A nurse weighs a baby on a mono-pan balance. The baby cries. A doctor examines the baby. Two babies with nurses. A baby with curled hairs appears. The winner, 11-month old baby is in its mother's lap. They stand with the trophy.
Henry Ford drives a steam locomotive. He looks out on to the railway track from the engine compartment. Locomotive has passenger cars attached behind the steam engine. This footage was shot on Ford's own railway, the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton. Note the DTI logo on the locomotive. This railroad operated between Michigan and Ohio.
Detroit,Toledo and Ironton (DT&I) Railroad operating between cities of Michigan and Ohio in United States. Views of African American men working to clean and polish the railroad locomotive. A steam engine attached to the railroad train moving on railroad tracks. Views of railroad station,rail tracks and a steam engine moving on a turntable at the railway yard. Slates describe Ford policy for lower freight rates, higher wages, unusual service, courteous treatment working in three years' time to transform the D.T.&I.R.R. into a proitable unit.
Delegates to the Republican National Convention are seen walking along the sidewalk, on their way to the Coliseum in Chicago. They carry small American flags. Some carry valises. Closeup of Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding (future President) who would give the keynote address at the convention. He doffs his hat and speaks toward the camera. Other key Republican figures are also seen. Rainy street scene outside the coliseum, where taxis are lined up and many delegates are walking along the sidewalk carrying umbrellas. Signs mark "entrance F" and "Press" entrance. Crowds of people carrying umbrellas form two wide columns on opposite sides of a rain wet street, each column walking in opposite direction from the other. One group includes many women in dark raincoats with white dresses showing below them. A live baby elephant (Republican mascot) stands in the street, covered with a blanket displaying the word "Votes."
Coal loaded tipple cars move out from a mine, stop for weighing at a weigh station on the tracks, and then move into the tipple, where the coal is separated into 3 different sizes of coal. Each size is dumped into Ford gondolas, and then moved by train toward a Ford plant in Toledo, Ohio. Men standing near the conveyor belt empty and dump the coal loads on the conveyor belt.
Production and testing of buzz bomb in the United States. United States buzz bomb being produced. Fuselage being assembled in a factory in Toledo, Ohio. Men work to assemble the jet engine of the aircraft in a factory in Dearborn, Michigan. Buzz bomb being tested as President of Ford Motor company Henry Ford II and Raymond Blough watch the operations. Static test of jet engine of U.S. buzz bomb. Us buzz bomb takes off leaving behind a vapor trail. Bomb detaches from the aircraft and explosion occurs.
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