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.
United States submarine Nautilus O-12 (SS-73) in the Arctic region during its 1931 polar expedition. Submarine leaves the coast for the Arctic region. The submarine underway at sea. Naval artillery aboard the submarine. A woman and a dog aboard it. A ship underway at sea.
Men and women perform the old time minuet outside Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Façade of the Independence Hall (520 Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S). The event was organized to recall days of Alexander Hamilton, the most influential of the United States' founding fathers. 1931.
Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh awarded Legion of Honor highest decoration of France by French ambassador Claudel. He is being made Commander in recognition of his memorable flight across Atlantic. 1931.
Figure skating in Coney Island, New York. Trudy Bronson and Paul Carriere performs while adapting various dance movement to skating. 1931.
Architects of important landmarks dressed as their designed buildings at Beaux- Arts Ball. They include, left to right, Leonard Schultze as the Waldorf-Astoria, William Van Alen as the Chrysler Building, Ely Jacques Kahn as the Squibb Building, Ralph Walker as the Wall Street Building, Arthur J.Arwine as a low pressure heating boiler, A. Stewart as the Fuller Building and Joseph Freelander as the Museum of the City of New York. They each wore a helmet-like construction of the building they had designed (23 January 1931).
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