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Several aircraft including biplanes and a gyroplane at the Ford Airport during the Airplane Reliability Tour in the U.S.

The Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour at Ford Airport in Michigan in the United States. People moving about at the Ford Airport in Dearborn. A few aircraft including a gyroplane in front of the building on the airport and a few people on the field. Several biplanes being parked in rows on the airfield. The Henry Ford museum building in the background. An aircraft taxis on the runway of the airfield.

Date: 1931
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066214
A group of Japanese dignitaries beside the assembly line and touring the Ford plant building in Dearborn, Michigan in the U.S.

Japanese dignitaries visiting the Ford plant in Dearborn, Michigan in the United States. A group of Japanese dignitaries inside the Ford plant in Dearborn. Workmen beside the vehicle in the assembly line. The men standing in an area marked off from the assembly line by a barrier. The men watching the assembly line. The vehicles being driven out of the building one after the other. The dignitaries come out of the building. A vehicle at the entrance of the building. Vehicles in front of a building. A vehicle driven up a ramp into the building. A line of vehicles being driven out of the building down the ramp. A vehicle moves carrying the dignitaries. The vehicles moving in a line inside the plant building.

Date: 1931
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066215
Bert Bacharach, a newspaper columnist, offering tips for outdoor cooking in the United States.

Feature titled 'For Men Only' in the United States. Newspaper columnist Bert Bacharach standing in a garden beside a gas burner. Bert Bacharach offers a few tips for outdoor cooking, grilling, and barbecue. He says that when cooking on charcoal the bottom of the pan gets blackened. To remove this rub a wet cake of soap on to the bottom and wipe off with a tissue or a cloth. He says that when soup is heated rub a grease of any kind on the bottom and rim of the pot. He also says that instead of using one rag while washing the dishes use two rags to prevent the dishes from falling.

Date: 1956, July 30
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066316
Gaby Tobian, the defending champion, wins the National Outdoor AAU Diving Championship in Detroit in the United States.

A documentary titled 'Sports' in Detroit in the United States. Spectators seated on stands around the swimming pool at the National Outdoor AAU Diving Championship in Detroit. View of the spectators seated in rows. Gaby Tobian, the defending champion, dives from the platform int the pool. Five other contestants dive into the pool from the platform. Gaby Tobian takes another dive, winning the championship. Gaby Tobian smiling.

Date: 1956, July 30
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066317
Statistics showing the growth of the Bell System from 1876 to 1926 in the United States.

A documentary titled 'Building for Service' in the United States. In 1878 there were fewer telephones in the United States as compared to later years. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, in his forecast to the Electric Telephone Company writes that telephone cables could be laid underground or suspended overhead connecting with wires to buildings of any kind. A man could speak to another man at a distant place by this means. A graph showing the growth of the Bell System in the number of telephones, from 2 million in 1876 to 16 million in 1926. Thousands of people have worked in streets and on mountains in laying telephone facility, to bring the inventor's forecast to reality. A graph showing physical property of the Bell System from year 1911 through 1925.

Date: 1926
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066325
Methods used for laying telephone lines in earlier years in contrast to the modern methods used in later years in the U.S.

Telephone facility construction in the United States. A picture showing a man digging a hole for a telephone pole in 1894. A picture shows several men raising a telephone pole in 1895. Men using a tractor to pull telephone lines in the later years. A tractor with auger drilling holes for the telephone posts. A derrick (out of sight) placing a post in the hole. A man standing beside the post guiding it into the hole. In 19th Century, crews of men are seen manually digging trenches on the sides of the road in a city street for laying telephone lines. In contrast , a man operates a powered trenching machine along a street, while helpers watch, Houses in view along the side of the road.

Date: 1926
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066326