NARA Collection fc — Collection fc

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Plant interior - worker welding bomb engine casing - bomb jet engines being moved by workers - engine being tested - Raymond Rolf and Henry Ford II watching test - workers assembling bomb - bombs being launched. “Buzz Bombs Now Made in U.S.A.” “Fuselage -- Toledo, Ohio.” Workers assembling fuselage of bomb at the Jack & Heintz Company. Large metal ball for guidance system being rolled into bomb - nose and wings attached - diagram of bomb. “Jet engine -- Dearborn, Michigan.” Plant interior - workers making jet engine - jet engines being moved by workers -testing engine - Raymond Rolf and Henry Ford II watching engine testing. [1945]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Several amphibious scout cars [jeeps] driven through plant yard - cars enter water, are propelled around river, driven up submerged ramp, out of water [9/9/42] - close-up of car with civilian and military personnel in it - car re-enters water, leaves - re-enters with military personnel driving - several views of car entering and leaving water - cars in water - view of cars in factory, being driven out, down road, entering water - military and civilian personnel inspecting car - car entering and leaving water several times. [1942]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Isaak Walton, our most famous fisherman, says: ‘O’ the gallant fisher’s life. It is the best of any: Tis full of pleasure, void of strife, and tis beloved by many. Other joys are but toys only this, lawful is; For our skills breed no ill, But content and pleasure.’” Two fishermen in a canoe. “The sportiest fishing in America is brook trout fishing and hip boots are absolutely essential.” Men put on hip boots. “In the woods a man casts off his years; there he finds perpetual youth.” “Casting, the most difficult of fisher’s arts.” “Then, strong lines, cutting the crisp air, alighting softly on the sparkling surface.” “Scaly, slippery, gamey, swift, wet, staring trout.” Fisherman reels in line. “Every ounce of him is fighting weight.” Fisherman nets trout. “Remember Tennyson’s lines: ‘For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever.’” Fishermen wading in stream. “Trout fishermen, particularly when in a canoe, prefer downstream.” Boat moves downstream with current. “‘Idle time, not idly spent,’ said Sir Henry Wotton of fishing.” “The immortal Shakespeare wrote: ‘The pleasantest angling is to see the fish cut with her golden oars the silver stream and greedily devour the treacherous bait.’” Man poles boat while fisherman lands trout. “Angling has become a co-ed institution.” Woman in hip boots casting for trout. “‘There goes my fish!’” Dog swimming. “Patience.” Fishermen sitting in boat. “Here are the great fish hatcheries of the Au Sable River where the swift trout learn to swim.” “The Hatchery, where the trout come from.” “The dinner bell.” Man feeds fish in hatchery. “Ever see ’em bite like this?” “Where the ‘Bread Line’ is a whirlpool.” “They’re just like Oliver Twist.” “Food can tame the wildest trout.” “Hatching time arrives.” Fish removed with nets from hatchery. “Taking eggs from trout.” “There are several kinds of trout -- first, the Speckled.” Man holds speckled trout. “And the Brook trout.” Man holds brook trout. “Also the Rainbow trout.” Man holds Rainbow trout. “Where eggs are hatched.” Tray in hatchery building. “Just arrived.” “From 15 to 30 days old.” “From 30 to 45 days old.” “Swift said: ‘Fish should swim thrice. First in water, next in butter, and then in good Claret.’ But that was before July 1st.” Group dining. “The End.” [1919]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: International Good Roads Tour. “The town girls tickle a mean ivory and the Pikers shake a wicked leg.” Girl outside a building playing a piano, crowd in background. “Finding roads to improve is a Piker’s job.” Motorcade travels along dirt road. “Ain’t nature grand? It is, answers the Piker, for he has seen this.” Military band serenades tourists on riverboat; views as boat moves upstream; bather runs along beach, jumps into surf; Civil War monument; decorated fire engine; three men in a canoe; lake scenes; automobile and truck cross a wooden bridge, sign on truck, ‘Delco Light.' [1921]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: The Army-Navy ‘E’ Award or Army-Navy Production Award, was presented for excellence in production of war equipment. Group of people standing before bandstand, band playing, dignitaries walking on stage and sitting down - men speaking from podium - men, including Henry Ford II displaying ‘Army-Navy E’ award flag - men raising flag up flagpole, people clapping - Ford II speaking from podium - different men speaking - naval officer pinning award on lapels of different men - men standing, band playing - close-up of Ford II