 30,000 persons annually.” “Teaching foreign mothers to make clothes for their children.” Settlement workers instructing mothers in sewing, children sitting around room. “Shortage of housing facilities is one of the serious problems confronting the settlement worker today.” Men sitting in front of shacks. “An early morning scene on St. Antoine St.” Two men getting out of back seat of car where they have spent the night. “Care of children. Nearly 10,000 orphans and neglected children are brought up by the community.” “Orphaned children ready for adoption -- hundreds are placed in good homes every year.” Car stops in front of house, women and children enter house - close-up of children. “The community teaches the blind to become self-supporting.” Blind boy using typewriter and Dictaphone machine. “All this humanitarian and relief work, affecting 150,000 people yearly, is under the direction of the Community Fund, including 57 agencies and institutions such as hospitals, children’s societies, orphanages, old people’s homes, etc.” View of baby in crib. “The Community Fund receives its entire support from its annual campaign for contributions. For the coming year it requires $2,500,000 and the subscription campaign is from November 15-22.” [1920] c. Golfer on green putting - close-up of golfer - hits ball from sand trap - hits ball with iron, wood - other golfer hits with wood - golfers walk down fairway. [1919]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Fence with sign, ‘Authorized Ford Dealers’ - gateway with ‘Entrance. Free Admission’ sign - sign on fence, ‘Ford Co. Inc., Commercial Exhibition’ - tent inside enclosure - motorcycle policeman escorting motorcade of tractors, trucks, trailer truck with band in back, tractor-hauled exhibit trailers with various Ford machines on them into exhibit grounds. [1925] b. “James Madison -- 1809-1817. A man of great learning and farsighted wisdom, he felt that the best interests of America required peace rather than war, but treachery forced war upon us.” Portrait of Madison. “During this war American naval methods began to command respect. Captain Isaac Hull, commander of the ‘Constitution’ won a notable victory.” Drawing of sailing ship. “James Monroe -- 1817-1825. Promulgator of the celebrated Monroe Doctrine. America, he said, was no longer open to colonization by European powers, and any attempt to interfere with any independent American government would be resented by the United States.” Portrait of Monroe. “John Quincy Adams -- 1825-1829. Tariff and the means of communication were the great questions of the day. Protection of America’s ‘infant industries’ was secured through the tax on certain imports, and --” Portrait of Adams. “-- the Erie Canal opened up the Northwest Territory to a more rapid development.” Map showing location of Erie Canal. “Andrew Jackson -- 1829-1837. A symptom of growing democratic feeling in America was the ‘Spoils system’ which had its origin at this time. The people believed that participation in government meant office-holding. Rotation in office became popular.” Portrait of Jackson. “Martin Van Buren -- 1837-1841. A financial genius, was this 8th president. The Panic of 1837 led to the establishment later of Van Buren’s ‘sub-treasury system,’ a separation of banking from the government, which has been of permanent value to the country.” Portrait of Van Buren. “The growing democracy of the country is shown by the election of Harrison, hero of Tippecanoe, who had lived in a log cabin and drank hard cider. He died a month after inauguration --” Portrait of Harrison. “-- and was succeeded by John Tyler, whose administration was marked by constant agitation of the slavery question and by the further advance of American population into the West.” Portrait of Tyler. “James K. Polk -- 1845-1849. Discovery of gold in California in 1848 caused a very sudden development of the West. The pioneer life of the frontier has been a powerful factor in eradicating old-world class distinctions.” Portrait of Polk. “Further compromises on the slavery question marked Taylor’s administration. Taylor died in 1850 --” Portrait of Taylor. “-- and was succeeded by Millard Fillmore.” Portrait of Fillmore. “Franklin Pierce -- 1855-1857. Slavery continued to be the dominating topic. It could not be downed until it was settled right.” Portrait of Pierce. “James Buchanan -- 1857-1861. Some of the Southern states had been thinking of secession for some time. The North was willing to make a compromise, but not to permit a division of the nation.” Portrait of Buchanan. “Andrew Johnson -- 1865-1869. