NARA Collection fc — Collection fc

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Group of children throwing pebbles into lily pond - Henry Ford playing with children - three people in horse-drawn sleigh on snowy road - children sledding down steep slide - group pulling sleds along cleared ice of stream - man riding scooter on ice - sledding down steep slide - two men and two women walking on ice - two women dancing on ice - group pulling sled on ice - man riding horse, stopping, woman walking up to him - man on horse posing, Edsel Ford riding up to him, handshaking, posing - both men riding up and down road, posing. [1920]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Men square dancing in barn, spectators - men broad jumping in field - men near miniature farm exhibit - Henry and Mrs. Ford dancing in barn, spectators - Henry Ford picking up small child - boy operating steam engine - boy on top of straw stack - boys with hay wagon near stable. [1924]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Henry Ford and H.M. and W.C. Leland conversing, spectators in background - Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Leland - Edsel Ford - group gets into automobile - police hold back crowd of spectators - automobile and pedestrian traffic - officials pose in front of ‘Lincoln’ building, guests enter building - portrait of Henry Ford on window of building - officials leaving building, entering automobile - Henry, Edsel, and Mrs. Ford, pose with floral basket - automobile and Lincoln building, statue of Abraham Lincoln, American flag, in background - Henry Ford conversing with Leland - Mr. and Mrs. Leland leave building, followed by Ford and other officials - group poses outside with flowers - various scenes of the same people inside and outside of the Lincoln building on the same occasion - exchange of documents in an office - officials leaving building - Ford and Leland shake hands of officials and guests as they file past, they are joined by Edsel Ford - large group poses in front of building, Henry Ford leaves with Leland, crowd waves hats - Ford and Leland ride away in back of open touring car - plant building. [1922] b. Automobile driven into farm yard - men get out - snow covered mountains background. [1924] c. Biplane at Ford Airport - panoramic view of plane, hangar, men in the distance - spectators - hangars and parked planes - spectators running as plane, “Spirit of St. Louis” lands - Henry Ford greets and converses with Charles A. Lindbergh - introduction of officials - Lindbergh in back seat of automobile surrounded by crowd - parade of guests in touring cars. [1927] d. Girl and older man in back seat of automobile looking at newspaper - car driven past large residence - salesman leads group past sign in high grass, ‘Lots.’ “They pick a lot.” Wedding party leaving a church, sign on back of automobile, ‘Just Married’ - automobile driven away. [1919] e. Mountain valley view - automobile pulling small trailer driven up - group gets out, men take camping gear from trailer, unfold sides of trailer and unfold tent - group seated in tent eating - view of car and tent with flaps closed. [1916]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Large barn, steam engine in operation in background, worker running from barn - worker driving pair of horses - workers running up to wash basins, washing hands, throwing water on each other, one ducking another’s head in bucket - workers receiving food, sitting down - workers eating - steam engine in operation - silhouette of brace boards across doorway of barn - barn jacked up off foundation - workers - barn being rolled along logs on boards under support beams - winch operated by tractor providing power. [1923]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Farm Scenes. [1937]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Henry Ford and others watching tractor demonstration, farmyard and parked cars in background - driver and Ford inspecting engine of tractor - Ford leaning against fence talking with another man - Ford and another man - (unrelated footage: Fair Lane estate seen through trees) - costumed men and women outside farmhouse talking, laughing, and clowning around - workers gathering arm loads of firewood from large pile - workers throwing basketfuls and arm loads of wood into fire box of steam engine. [1917]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. (‘Moving barn on Henry Ford Farm with Tractor’ written on film) - tractor anchored to post in ground, winch in operation pulling barn - Mrs. Henry Ford with Mrs. Edsel Ford, very small child and bulldog leaving barn - boy driving around in pony-drawn sled. [1923] b. Several views of the freighter ‘Benson Ford’ under construction - workers - shoring under freighter - guillotines for launching ship - men posing near ship. 4/26/24, ship in water. [1924]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Threshing wheat on Mr. Ford’s farm - 1926. Fleet of tractor-powered threshing machines in field, workers feeding wheat into machines, others filling grain sacks, straw being blown onto stack. ‘Sulky Race - Ford Farm. Several views of horse-drawn sulkies racing around track, spectators. [1926] b. Stagecoach and Model N Ford, Dearborn, Jan. 17, 1926. Horse-drawn stagecoach moving across field, stopping for passenger, starting again. [1926]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. New Ford being driven off final assembly line, headlights aligned - painted chassis on overhead conveyor passing bank of baking lights - exterior of plant, parking area - workers leaving men’s locker room, walking in hallway - interior of foundry - workers assembling mold - steam rising from furnace - pistons on conveyor - workers welding chassis - close-up of worker’s face and workers at machines - molten metal pouring from furnace, workers throwing material into molten metal - molds being filled with molten metal. [1952] b. Automobile backing around corner into man stepping off curb - several men getting out of car using rear door - truck stuck in mud, another truck and a man helping to get it out - boy running into street and into side of moving car. [1920] c. Racetrack, driver climbing into ‘999’ race car with assistance of another man, photographer, spectators - racer ‘999’ moving around track, spectators - group of men examining racer, sign, ‘Ford 999 Racer’ on car - man posing in racer, bunting draped grandstands. [1954]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The prize winning float entered by Ford Motor Company in Detroit Safety Parade held Sunday, May 5, 1925.” Tractor-drawn float with sign, ‘Safety Education’ - children in float practice ‘crossing street’ with a safety patrolman - parade floats drive along street with automobile traffic, streetcar - Ford tractor with sign, "Production with Safety is Beneficial to all." Views of unidentified building; public square and monument; beach scene, lighthouse on seacoast; view of a city with Spanish-style architecture; formal garden; tourists.[1925] b. “The wipe tinning operation is the first process before the metal goes to press.” Workers pour, wipe off molten tin from metal plates. “From a round shell an electric percolator body is formed.” Worker operates metal stamping machinery. “Then buffed.” Worker operates metal buffing machinery. “Aluminum discs are cut.” Worker operates metal casting. “And a body spun from a stamped shell.” Worker operates a metal lathe. “Faucet and plug receptacle are soldered into place.” Worker solders parts to urn. “Before nickel plating the urn is cut and buffed.” Worker operates buffing machinery. “Then assembled.” Worker assembles parts. [1925]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. View of freighter ‘Onondaga’ tied up at dock, crane unloading boat, workers on dock - sign on building, ‘Welcome ‘Onondaga’ to Southern California -- Clark K. Cook Co. San Pedro Ford Dealer’ - view of ‘Ford’ written over bridge of ship - ship coming into dock, crane unloading cargo onto tractor-drawn trailer. [1925] b. Group of men including Henry Ford loading mail sacks from back of truck to Ford Stout 2-AT plane, plane takes off from snowy Ford Airport - biplanes taking off from snow covered runway - Ford planes, cars and mail trucks on snow-covered field - motorcycle on runway, man sitting at desk, other man brings in air mail letters, first man sorts through them. [1926]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: View of docks, cranes, railroad ore cars, freighters at docks - view from moving ship of freighter being loaded, endless belt conveyor loading ship, ‘Michigan, The Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Co.’ - plant - men standing on drawbridge open for passage of ship - drawbridge lowering - tug pulling away from freighter - smokestack painted ‘Ford’ - ship’s officers on deck, steam whistles blowing in background - officers by ship’s compass - moving freighter - freighter passing through open drawbridge - freighter ‘Lake Ormoc’ under way - view of freighter from several different angles - deck of freighter - flags, ‘Lake Ormac’ - officers and men on bridge of ship - men including ship’s officers and Edsel Ford on deck of ship. [1928]