and people on stage - Navy officer, Ford II, and people posing, shaking hands - different men posing - Army officers displaying ‘E’ Award flag - naval officer, Ford II, and man posing and talking - two men posing. “The End.” [1944]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ernest R. Breech speaking behind podium, explaining film about to be shown - map of world - New York City skyline - view of Tishman Building in New York City - views of Highland Park plant - map of world - views of Ford of Canada in Windsor - view inside Ford of Canada, powerhouse, foundry, press shop, assembly operations, shipping and crating - truck hauling large crate in Bombay - views of Ford Motor Company of India, assembly line, laborers - globe - aerial views of Wellington, New Zealand - view of Ford plant in Wellington, assembly lines, workers - close-up of Mr. Jackson, Ford manager in New Zealand, driving tractor labeled, ‘The 2,000th Fordson Major off the line -- 1948’ off assembly line - tractors outside plant - tractor in hilly field - map of Australia showing Ballarat, Geelong, and Melbourne - view of Melbourne Bay - view of Ford plant at Geelong - views inside Australian plant, uncrating, assembling - map of Australia showing Sydney - aerial view of Sydney - view of Ford plant - assembly line inside plant - Fords outside plant - map of Australia showing Brisbane - views of Brisbane and Ford plant - map of Australia showing Perth - views of Perth and Ford plant - map of Australia showing Adelaide - view of Adelaide and Ford plant - sign, ‘Ford Motor Company of Malaya Limited, Singapore’ - views of Singapore - views of Ford plant, inside and out - globe - views of Port Elizabeth, South Africa - views of Ford’s South African plant. [1948]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The birthplace and early home of Henry Ford also --” “The birthplace of the dream, the realization of which has increased the opportunities and added to the share of labor.” Large house, picket fence - barn - boy leaving house - walking to barn. “The first workshop.” Children entering school house - boy at desk tinkering with tools behind propped up book. “The usual arduous tasks did their share to stimulate the mental activities of the ‘Boy on the Farm.’” Barn - boy chopping wood - men sawing log with tractor-powered saw - boy chopping wood. “Confiscating all mechanical opportunities.” Steam engine in operation. “Realization.” Boy examining steam engine in operation. “Leaving home at nineteen to work, love, and serve the world.” Portrait of Henry Ford as a boy - large group of men including a young Ford. “In this small building before and after the hours of regular employment the first car was developed.” First workshop - close-up of Quadricycle motor - Ford driving Quadricycle. “The commercial car on which the company was organized-and later models.” Several different models - large building - views of different model Ford cars - Ford Motor Company assembly plant - new cars leaving building - Highland Park plant, street, traffic - panoramic view of Highland park plant. “These industries were built and will endure by faith in your fellow men -- service to the World, and Justice.” Docks at River Rouge plant, cranes - tractor - pile of tractor wheels outside factory, snow falling - line of trucks - workers in assembly plant - Eagle boat plant - V-12 Liberty engine on cart - biplane taking off. “After all is said and done, there is nothing in life but good fellowship and good will.” “The greatest pleasure or constructive good that can come to any man anywhere in or out of business is in doing something for another.” Commissary, woman buying groceries - men buying meat at meat counter. “Giving the boys a chance, in the trade school.” Boys working at machinery - boy operating lathe, instructor watching - large buildings - Henry Ford Hospital. “Old friends are true friends.” Steam engine in operation - car stopping, Ford and other men getting out - Ford putting on coveralls. “As in the days of ‘Auld Lang Syne.’” Ford tinkering with steam engine - worker feeding wheat into threshing machine - Ford and steam engine. ‘“The Present’ and ‘The Past’ the ‘new’ relieves and assists the old.” Tractor pulling steam engine. “Friends for forty years and more.” Ford and three other men standing near wagon. “Close to nature.” Ford chopping notch in large tree - Ford and others sawing tree, felling tree - Ford on stump, walking on felled tree - sawing felled tree - men using tractor-powered saw - Ford getting out of car. “Boys that’s a whole lot easier than it used to be.” Ford watching men saw - the ‘Square House’ home of Henry and Mrs. Ford from 1889 to 1891 - view of Fair Lane, river - close-up of Fair Lane. “Down life’s lane together, hand in hand we go.” Henry and Mrs. Ford getting into Quadricycle, driving around driveway of Fair Lane - Henry