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in 1865. And so ‘the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’ was extended to men of colored skin.” Portrait of Johnson. “America was again united. At the same time a closer bond with Europe was established by the laying of the Atlantic Cable.” Map showing cable route. “Rutherford B. Hayes -- 1877-1881. The strikes of railway employers 1877 were the first attempts of labor to assert itself in united action. Democracy was reaching the proletariat.” Portrait of Hayes. “Serious troubles regarding the disposal of offices led to the assassination of President Garfield in 1881.” Portrait of Garfield. “His successor was enabled to secure the passage of a bill requiring government appointments to be made by competitive examinations. This was the beginning of Civil Service Reform.” Portrait of Chester A. Arthur. Portrait of Grover Cleveland. “-- and also in the Pan American Congress held in 1889-1890 which recommended arbitration of all disputes between nations of North and South America.” Portrait of Benjamin Harrison. “William McKinley -- 1897-1901. America was fast entering into world affairs. A dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela brought the Monroe Doctrine again into prominence.” Portrait of McKinley. “The responsibility of America to her weaker neighbors was further emphasized by the Cuban situation. A four months war vastly increased the importance of the United States as a world power.” World map showing acquisition of Hawaii and Philippine Islands. “Theodore Roosevelt -- 1901-1909. Hero of the war with Spain elected to the presidency by the largest vote ever cast. Scholar, writer, adventurer, warrior, explorer, typical all-around American, leader of thought and action in many fields.” Roosevelt in open car, car is driven away. “William Howard Taft -- 1909-1913. A man of splendid legal mind and fine personal qualities -- his administration was like the calm before a great storm.” Portrait of Taft. “Woodrow Wilson -- 1913- . The world upheaval brewing for 40 years, burst upon an America unprepared. Our entrance into the war was the beginning of a new period in the history of our country.” Wilson speaking from platform. [1917] c. Cowboys on horseback and afoot rounding up cattle. “The branding irons are heated.” Cowboys building a fire, roping and tying cattle. “The calf is ‘cut out’ of the herd.” Branding a calf. “A range calf is strong and hard to throw.” [1920] d. Little girl asleep in bed, wakes up - stairs, little girl comes down - three children playing with toys under Christmas tree - children playing in pool in park under supervision of nurses - children swimming in lake - large castle-like building - (unrelated footage: man working in chemistry laboratory). [1920] e. “Washington is the political center of our country. Its site on the east bank of the Potomac River was chosen by George Washington in 1791.” Panorama of Washington and river. “Washington has an area of 69 square miles. Its wide streets center at the Capitol building. Pennsylvania Avenue is the most noted.” Panorama overlooking National Gallery of Art, Capitol in distance. “The Capitol is in a park of 50 acres, the northern wing contains the Senate and the southern wing the House of Representatives.” Views of the Capitol, pedestrian traffic. “The Presidents of the United States assume their sacred trust Inauguration Day on the steps of this building.” Capitol front, dome. “Washington’s monument is as simple and great as the man it commemorates.” Monument in distance, equestrian statue in foreground - close-up of monument - tourists enter - monument from base. “Elevators carry the visitor to the monument top for a wonderful view of the city and the river.” Tourists enter. [1921]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Large open-sided tent - tent interior, spectators looking at exhibits of Ford cars, trucks, and Quadricycle - building, ‘Ford’ sign, people coming and going - exhibit in tent, wagon, covered wagon, buggies, carriages, stagecoach, early model locomotive, tri-motor airplane, spectators. [1926] b. Three men and a woman pose with Tri-Motor, getting in - plane warming up, taxiing, taking off. [1927]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Crowds looking at display of old cars, mural on wall - views of exhibit hall, crowds, display of cars - long line of cars parked at curb, traffic, two men in car with sign on side, ‘Representative Ford, Dearborn, Mich.’ - views of police escorted motorcade, cars with flags and signs telling what branches and distributors they represent - large number of people at picnic tables in park - views of crowd in park, in front of lodge - motorcade on country road, stopped in front of building, spectators - building interior - horse-drawn carriages in front of building, people getting in, carriages driven off - visitors walking on path in front of Clinton Inn, Greenfield Village - group at Scotch Settlement Schoolhouse and Martha-Mary Chapel - children drinking from fountain - crowds at Jon Bennett jewelry shop, horse-drawn carriage passing. [1934]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Man driving tri-wheeled tractor inside large building, turning, stopping, backing up, men watching from sideline - man driving tractor in field - tractor turns over - view of tractor in field, stopping, starting, backing up - close-up of front wheel - close-up of left rear wheel - close-up of V-8 engine - views of tractor in field. [1937] b. View of large hydraulic press making parts of automobile frames, man taking part out of press after each pressing - men assembling frames - view of another press in operation - view of men feeding metal into press. [1932]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Antique cars on display. Austin steam car - Benz Gasoline Car, Germany, 1898, One Cylinder - Olds, 1899 - Daimler, Germany, One Cylinder, 1908 - Winston, 1901 - Cadillac, 1902 - Ford Model A, 1903 - Ford Model B, 1904 - Ford Model C, 1905. Daimler, Winston, and Cadillac. Ford #999 - Ford Model N, 1906 - Ford Model E, 1907 - Ford Model R, 1907 - Ford Model