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Henry Ford and his son, Edsel, look at the 10 millionth Ford Model T car in the United States
Henry Ford and his son, Edsel Ford, look at the ten millionth Ford Model T car produced in the Ford car factory. Written on the Model T car is 'The Ten Millionth' 'New York to San Francisco' 'Via Lincoln Highway'. 1896 Ford Quadricycle is parked alongside the Model T car.
Henry Ford riding a Ford manufactured first quadricycle on the streets of Detroit in Michigan.
A quadricycle from Ford company during a demonstration drive. Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company, riding the first quadricycle, invented 1896, on the streets of Detroit. A light covering of snow blankets the area.
Announcement of 20 millionth Ford automobile. Brief glimpses of first Ford workshop and automobile
Animated opening sequence with view of Ford Automobile factory in Dearborn, Michigan. A 1931 Ford Model A races toward foreground of screen with its Ford Emblem completing the on-screen phrase, "The twenty millionth Ford". An announcer bows and steps behind a microphone (that hides his face) and speaks. Scene shifts to the original Ford workshop at the back of his home, 58 Bagley Avenue,Detroit, Michigan. His first automobile, a two cylinder machine (Quadricycle) made in 1896 is seen near the small brick building. It is viewed from several angles and shown with its engine running. Snow is on the ground.
Jim Crow Laws affecting African Americans from finding justice and equality despite of the 13th and 14th Amendments during the 20th century
Artist impression of the House of Representatives as the United States Congress passes the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Images of Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner, the leaders of the Radical Republican faction of the Republican Party during the 1860s. African-American student, victim of the Lamar High School School Bus Attack, listens to Frank Jackson, the attorney defending him, as he lectures him about the history of African-American rights and freedom. Off camera, Jackson quotes the 14th Amendment, saying, "no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens." Image of Senator Benjamin Tillman of South Carolina. Off camera, Jackson quotes Tillman's comment about "virus of equality..." Artist impression of Black Americans in court during Reconstruction. Students inside the school bus on their way to Lamar High School School before bus attack. Image of Black-Americans inside a bus during the 1950s. Jim Crow signs seen, including a sign reading “White only Ladies Rest Room”. Image of a doctor standing in a door labeled “COLORED” while talking to patient with baby. Image of door with sign that says “White-Trade”. Image of door with sign that says “Colored-Trade”. Image of President Rutherford Hayes. Fire burning. Artist impression of Ku Klux Klan members in costume hanging (lynching) a Black American. Man menacingly holds a bat and says “They’ll gonna wish they was never born”. A view of the United States Supreme Court. Artist Impression of Homer Plessy refusing to move from the White people coach to the Jim Crow train coach in 1896. “Equal justice under law” engraved on the front of the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington DC. Artist impression of John Marshall Harlan, former Attorney General of Kentucky and great dissenter of cases that restricted civil rights such as “Plessy v. Fegurson”. “But until a majority of judges on the Supreme Court would agree, Black Americans would find little justice” says Frank Jackson.
U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Lauris Norstad and Norwegian General Bjarne Øen arrive at Wiesbaden Air Force Base, West Germany, for Exercise Cirrus involving Allied Air Forces in Europe.
Exercise Cirrus, an air exercise for the Allied air forces in Central Europe, that ran concurrently , part of the time, with Exercise Jupiter, a three-day, French-directed war game involving Allied forces in Europe (principally Germany). A band and honor guard are seen prepared for the arrival of senior air commanders at Wiesbaden Air Force Base, West Germany, involved in Exercise Cirrus. Glimpse of C-47 aircraft lined up on the field. A United States Air Force C-54 transport aircraft taxis into the airfield ramp with engines one and four shut down. A North American T-6 Texan training aircraft is seen in the background. The C-54 circles to where a greeting committee of Allied Air Force officers is standing. Closeup of the aircraft door being opened and a rolling stairs being placed at the doorway. Inside of door displays insignia of States Air Forces Europe (USAFE). Exiting the aircraft is Lieutenant General Lauris Norstad, commander in chief, of USAFE, with headquarters at Wiesbaden, Germany. (On April 2, 1951 he assumed additional duty as commanding general of the Allied Air Forces in Central Europe under the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Powers in Europe.) He is accompanied by General Bjarne Øen, Chief of the Norwegian Air Force. As they descend the stairs, they are greeted by a group of officers including: Major General Truman H Landan, Deputy Commanding Officer, USAFE ( United states Air force in Europe ), Lieutenant General Robert W Harper, Commander, U.S. Air Force Air Training Command, Colonel Rich, chief of Staff 12th Air Force and Colonel Roberts, Commanding Officer Wiesbaden Air Force Base. After mingling and conversing, Generals Norstad and Oen and their escorts exchange salutes with the color guard. A car arrives and Norstad and Oen step into it and and drive away.
The flood of immigrants from Europe to America from 1870 to 1910. Traveling experiences of immigrants are depicted.
Contains mix of vintage still images, 1970s interview footage, and a small amount of vintage film footage. Images of an old signs, in Europe, advertising land and promoting the virtues of various of the United states, including: Iowa, Nebraska, California, Kansas, and Dakota. One says "room for millions of immigrants." One cites "free homes." One contains a cartoon image of a grim "old World,"opposite a smiling "New World." Poster for steamship line, Norddeutscher Lloyd, of Bremen. Poster for railroad company. Poster for steamships from Liverpool to New York citing fares from 12 to 30 pounds sterling for "Saloon Passage"; 8 to 10 pounds for Second cabins; and 4 pounds for steerage passage. A Polish publication expressing concern over the "epidemic" of immigration to America. Articles calling for measures to restrict this immigration. Documents in cyrillic that narrator describes as mail from America that Russian officials censor. Samples of letters to relatives back home, from immigrants in America, enclosing steamship tickets, railroad tickets, and the like, that the narrator states "never arrived." Animated map showing the flow of immigrants from interior of Europe to ports of Hamburg, Bremen, and Rotterdam, noting that Hull and Liverpool also prospered on immigrant trade. Note on map states that between 1870 and 1880, two and three quarters of a million American immigrants came from Europe and by 1890, five and a quarter million more had crossed the Atlantic. View of immigrants waiting to be processed by government officials before departure at a port in Europe. People crowded in a long line outside, waiting to enter the office. Views of shanties in a town. A woman is seen describing immigrants' circumstances. Pictures of men women and children traveling by horse-drawn wagons. Actual vintage moving image footage of an old railroad steam locomotive pulling a passenger train into a European train station area circa 1900-1910. View of train station at a European port city. Huge number of people from all over Europe, standing in the courtyard of a train station. A man is seen describing these people as like "coming from another world." A barracks-like housing arrangement for immigrants waiting to pass health screening by the steamship companies, which included carefully examining their hair. A woman who experienced this described her embarrassment at the health examinations.
