A story called,"Indian Love Story," is written out in chalk, on a blackboard. It describes a barter system in which Native American Indian tribal people exchange goods with one and another. According to the story relatives of purchaser help him to pay for the lodge in horses, weapons, robes or war bonnets. The owner and his wife and the purchaser and his wife exchange clothes. A sketch of an Indian and a bull. Scene shifts to Richard "Dick" Benedict Sanderville, interpreter at the Blackfeet Agency in Browning, Montana. He is seated on a chair,outdoors. He translates the story into Indian sign language while the camera captures his motions.
A 3 ton Ford M 1918 tank seen overturned during testing at Ford testing grounds. The operator walks away from the tank, and a large group of civilians gather around and roll the tank upright. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. President Warren G. Harding arriving at a campsite, in his Packard Twin Six automobile with flag flying from the hood. He is followed by ladies in another car, with a Secret Service agent standing on the running board. A third car follows with Secret Service agents.The President steps from his car and joins the campers. View of people preparing picnic. Two men wearing chef's hats are cooking Harvey Firestone and President Harding sit reading newspapers, while Thomas Edison naps under a tree. Ford chops wood with an axe. Harvey Firestone asks to try his hand at it. Ford watches and makes comments. Ford, Edison, and Harding sit in camp chairs with newspapers as Harvey Firestone gestures behind them.
American men walk on busy market street. Trams or Trolleys or Streetcars pass by in market street. Cars and trucks on busy market street. Tall Tower in background. Likely at Ford Factory. Approximately 1926.
Several Ford M1918 3 ton light tanks are seen maneuvering at a testing ground in Michigan during World War I. Henry Ford and son, Edsel, are watching the tests. One of the tanks climbs an embankment and flips over backwards, landing upside down. A group of men gather around the overturned tank and attempt to turn it upright. Henry Ford stands nearby watching.
Several Army cars parked at a turn in the route of the 1919 U.S. Army Motor Transport convoy, in Nebraska. Led by a motocyclist, an army truck of the convoy makes the turn onto a muddy road, where it passes a small canvas-covered wagon mired down at the side of the road. Scene shifts to an army truck preparing to pull another one out of a ditch at th side of the muddy road. Soldiers direct the truck driver as he maneuvers into position.
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