NARA Collection fc — Collection fc

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Filmed in 1921, 1926, and 1927. Views of workers assembling and bolting together sides and back section of automobile body - workers riveting body to frame - group of men in steel mill watching long rod of iron moving along conveyor - bearded man sharpening sickle - cabled ore car being pulled up track to top of tipple, dumping load into hopper - load of logs on sled moving through snow - inside of large camp bunk house - buildings at lumber camp, snow on ground - building, sign above door, ‘Ford Motor Co., Camp 1’ - view of high tipple, track built up one side - River Rouge plant dock, ore freighter being unloaded - freighter in water - bridge of freighter ‘Henry Ford II’ - view of freighter ‘Benson Ford’ - large boxes being loaded into hold of freighter - stern of freighter ‘Onondaga’ at dock - freighter at dock, water - River Rouge plant yard - view of worker at controls of crane unloading ore from freighter - dock - worker removing block from glass furnace, looking at blaze through filter - workers buffing edges of sheets of glass - molten glass glowing in dark - long brick oven - view of River Rouge plant - railroad tracks, electric lines running above - electric train - small power plant, dam, spillway - plant building - interior of shell of automobile - panoramic view of River Rouge plant, dock, freighter being unloaded, tugboat. [1927]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Iron Mountain. ‘Safety Contest Board,’ dials with arrows showing safety records of ‘Green - Parts, ‘S.M.,’ ‘No 1, S.M.,’ ‘Body plant,’ ‘1,’ ‘2,’ ‘3,’ ‘Chemical plants,’ and ‘Factory Main’t.’ - exhibit, man watching machines in operation, ‘instruction’ sign by one - close-up of machine, man’s finger pushing button which activates it - Ford plant yard, workers leaving building by fire escape - lumber yard interior, tractor is backed up to load of lumber, worker hooks it up, tractor hauls it -tractor-powered snow plow clearing road - cameraman, camera on tri-pod, caterpillar-drawn sled loaded with logs in background - two men, one carrying tri-pod over shoulder, dragging pack over snow. Imperial Mine. Panorama of mine and mining town, snow-covered scene - sign on water tower, ‘Ford’ - mine buildings, tractor-drawn float-plow smoothing and packing snow on road - mine car hauled to top of huge hopper by cable and dumped - mine car on level track - mine car on cable moving up steep incline - view of cable from inside hut, car blocks opening, car moving away from opening - empty mine car coming down steep incline - loaded car pushed from under hopper to end of track, dumped, two workers - empty car is hauled back under hopper - mine shaft opening, snow all around, miners leaving. [1926]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: View of structure in plant yard - ladle cars in plant yard - crane on railroad tracks, ladle car moving under - molten metal running in ditches from furnaces, workers - hot ingots on conveyors - molten metal pouring from huge ladle - row of new tractors on dock, crane loading large crate labeled ‘Ford’ onto ship - huge crane removing part of ship from partially scrapped hull - group of men touring plant - plant construction, beams placed on conveyor by crane, worker tending conveyor - bloom mill, hot rods moving through rolling machinery, workers at controls of machinery - views of buildings, conveyor system, railroad trains from plant yard - molten metal flowing into ladle car - buildings, crane, slag heaps from plant yard - deck of ship. [1926]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Aerial view of snow-covered residential area - group of men around Ford Tri-Motor airplane ‘Maiden Dearborn’ - worker loading crates and mail sacks into plane - crowd around plane - workers working on locomotive inside plant, cab and engine moved by overhead crane, lowered onto chassis - two passenger cars at end of freight train moving through plant yard, men and boys walking along side, crowd following - railroad gondola under hopper, being filled - full gondola - crowd of workers walking toward plant - aerial view of plant - large cranes unloading freighter - worker removing crates from conveyor, placing them on another, truck backed up to conveyor - wheels coming out of building onto dock - automobile parts on overhead conveyor, worker removing motor block, placing it on another conveyor - loaded mine cars leaving mine tunnel, worker riding in prone position - tractor-drawn plow in field - herd of sheep in pasture, small stream - revolving globe with scenes of Ford Motor Company industrial activities superimposed. [1935]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Foundry interior - molten metal pouring from huge bucket held by crane - crane moving bucket - view of huge press - hot ingot dropping onto conveyor, moving into bloom mill, through rolling machinery - parts moving along conveyor - stacks of scrap metal in yard - worker operating press stamping out body parts - hot metal rod moving on conveyor - workers removing metal bars from furnaces, placing them in presses - two workers carrying large sheet of metal - empty cars leaving top of tipple, worker watching - railroad train loaded with ore or coal - mine interior, miners, loaded cars - freight train of loaded gondolas moving along tracks, in plant yard - close-up of huge crane arm - view of countryside from top of tipple, loaded car moving up, blotting out view - ore freighter under way - huge crane - view of plant buildings from above, walkways - crane moving ore from stockpile - coke oven discharging - mine interior, moving car - ore freighter at dock. [1929] b. “Where a difficult job is being done at low cost, Ford trucks will be found.” Semi-trailer truck loaded with logs on very bad road, on paved highway - dump truck loaded with stone being driven over rough quarry floor, on road out of quarry. “Ford trucks will build profits for you.” Truck under tipple, being filled, being driven away - truck driven onto scale, off - truck stopping in front of row of houses, load being dumped into street. “In the ever increasing demand for reliable transportation Ford trucks fill the exacting requirements under all conditions.” “Sturdiness -- economy of operation -- flexibility -- low first cost -- and service, everywhere required by truck operators, are features of Ford equipment.” Dump trucks, loaded and empty, coming and going over rough muddy road, dumping loads. “Problems of