Various aircraft during a commercial aircraft reliability tour for the Edsel B. Ford Trophy in the United States. An aircraft flies over a field. The aircraft flies from one end of the field to another. Spectators on the field. A Ford tri motor aircraft on the field. The aircraft taxis and takes off.
Construction of a building in the United States. Workmen at the construction site. Material strewn about on the ground. Men with shovels beside a brick fireplace on block. Men preparing ground. The brick block being lowered on a hook into an area. A man holding the block as it is lowered. A group of men at work and material lying about on the ground. A paved way on the site and material on the wayside. Window frames on the half raised walls of the structure. Men at work at the construction site. Construction material lying about on the ground.
Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour at the Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan on October 5, 1929. Film opens showing two aviators in ten-gallon hats standing next to some airplanes parked on the Ford Airport in Detroit Michigan. The pilot on the left is E. W. Cleveland, known for his ten-gallon hat, which is filled with autographs and other written memorabilia pertaining to aviation. Camera shows several formations of biwing training airplanes flying over the field, and then focuses on the Texaco number 13 aircraft with pilot Frank M. Hawks in the cockpit shaking hands with someone seeing him off. Closeup of Hawks sitting upright in the cockpit. Next, his wife Edith Bowie Hawks is seen standing next to his airplane. He playfully touches her cheeks. Next a man is seen wearing a heavy fur coat with hood. He smiles for the camera and then heads into an airport building. The wind (natural or from propellers turning) causes some of the men to hold onto their hats. Views of several men and women and a child gathering in front of the corrugated fuselage of a passenger airplane. Film ends showing two men smiling and chatting with May Halzlip, one of the three women pilots in the tour, who is dressed in flying gear with helmet and goggles on top.
Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour at the Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. A trimotor aircraft on an airfield. A few men beside the aircraft. Two men and two children move from a vehicle towards the aircraft. A few men on the airfield. Other aircraft on the airfield. Henry Ford, ,son Edsel Ford and Edsel Ford's two sons, with the pilot beside the aircraft. Edsel Ford walks with his two sons towards the craft. Henry Ford and Edsel Ford talking with two other men beside the aircraft.
Ford Thrift Gardens at Inkster in Michigan,United States. People working in the Ford Thrift Gardens. Houses beside the garden. An African American man and woman working in the vegetable garden. Views of the garden. Men at work in the garden. A man working in the garden. A paved way in between the plants. Two men at work on the garden on the other side of the way. The garden spread over a large area. A basket full of vegetables and a small bag full of fruits. A woman picks up the vegetables from the basket.
Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour at the Ford Airport in the United States. Two men on the runway of the airfield during the Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour at Ford Airport. One of the men holding a white flag. A trimotor on the runway. The man flags off the trimotor. A biplane taxiis on the runway and takes off. Another aircraft flagged off on the runway. A few men holding bags and watching a trimotor on the airfield. The trimotor taxiing and taking off from the airfield. A man flagging off an aircraft on the runway. Another man standing beside him. Several aircraft parked on the airfield. Buildings seen in the background.
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