S, 1906 - Ford Model T, 1908 - Fifteen Millionth Ford, 1927 - Ford Model A, 1927 - Twenty Millionth Ford, 1931 - Ford Model 40 V-8, 1933. [1933]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Industrial exhibits in large hall - plastics exhibit, crowd - views of milling crowds in exhibit hall - crowd watching blacksmith working at forge exhibit - ‘J.T. Wing & Co., Leather Belting Manufacturers’ exhibit - exhibit hall, crowds - worker using hand roller to smooth sheet of material on work table, marking it with large wooden pattern - dashboard on work table, worker painting section of it with large wooden block - dashboard part, worker spray painting it - crowds, cars and parts on display - large V-8 on wall - view of hall, crowds, Ford cars, parts on display - Ford on display with sign, ‘Ford, All Steel Body By Murray, Total Load, 3367 lbs.’ - Alcoa Aluminum display - hall, crowds - children on stage singing, orchestra behind them audience. [1933]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Crowds viewing exhibits inside hall - close-up of exhibit entitled, ‘Valve Heat Resistance Test,’ showing two valves, one labeled, ‘Model T Valve,’ and the other, ‘V-Valve,’ with gas burner burning both valves - view of Firestone exhibit - people watching woman running industrial machine - close-up of loom weaving tubular fabric - close-up of machine in operation - gear cutting machine - two women operating ‘Core Slitting Machine’ - automobile parts hanging from overhead conveyor - man playing xylophone, sign, ‘The Only Carbon Xylophone in the World, Made From the Same Material Used in the Production of Ford Brushes’ - people watching industrial machines in operation and exhibits - carborundum exhibit - crowds and exhibits - people looking at white Ford V-8 model in glass case - view of exhibits and crowds - people looking at car on revolving display - men operating machines - workers placing body parts in frame, automatic welding machine in operation. [1933]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: View of exhibit hall, milling crowds - performers on stage playing guitar and singing - hall, crowds - huge V-8 on wall - tire exhibit, acrobat dancing on tightrope - band on stage, crowd watching - hall crowds - exhibit with worker demonstrating metal working machinery - crowds including people in wheelchairs, groups of children - little girl sitting in old car in display of early workshop, woman standing beside her - crowds of children, policemen leading two boys away - exhibits with workers demonstrating industrial processes, spectators - man on stage talking to crowd - exhibits of cars, Murry Corporation of America, Design Division exhibit, spectators - industrial process exhibit, women workers inspecting valve stems, placing them in pistons on conveyor. [1934]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Couples including children dancing, people around dance floor watching - view of crowd watching dancers - folk dancing - square dancing - crowd watching, applauding - couples dancing - people looking at revolving exhibit of automotive parts - people watching demonstration of equipment - man operating metal polishing machine, crowd in background watching - close-up of polishing machine in operation - man operating metal lathe - young boy sitting at bench cleaning part, people in background watching - boy operating metal drill - display of chassis of car with motor, wheels, steering wheel mounted, people looking at exhibit - people walking from exhibit to exhibit - panorama of exhibition hall, people milling, partially completed cars on display - exhibit by Kelsey Hayes entitled ‘Evolution of the Ford Wheel,’ spoke wheels on display - exhibit of rubber trees, people looking at display - panorama of hall, exhibits - mural entitled ‘Nitrocellulose’ in Hercules Powder Co. display - people looking at display by Howe Corp. featuring revolving engine block - people looking at plastics display. [1933]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. ‘Ford Exposition of Progress’ hall, traffic, people entering and leaving building - hall interior, crowds, groups of school children, some with teachers - group of crippled children, some in wheelchairs, some on crutches - exhibit, ‘Simonds Saws are the Best’ - children watching worker at bench operating machine - Quadricycle on display, ‘Henry Ford’ tinkering with it - display, ‘First…Built by Henry Ford…’ shop interior, ‘Henry Ford’ working - display, Quadricycle, ‘Henry Ford’ tinkering with it - group of children on stage singing, orchestra behind them, audience - couples including children on dance floor, square dancing - view of exhibit hall, crowds, exhibits including, ‘Goodrich Safety Silverton’ tires, ‘Goodyear,’ and ‘Standard Oil’ filling station. [1933] b. Close-up of group in stands - people in judges stand above crowd on ground - parade, bagpipers, Ford V-8, other cars - close-up of man - V-8 and motorcycle on racetrack - V-8 and horseback rider on track - V-8 crossing finish line ahead of motorcade, crowd, stands - crowd around car, motorcade, horseback rider - bagpipers parading through street of town, spectators, parked cars - close-up of small child in kilt parading with man, pipers passing - cars with ‘Watch the Fords Go By’ sign on sides - parade of different models of Ford Cars and trucks with names of businesses on them. [1934]