and Mrs. Ford posing. “‘My ambition is to employ still more men; to spread the profits of this industrial system to the greatest possible number; to help them build up their lives and their homes,’ says Henry Ford.” Henry and Mrs. Ford posing. [1921]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The birthplace and early home of Henry Ford, also --” “The birthplace of the dream, the realization of which has increased the opportunities and added to the share of labor.” Views of Ford Farm, house and barn, snow on ground - boy leaving house - children playing in front of one room country school, entering school - schoolroom, boy drawing steam engine on slate, playing with tools, book propped up in front. “The first workshop.” Boy at desk taking watch apart behind propped up schoolbook - boy tinkering with small wheel. “The usual arduous tasks did their share to stimulate the mental activities of the ‘Boy on the Farm.’” Boy driving horse-drawn wagon loaded with wood, driving same wagon with tractor - back to horse-drawn wagon - boy chopping wood by hand, using tractor-powered saw, back to chopping by hand. “Confiscating all mechanical opportunities.” Boy and man with steam engine. “Realization.” Steam engine. “Leaving home at nineteen to work, love, and serve the world.” “In this small building before and after the hours of regular employment the first car was developed.” “The commercial car on which the company was organized -- and later models.” Plant - sign, ‘Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant’ - Model T cars leaving plant, on city street - aerial view of River Rouge plant. “These industries were built and will endure by faith in your fellow man -- service to the World, and Justice.” Panorama of plant. “The first Fordson.” “Ever present is the thought to use and develop water power to its fullest extent.” Henry Ford standing beside small waterfall. “Lumber tracts and ore mines are links in this mighty chain.” Tractor-drawn sleds loaded with logs on snowy road - logs on conveyor into sawmill - saw in operation - coal pile beside tipple, mine buildings, workers - Ford driving tractor into field from farmyard - tractor wheels in plant yard. “Setting aside one’s dearest ambitions and releasing a flood of unnatural power to relive the world in one of its darkest moments.” Plant interior, sign over large motor, ‘2,500 Horsepower Steam Turbine Engine Used in Eagle Boats, Ford Motor Company’ - row of engines - ship transfer table, Eagle boat plant in background - Eagle boat under construction, under way - plant interior, workers - biplane on field. “After all is said and done, there is nothing in life but good fellowship and good will.” Ford commissary, clerks, customers. “The greatest pleasure or constructive good that can come to any man anywhere in or out of business is in doing something for another.” Butcher selling meat. “‘Giving the boys a chance’ in the trade school.” Shop, boys at machines - man walking through snow - Henry Ford Hospital. “The D.T.&I. railroad adds another realization to the long list of boyhood dreams.” [1921]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Workers pose in front of a building. “In this small building before and after the hours of regular employment the first car was developed.” Henry Ford drives a tractor over a rough meadow - truck and tractor in yard of industrial plant - yard with stacks of tires, tractor wheels, and other materials - fleet of tractors is driven along country road. “Setting aside one’s dearest ambitions and releasing a flood of unnatural power to relieve the world in one of its darkest moments.” Ford plant interior - sign over engine, ‘2500 Horsepower, Steam Turbine Engine, Used in Eagle Boats, Ford Motor Co.’ Machines in plant. “After all is said and done, there is nothing in life but good fellowship and good will.” Store - clerks serve customers. “The greatest pleasure or constructive good that can come to any man anywhere in or out of business is in doing something for another.” Butcher shop - butchers serve customers. “‘Giving the boys a chance,’ in the trade school.” Machine shop. Man walks in snow - residential area. Large building complex. “The D.T.&I. railroad adds another realization to the long list of the boyhood dreams.” Freight train - Ford at the throttle of the locomotive. “Ever present is the thought to use and develop water power to its fullest extent.” Ford by a stream. “Lumber tracts and ore mines are links in this mighty chain. Lumber sleds hauled by tractor on snowy road. [1921]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “In the Lincoln Motor purchase was marked a step forward in the automobile world and the making of many steadfast friends.” Views of Lincoln building, traffic - Henry and Edsel Ford and the Lelands at signing ceremony. “Old friends are true friends.” “As in the days of ‘Auld Lang Syne.’” Farmer loading corn into feed grinder. “‘The Present’ and ‘The Past.’ The ‘new’ relieves and assists the old.” Tractor-drawn steam engine in farmyard. “Friend for forty years and more.” Four men including Henry Ford standing beside wagon, Ford farmhouse in background - tractor-powered saw, workers cutting logs, car approaching, man getting out. “Boys that’s a whole lot easier than it used to be.” Ford watching tractor-powered saw in operation. “Close to nature.” Ford chopping notch in large tree - Ford helping to saw tree with two-man saw, chopping - tree falling, workers - Ford on stump, walking log, helping to saw tree into sections - square house, home of the Fords from 1889-1891 - views of Fair Lane as seen through trees, ice on river. “Playmates.” “Each summer tents are pitched in some secluded spot and these men of world fame live once more in the warm friendship of one another.” Ford on rock washing clothes in stream - Ford, Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone, Jr. around washbasins on folding table - Henry and Mrs. Ford getting into Quadricycle, driving on snow-covered drive at Fair Lane, posing. “‘My ambition is to employ still more men; to spread the profits of this industrial system to the greatest possible number, to help them build up their lives and their homes.’ Henry Ford.” Ford, Edison, and Warren G. Harding sitting in lawn chairs reading newspapers and talking. “Winter in spite of its reputation, holds forth many enjoyable moments for Mrs. Ford.” Mrs. Ford making snowball, throwing it. “Down life’s lane together, hand in hand we go.” [1921]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: At the Cross Roads. Leavenworth Prison. Parts I-III. Prison buildings. “These walls are not cold and gray, but white.” Panoramic view of cell blocks. “And in the sunlight, the prison looks like a prosperous banking institution.” “All that we know who are in gaol, Is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, A year who’s days are long.” “Where men, forgetting those things which are behind, press on toward the mark of a higher calling.” Inmates enter a building. “Iron and steel and concrete, securely wrought and cast.” “Uncle Sam is an insistent collector of photographs -- each new visitor to Leavenworth adds his portrait to the collection.” Staff photographer photographs inmate. “And in the Bertillon room, accurate measurements are taken of hands, and fingers, and ears.” Staff member measures inmates. “In this room its always thumbs down. And…fingers also.” Fingerprinting. “The prints are then studied and catalogued.” “Sherlock would take his trusty magnifying glass and go to the police filing cabinet, look over the fingerprints and see this --” “No two people were ever created exactly alike and no two fingers were ever alike. So these prints furnish evidence that is beyond alibi.” “Tier after tier of steel homes.” Cell block. “A man’s home is his castle.” Cell with bunks and pictures on the wall. “Work -- good clean honest work, makes a healthy mind and body.” Prisoners work in shop, in yard, construct building, under supervision of guards. “A watch that never runs down.” Guard towers. “Maybe the price of shoes is going up -- but these chaps make their own.” Prison shoe making shop. “And soon become expert tailors.” Tailor shop. “Shave and a Hair Cut -- Bay Rum!” “And print their own newspaper.” “Fresh vegetables, home grown, help the bill of fare.” Prison farm. “…had a little…his fleece was…as…” Lambs around truck. “Men at Leavenworth are given every opportunity to develop their education.” Classrooms - typing, drafting. “12 M. is the ‘Shake-a-leg’ hour.” Men walk in prison yard. “And on Saturday afternoon baseball.” Game, spectators, guard watches from tower. Prisoner silhouetted against barred window. [1919]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: [part 1] Automobile on mountain road, sign, ‘Gilmore-Yosemite Run, Ford, Al Steubing,’ painted on the side and rear - sign, ‘Entering Sierra National Forest’ - views of highway, forest, mountains, snow, signs, ‘Elevation 4000 Ft.’ and ‘Elevation 5000 Ft.’ - tunnel as seen from moving car - car with sign, ‘Gilmore-Yosemite Run, Lincoln Zephyr,’ on mountain road - views similar to the above from moving car - views of flat countryside from moving car, automobile traffic, railroad overpass, telephone poles - man with ‘AAA’ arm band at table pouring liquid from [graduated beaker] onto glass clamped to removed head gasket - workers servicing car - fronts of automobiles parked side by side - two AAA officials standing beside official car - worker at ‘Ford’ testing machine - double line of cars at side of road - ‘Al Steubing’ car at head of one row, close-ups of ‘Hudson 112…’ ‘Mercury’ - AAA official checking under hood of Ford, sealing hood closed - sign, ‘Swing Along without a Jitter.’ [1938]