World War 1 U.S. Army tanks built by Ford run an obstacle course lay out on an open field behind residential area. Military and civilian officials observe as 3-ton M1918 tanks cross gullies and climb earth banks. Tank knocks down posts embedded on ground, crosses railroad tracks and fails to scale sharply graded bank on mud. Military officials gather to take a look at the tank. View of residential houses in the background. Tanks along with their drivers lined up for inspection during World War I.
Industrial crane in operation on bank of river at Ford Motor Plant in Michigan. A number of Ford plant buildings. Vehicles driven in front of the buildings.
Ford automobile with skis in place of front wheels is driven along a snow covered mountain road. The vehicle has two sets of rear wheels.
View of various buildings at the Ford Motor Company plant in Highland Park, Michigan. Smoke comes out of building pipes. Large number of factory workers outside Ford Plant. View of main factory buildings with high smokestacks overhead and the word FORD spelled out across the smokestacks.
From the film, "Forests and Men. The President's Conservation Corps at Work." President Franklin Roosevelt signs a document regarding the establishment of the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. F. A. Silcox, Chief of United States Forest Service talks about the need for forest conservation. American flag on a pole. President Franklin Roosevelt visits an ECM (Emergency Conservation Work) camp. He has lunch with other officials. ECW workers and officals pose for a photograph with the President. View of the Shenandoah National Park CCC camp #3 from a hilltop, with letters "CAMP NIRA" (National Industrial Recovery Act) visible painted on the roof of one of the buildings. Woman hands over a sheet of paper to the Director of ECW, Robert Fechner. People stand outside United States Army recruitment camp and an Agriculture Department building. ECW volunteers being trained by the U.S. Army at Fort Washington in Virginia. Volunteers undergo training at camps and are sent to various forest conservation areas. Cooks cut meat. Men stand in line to receive food and are seated at outdoor tables eating food.
Horse racing Stakes at the Hialeah Park Racetrack (2200 E 4th Avenue Hialeah, Florida) in Miami, Florida. Spectators cheers the participants. Cornelius Vanderbilt, a 4-year-old racehorse, wins the race. 1931.
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