[Ford Film Collection selects] (silent)

Description: Description: Footage selected from the Ford Film Collection at the National Archives and Records Administration by the Archives Project as part of the production of their film The Atomic Café. Appears to be high-quality 16mm reduction negative from a 35mm finegrain master. Excellent compilation of footage documenting early automobile and car culture in the late 1910s-1930s. Early documentation of the development of automobiles with scenes of cars off-roading; driving across river streams, through snow, tall grass, and more. With many views of Henry Ford and his compatriots, including coverage of Ford Motor Company's acquisition of Lincoln Motor Company from Henry Leland. Can states: "NATIONAL ARCHIVES CARS/DIEGO" Leader: "For Levine, Huntley, Schmidt and Beaver Inc." Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1910s, 1920s, Transportation, Automobiles, Social classes, Labor, Car culture, Manufacturing Tags: Henry Ford portrait; Ford speaking with another; waving; big pipe; early automobiles; Model T Ford; Model T Ford driving uphill on wide diameter pipe; cars; veterans on parade; wind-up starters; rushing rivers; car fording river; driving through water; golf clubs; ice skating; ponds; frozen water; winter; vignettes; snow; laying wood tracks; car driving through snow on corduroy road made from logs; parades; pushing cars through snow; winter; muddy rutted road; fast motion; snowy peaks; dirt roads; bare trees; waving wheat; Tioga Pass; horses; sleds; many scenes of families, suburbs and automobiles; flanged-wheel cars driving on railroad tracks; driving down steep embankment; long line of Ford automobiles and trucks; woods; motorcycles; fur coats; factory; crowds; dignitaries in frock coats; "Dunn Realty Co." sign; shaking hands; Henry Leland at the time of Ford Motor Company's acquisition of the Lincoln Motor Company; African American man with flower baskets; statue of Abraham Lincoln; smoking; cigarettes; manufacturing plants; receiving line; printed in nitrate decomposition; Ford Airport; airplanes; propellers; touchdown; landing; "Spirit of St. Louis" landing; Charles A. Lindbergh posing with Henry Ford; filmed from moving vehicle; pleasure driving through 1920s suburbia; titles; throwing rice; wedding; "Just Married" sign; car pulling a trailer; unfolding trailer camp; setting up camping; canvas tents; chickens; packing the car; snoozing in the backseat; shoveling snow; palm trees; driving Ford on Japanese city street; kimonos; waterfalls; bow ties; fruit stand; picking daisies; instructions; shoes close-ups; ladies feet; women driving; woman opening garage door and driving car out; garages; backing out; roadside produce stand; corner produce market; shopping baskets; graphic title "I cater to all drivers"; other titles written from automobile's point of view; deliveries; "Seven Mile Road" sign; crop lands; Ford car on farm; team of horses; pulling car out of mud; filmed from a boat; sinking ship; aerial of River Rouge plant; parking lots; crowds of workers celebrating 10 millionth model T in 1924 Film Sponsor: Creator: Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: The Archives Project Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: circa 1920s Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; California; Japan; Michigan; Detroit, Michigan; Dearborn, Michigan Genre/Form: outtakes and trims Language: eng Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: negative Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: none Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 976

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