Exterior views of Highland Park Ford Plant in Highland Park, Michigan. Views of plant, buildings, workers, Ford automobiles and other vehicular traffic. 'Ford' smokestacks of the plant.
Exterior views of Highland Park Ford Plant in Highland Park, Michigan. Views of plant, buildings, workers, shift change, Ford automobiles and other vehicular traffic. Dense crowd outside the plant, as 30,000 workers are permitted to take time off to cheer the President, who was visiting the plant that day.. Huge banner on the factory building reads: "Our hats off to the President who has kept us out of war!"
President Wilson visits the Ford Plant in Highland Park, Michigan. His motorcade drives past a large crowd standing along the edge of a street. American flag bunting covers his car's hood. The President waves at spectators.
Exterior views of Highland Park Ford Plant in Highland Park, Michigan. Views of plant, buildings, workers and smokestacks of the plant. Smokestacks emit fumes.
Henry Ford near Ford Model- A automobile engine block. Sign over the engine reads 'No 1 completed October 20, 1927'. Ford and guest stamp '1' into the engine block of this, the first Ford Model A built. Ford poses and converses with officials.
A tug pulls the "Lucky 7," the 7,000th Ford Liberator bomber (B-24) from a hangar at the Ford Willow Run plant. Views of the "Lucky 7," on the tarmac with other B-24s. scene shifts to an earlier period, showing a B-24 with labeling on its fuselage, reading: "5000th Ford Built Liberator." Henry Ford, in a straw hat, handles some papers with a British officer, as his grandson, Henry Ford, II, and an American military officer, stand nearby. Plant manager,Mead L. Bricker, is seen momentarily, at left of the group. Henry Ford shakes hands with the British officer. Closeup views of aircraft's engine and propeller with Hamilton Standard logos displayed on propeller blades. View of the aircraft's leading edge deicers (boots) and the "Lucky 7" sign painted on its fuselage. Closeup shows signatures of Henry Ford and Henry Ford II, next to the large painted 5000th sign. Change of scene to a later time, showing the 8000th Ford built B-24 Liberator bomber. It is labeled: "Ford's 8000th Liberator,"and displays "8" intertwined with the letter "V." U.S. Army Air Forces officers and Henry Ford,II, along with Ford executives, including plant manager, Mead L. Bricker, pose in front of the B-24. Henry Ford,II (using his left hand) scribes a line with a pen, under the bottom of the "V," and poses for the camera.
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