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A combination bus and rail car moves on road and on rails as well

Around 1937 a combination bus and rail car with two types of wheels. Two types of wheels enables it to move on roads and on rails as well. Driver moving on street and then lowers rail wheels and drives the bus onto rail tracks. Views from the vehicle traveling on rails. Train and bus combination says "Arlington and Fairfax" on the side, and appears to be traveling on Glebe Road in Arlington Virginia.

Date: 1937
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038390
Ford Tri Motor plane being manufactured in United States

Ford Motor Company workers assemble various parts of Ford Tri Motor airplane in United States. They attach wheels and wings. Workers at the assembly line of the plant. Elevated, moving point of view shot of assembly line operations. Workers from trimming department fasten seats to the floor. Interior views of the nearly completed aircraft. Worker in the cockpit conducts a final inspection. He inspects the sticks,levers, and instruments.

Date: 1927
Duration: 5 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038391
Ford Tri Motor plane being tested before the first flight in United States

Workers conduct flight test inspection before the first flight of Ford Tri Motor in United States. They inspect the engine and the tail section. Plane taxis along the runway and takes off. Few men get into the plane and it takes off.

Date: 1927
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038392
Commercial passengers fly Stout Airlines from Detroit Michigan to Cleveland.Ohio

Opening slate refers to developing scope of commercial air operations in late 1920s. A bus parks at the Detroit office of Stout Airlines at Ford Airport, Detroit, Michigan. Passengers leave the bus and enter the office to obtain tickets for a flight to Cleveland. They are nicely dressed in the fashion of the day, men in suites and ties and women in Cloche hats.. Many spectators stand behind a fence at the airport to watch the activities. Passengers leave the office and head toward a parked Ford Tri-motor passenger plane parked on the ramp. One woman is accompanied by three small boys. Next, a man is seen passing the passengers' luggage through the plane's entrance door to a male steward inside. Scene shifts to the uniformed steward loading the baggage into large overhead bins in the roof of the passenger compartment. He closes and secures the storage bins and then heads outside the plane where he assists passengers in boarding. He climbs aboard. The aircraft is then seen taxiing toward the runway for takeoff. As it passes the camera, a sign painted on its side is visible reading: "Stout Airlines, Detroit-Cleveland" (and Chicago added below). (Note: they did not operate to Chicago until 1929) The aircraft takes off heading close to the camera, near its lift off point, and heads off into the sky.Scene shifts to inside the passenger cabin where the passengers (unrestricted by seat belts) chat with one another as the cabin steward watches over them from the front of the cabin. View of ground from passenger cabin window. View of the Ford Trimotor from another aircraft flying nearby. More views inside the passenger cabin with people looking out the windows. View of what may be a suspension bridge under construction across the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland. More views of passengers enjoying the views through their cabin windows. Aerial view of trimotor descending toward destination over cityscape. The aircraft taxis into the Cleveland Hopkins airport ramp and parks. Passengers are seen departing, from inside their cabin and then stepping onto the airport ramp.

Date: 1927
Duration: 6 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038393
A Ford Tri Motor plane on pontoons being tested on River Detroit in Detroit,Michigan

A Ford Tri Motor on pontoons being tested on River Detroit in Detroit,Michigan. Plane takes off,flies around and lands.

Date: 1927
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038394
Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone camp with Warren G. Harding in United States

Henry Ford along with his friends at a camping site in United States. Friends include Thomas Alva Edison, Harvey Firestone and Warren G. Harding. He catches fish at the bank of a pond and read newspaper along with a few friends. They have their meal together in a tent. Beddings hang on a line.

Date: 1920
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038395