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Edsel Ford of Ford Company flags off aircraft at the Airplane Reliability Tour for the Edsel B Ford Trophy in Dearborn.
A film on the Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour for the Edsel B Ford Trophy at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Edsel B Ford, President of the Ford Motor Company, and R W Schroeder, former holder of World's Altitude Record, during the Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour for the Edsel B Ford Trophy, at the Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Edsel Ford, the official starter, with Schroeder beside a vehicle. Schroeder holding the white flag. Edsel Ford holding the white flag stands with the official staff of judges on the airfield. Several men on the airfield. Edsel Ford standing with a few men waves the flag. People moving about on the airfield. Edsel Ford standing with several men flags off an aircraft. The aircraft piloted by Walter Beech takes off. Edsel Ford flags off another aircraft piloted by Fred Melchoir and the aircraft has 'Junkers' written on it. A biplane prepares to take off from the airfield. Number '14' written on the biplane. Edsel Ford flags off the biplane. The biplane piloted by John Stauffer takes off. Another aircraft piloted by Earl Rowland is flagged off. Men beside the aircraft. Edsel Ford flags off an aircraft. 'Fokker' written on the aircraft. The Fokker aircraft piloted by E.P.Lott takes off from the airfield. A biplane piloted by Casey Jones is flagged off. Men beside the biplane. Edsel Ford flags off an aircraft piloted by Cy. Caldwell. A few men beside Edsel Ford. An aircraft piloted by L.B.Richardson is flagged off from the airfield. A Ford all-metal aircraft piloted by Edward G.Hamilton flagged off. The aircraft takes off from the airfield. A biplane piloted by E.A.Goff Jr. flagged off. Another biplane piloted by W.J.Addems flagged off. Several men on the airfield watch the aircraft taking off.
Tourists in buses to tour the Ford River Rouge Plants in Dearborn, Michigan. Aerial views of the Plants.
Ford Motor Company film about the Rouge River Plants in Dearborn Michigan. Aerial view of Detroit Michigan, showing major city buildings and waterfront, with ships tied up. steam locomotive pulls a long passenger train along track passing through industrial area. Sidewalk scene in front of a hotel in Detroit, Michigan, where tourists are boarding a tour bus to take them to the Ford Company plants. The bus drives along streets of Detroit. Scene shifts to tour buses arriving at the Ford Motor Company Administration Building. The tourists leave their buses and walk to entrance of the Building. Visitors are seen seated inside the building as a tour guide addresses them. They all leave and reboard their busses. Aerial views of the Rouge River plants are seen from a low flying airplane (not shown). Smoke rises from numerous factory stacks. Ships and barges load and unload raw materials and waste products. A Stout Airlines Ford Trimotor airplane flies past the camera plane.It displays the number 12 on its tail. Views of electrified rail yard with an electric locomotive pulling freight cars. A steam locomotive moving backwards on a different track.
Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory in Dearborn Michigan USA
View of the Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory building facade. Wide shot of the same building, also known as the Dearborn Engineering Laboratory. Engineers view drawings while one of them hands over a part from a automobile transmission.
The Marshall Plan being launched to assist recovery of Europe after World War II
Rail cars on the November, 1947 "Friendship Train," at a sea port in the U.S.A. Behind it is seen the funnel of the SS Exiria, of the American Export Lines. The camera moves around to show the Exiria, displaying a large American flag and words,"Friendship Food Ship," on her hull. A steam locomotive on train in France, delivering relief supplies, displays crossed American and French flags on it. Trucks on road in France, displaying French and American flags and pictures of the Freedom Train on their sides, with words:"Ravitaillement, offert spontanment au peuple de France à partir de peuple Americain." (Refueling, spontaneously offered to the people of France from American people.) The SS Exiria docked in an Italian port. A catholic priest and several nuns with a group of schoolboys, standing on the pier, wave American flags. Another group of schoolgirls, enthusiastically wave American flags. A large crowd waves several large Italian flags. President Harry S. Truman, at his desk on the White House, Washington, DC, signs the Economic Recovery Act of 1948 (AKA Marshall Plan). Secretary of State Marshall speaking in support of the legislation before Congress. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, of Michigan, speaking in support of the bill.
Henry Ford's work in the area of historic preservation. Construction of Ford Museum and Historical Greenfield Village
Henry Ford works on historical preservation project. McGuffey readers are seen. Sketch of Ford family farm in Springwells, Michigan. View of homestead at the farm, that Ford restores. He examines the farm's steam engine. The historic Wayside Inn, in Sudbury, Massachusetts, which Ford purchased to construct a community of historic buildings. View of the restored Botsford Inn,Detroit, Michigan, that Ford bought in 1924.View of Eagle Tavern, in Clinton, Michigan,before,and,after its purchase and restoration by Henry Ford. Concerned about need for additional buildings to house artifacts, Henry Ford consulting with Detroit architect,Robert O. Derrick (with mustache) and two other men. Derrick's plan for the Henry Ford museum is unrolled. It borrows from Independence Hall, Congress Hall, and the old City Hall in Philadelphia.Views of the Clock Tower and museum, as completed in 1929. A pictorial map of the Edison Institute Museum and Historical Greenfield Village, in Dearborn, Michigan. View of construction begun in 1927. Thomas A. Edison laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, that Ford acquired for Greenfield Village. On a windy September 17, 1928, Thomas A. Edison steps from a car, and pauses before entering the doorway of his restored laboratory, in Greenfield Village. Henry and Mrs.Ford step from their car to quickly join him in the building.Edsel Ford and his wife, also follow. Inside the building, Edison officially open the site by starting a steam engine in the laboratory. Ford and Edison converse (Ford speaking close to Edison's ear, because he is hard of hearing). Later, Edison, in a cornerstone ceremony, imbeds, a shovel contributed by Luther Burbank, and then writes in cement of the cornerstone.Newspapers show coverage of the formal dedication of the museum and Greenfield village, October 21, 1929. Workers rushing the Village toward completion for that event. The Smithcreek Railroad depot is moved to the Village. Workers preparing installation of the depot.
Henry Ford with a man in front of a Ford hangar at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan.
Henry Ford attends the National Air Tours at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Henry Ford with another man in front of a Ford hangar and a Ford Trimotor. In the background is the tail of a single engine Ford 2-AT, #4 from the Ford Air Transport Service "Maiden Dearborn IV". Side view of a Ford tractor in the foreground.
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