Mix of scenes covering Henry Ford and his Model T cars, Model Ts travel through a stream and along rutted roads and through snow. Ford Model Ts equipped with special wheels travel on the rails along a railroad trestle. One drives slowly along a large pipeline. Views inside Ford auto factory of assembly line operations. Car hoods being pressed into shape. Car bodies on assembly line. Engine blocks moving on conveyer. Car bodies being placed on chassis. Henry Ford walking along garden path at his home, Fairlane, in Dearborn Michigan. Glimpse of Henry Ford joking with Scottish comedian, Harry Lauder, in 1914. Henry ford tinkering with an old steam engine, and later, driving one of his tractors. Ford in his office conferring with employees. Family gathering as Edsel Ford is about to embark on a transcontinental trip with Model T Ford cars, on May 5, 1924. The Fords doing country dances together. Henry Ford camping with Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs (later seen driving a 1918 Ford Model T). Views of the men (who called themselves the "Four Vagabonds," as they dine under a tent and use a large Lazy Susan table. Ford speaking directly into Edison's right ear (he was hard of hearing) while Firestone looks on, amused. Edsel Ford with his father outdoors, and in the Ford factory. Father and son sitting by the Quadricycle with a 1936 white Ford sedan behind them. Portrait of Henry Ford. Luxury limousine at a mansion. It has no right side door for the chauffeur, and a right hand steering wheel (British built?) Woman enters and luxurious interior is described. Chauffeur enters at left door and slides across seat to right-side steering wheel. Lincoln chauffeured limousine passes and parks in front of a Model T. May 1927, men assemble the body onto the 15 millionth Model T car, and it drives away with Henry Ford as passenger. Old Ford cars brought into plant where they are seen being crushed and scrapped, and their steel recycled into new cars.
New creations by fashion designers in Paris, France include those of Christian Dior, Marc Bohan, Jacques Hine, and Pierre Bellman. A woman wearing a designer dress poses during fashion show. Another woman wearing a black cocktail dress. A woman in a dinner gown with buttons down at the back poses. A woman in an embroidered evening gown poses as she walks down the stairs. Two women wearing short Chinese gowns made up of white satin with embroidery on them. Both of them pose and show their gowns. Another woman displays a gown which has work done on it with golden jewels. Two women show their ball gowns which have bows on them.
Aviation history of the U.S. Army Air Corps in the United States. A young boy seated in a chair reads a book. Aircraft in formation flight. Orville Wright demonstrates an airplane at Fort Myer, Virginia in 1908 during its first public exhibition. Trees and mountains in the background. Orville sets a new world record. He is in the cockpit of a Wright aircraft. The aircraft takes off and is in flight. People at the field watch him. (This flight demonstration footage is a mix of September 1908 footage and July 1909 footage. It is 1908 as the aircraft is being walked out to prepare for takeoff and a single half-circle of canvas is seen in the front elevator. It is July 1909 footage taking off and in flight where the aircraft has two half-rounds of canvas in the front elevator)
The cabin cruiser, "Big Wheel," seen returning to U.S. Naval Station Key West, with President Harry S. Truman, on board. Closeup of President Truman standing, along with others, on the boat, docked at a pier. The U.S. flag flying above it. Truman steps from the boat and smiles and laughs with others. View of two fish just caught on the trip. The President walks past the fish, followed by a large group of news reporters. A ship and petroleum storage tanks are seen at the Naval Station.
Reconstruction of Berlin, Germany. A building in the foreground. A sign board hanging from a pole. Vehicles drive past on a street. A double decker bus drives into a residential street. A building. People walk in front of the building. A news stand or magazine shop. Men look at magazines. A man buys a magazine from the shop. Civilians walk past the shop. Women look into the window of a jewelery store.
The Marshall Plan at work in Great Britain. Mining operations undertaken by people. Men operate different machines during mining. Freshly plowed farm land and a factory set up near the farm. Women work at a production line of a factory for what appears to be soap bars. Wome at work in a textile mill, processing raw cotton and spinning it on large industrial loom equipment. A man rolls a barrel of whiskey. Barrels of scotch whiskey are readied for export. Text on barrel indicates it is 1938 aged scotch from Glen-Kinchie Distillery, then one marked Cragganmore Glenlivet, then a barrel marked Aultmore Glenlivet. A man inspects different whiskeys and tastes them. Scotch Whiskey is bottled in a bottling factory and labeled. Readied whiskey bottles. People purchase whiskey from an export shop. A tourist in a British clothing store. A man looks at different clothing in a clothing shop, as a tailor shows him bolts of cloth for making a new suit. A woman inspects a sweater that she might purchase.
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