transportation in all lines of business are solved by the use of Ford equipment.” Truck moving under hopper, buckets being filled with concrete mix - truck under water tower with worker on platform, water being added - workers on dock loading sacks of cement onto truck - workers using block and tackle to remove buckets of concrete mix from truck to spreader on road building job. [1931]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ford railroad coke car being loaded from chute - train passes, cars in background - view of Ford plant, five large smokestacks - train passes barriers go down over road, car, pedestrian stops for train to pass, cars go on - electric locomotive passes - house surrounded by picket fence - interior of plant, men touring - group outside - group looking at machinery, truck, pedestrian and automobile traffic - police-escorted motorcade leaves plant - reception line, group meeting Henry Ford - views of reception. [1925]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Ford plant workers gather outside plant - men and women with newspaper in hands - police present at the scene to restore law and order - man talks to a policeman - woman under overpass yells and defies a policeman - policemen place workers in paddy wagon - policemen hold back the crowd - crowd around a sign that reads, ‘Congested Area, Hawking-Selling-Distributing Prohibited’ - man in a plant yard - views of milling crowd in plant yard and on overpass - policemen, heavy traffic, buses, crowd at the plant’s entrance. [1937] b. Test-driving Army jeep - turning jeep over by driving over large rock, driver rolling free, getting back in, resuming test - test-driving tank over rough and steep terrain - 7,000th Ford Liberator bomber hauled out of plant by tractor, ‘The Lucky 7’ inside an upside-down horseshoe painted on side of plane ,December, 1944. Bombers on field - B-24 with ‘5,000th Ford Built Liberator’ painted on fuselage, July, 1944. Henry Ford, Henry Ford II, British and American officers posing with bomber - close-up of engine and propeller of 5,000th bomber - Henry Ford II posing with group beside Ford’s 8,000th Liberator. Ford II signing 8,000th’s fuselage, March, 1945. [1945] c. Children on bicycles, bicycles followed by car, Henry and Mrs. Ford getting out of car, posing with children and others, man directing singing - crowd around car - boy holding cake, presenting it to Henry Ford in car. [1938]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Lighthouse through binoculars from ship, ship in distance - deck of freighter from bridge, passenger ship passing - views of water - crow’s nest on mast, blinking electric ‘F’ sign - panorama of industrial shoreline from freighter, another freighter passing, wooded shoreline, deck, crew members opening hatches - freighters going through draw bridge spans - freighter under way on choppy lake - open swing bridge - railroad cars atop huge loading hopper on dock - city shoreline from freighter on lake, industrial shoreline - two long docks out into lake, lighthouses at ends, crane arm span between grounded ends - industrial and business shorelines - residential district and waiting crane cage with automobiles and people in it from ship going under crane span - crane cage moving across span after ship passes - shoreline. [1927]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Several views of the freighter ‘Benson Ford’ under way from small boat - several ships and barges, shoreline in background - dock, horizontal crane arm - ‘Benson Ford’ at dock - huge cranes unloading ‘Benson Ford’ - freighter under way from underneath and close-up to prow - shoreline from water - ‘Benson Ford’ looking up at prow. [1927]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Railroad ore cars moving along top of high hoppers used for loading ships - ore freighter being unloaded by huge overhead cranes - crane dropping load onto pile - ship in river, railroad ore cars in background atop loading hopper - ore pile - close-up of bridge on freighter ‘Benson Ford,’ ship’s officer by rail - railroad ore cars on hopper - ore pile, loading hoppers, freighter - close-up of shovel coming out of hold - view out over holds on freighter, ore pile - loading hoppers - swing bridge - close-up of swing section of bridge - view out over cargo holds - crane tracks on high bridge-like span over water - view out over holds, crane in background carrying load across river - river, lighthouse on island - ship’s pilothouse, officer at wheel, another officer at window - officer moving engine room telegraph to various positions - officer on bridge taking sighting with sextant - shoreline from ship - loading hoppers - loading chutes from hoppers are lowered into holds - ore pouring into freighter - view into hold - ship at hopper. [1927]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ship’s log (speedometer) clamped to side of ship, close-up of dial graduated in r.p.m.’s - ship’s officer checks dial, opens telephone box on deck, speaks into phone, closes box - workers checking ship’s generators - view of choppy water from deck - women on deck looking over side - ship at dock, sailors in Bosun’s chair are swung over side onto dock one at a time - view of ship ‘Benson Ford’ at dock - officer on bridge - ‘Benson Ford’ in canal lock, gates closing, ship rising in lock - plant gate, building in background, dock in foreground - view looking down canal, river in background - ship’s bridge from deck - plant from ship - looking down canal at closing locks, worker on the end of one gate - drawbridge, open span, ship in foreground, span closing - officer reading instrument on bridge, using binoculars, reading other instruments, using sextant. [1927]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Smokestack of ‘Ford’ ship - deck from bridge - plant from ship’s bridge - loaded coal car rolling down incline, past railroad watering tower, into elevator - coal car being lifted and dumped by elevator, lowered, another car rolling into elevator - locomotive hauling empty cars - freighter at dock, hold being filled by elevator which picks up and dumps coal cars, coal going down chute into hold of ship - close-up of underside of elevator during dumping maneuver - empty car foiling down incline - elevator dumping car - freighter ‘Benson Ford’ at dock, chute raised, chute lowered - view of two elevators with chutes up - freighter ‘Benson Ford’ under way, deck from bridge - ship through binoculars - close-up of sign, ‘Benson Ford,’ on ship - deck. [1927]