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Donald Nelson and party visit the Ford Bomber Plant in Detroit, Michigan (WW2)
Chairman of the War Production Board Donald Nelson and party visit the Ford and Chrysler plants in Detroit, Michigan during World War II. A C-45 military transport aircraft lands at the new Ford Bomber Plant. The visitors get off the plane. They are greeted by the Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford and others. W. Averell Harriman converses with Henry Ford. Nelson, Harriman and Oliver Lyttelten pose. Photographers take pictures and cameramen record the event. A stationary U.S. bomber B-24 Liberator with engines running. Civilian guard patrolling in the foreground. Hangar and civilian cars in the background. The visitors and hosts near the first bomber built by the Ford Bomber Plant. Henry Ford has trouble being heard because of the aircraft engine noise. The B-24 engines are shut down. Aviator Charles Lindbergh, in civilian clothes, with two U.S. military officers. Henry Ford and others get into a car.
Donald Nelson and party inspect tanks at the Chrysler Tank Arsenal in Detroit, Michigan (WW2)
Chairman of the War Production Board Donald Nelson and party visit the Ford and Chrysler plants in Detroit, Michigan. The visitors get out of a car at the Chrysler Tank Arsenal. They are greeted by a manager. Interior of the plant. The party inspects the plant. Tanks on the assembly line. A tank is lifted. The group comes out of the plant. Tanks on proving grounds. The visitors stand by and watch. Back of a man's shirt reads 'Tank Arsenal Inspection Road Test'. Tanks being put through challenging tests in mud and obstacles on proving grounds. (World War II period)
Clara Bryant and son Edsel Bryant Ford with other children celebrate the 79th birthday of Henry Ford in Detroit, Michigan.
79th birthday celebration of Founder of the Ford Motor Company Henry Ford in Detroit, Michigan. Children gathered at the 79th birthday celebration of Henry Ford, the Founder of the Ford Motor Company. Henry Ford with wife Clara Jane Bryant stand with the children. Henry Ford, with Clara Jane Bryant and son Edsel Bryant Ford, walk. Edsel Bryant Ford wishes Henry Ford. Cameramen click pictures. Henry Ford and Edsel Bryant Ford enter the first machine shop. Henry Ford observes the Ford Quadricycle. Henry Ford poses on the Quadricycle.