U.S. Air Force Starts its 'Operation Haylift' to save the starving livestock of the Western ranges, as new blizzard lash the distressed areas. Ranchers help load bales of hay aboard cargo planes which are dropped above the blizzard bound herds of cattle and sheep.
Water skiers participate in a water ski-jumping competition at Cypress Gardens in Florida, USA. Spectators at the bank watch in delight. Photographers at the bank, take photos. The winner poses with his trophy for the camera.
Archers at Point Mouillee in Michigan catch carp fishes during a fishing contest. Hundreds of contestants on their outboards, equipped with bows and arrows catch fishes. The winner with his fish poses for the camera.
Piles of junk surrounding cinder block garage building, ramshackle shed. Messy garage interior. Man and boy leave garage. Pile of burning rubbish near junk yard.
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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