The American road.

Duration: 1300

Year Published: 1953

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description:

THE AMERICAN ROAD. (1953, sound, 43 min, b&w/color, 35mm)

Sponsor: Ford Motor Co. produCtion Co.: Mpo productions. Director: George Stoney. Writer: Joseph Marsh. Music: Alex north. Narrator: raymond Massey. Resources: Copyright not registered. Holdings: LC/ prelinger.

Produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Model T Ford, The American Road highlights the role of automobiles, highway construction, and Ford Motor’s leadership in the development of transportation in the United States. The production mixes archival foot- age with reenactments and has a contemporary ending in color. note: Also released
in 16mm. Received a Freedoms Foundation award in 1954 and a Golden Reel Award
from the American Film Assembly in 1954.

Complete Record:

THE AMERICAN ROAD. (1953, sound, 43 min, b&w/color, 35mm) Sponsor: Ford Motor Co. produCtion Co.: Mpo productions. Director: George Stoney. Writer: Joseph Marsh. Music: Alex north. Narrator: raymond Massey. Resources: Copyright not registered. Holdings: LC/ prelinger. Produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Model T Ford, The American Road highlights the role of automobiles, highway construction, and Ford Motor’s leadership in the development of transportation in the United States. The production mixes archival foot- age with reenactments and has a contemporary ending in color. note: Also released in 16mm. Received a Freedoms Foundation award in 1954 and a Golden Reel Award from the American Film Assembly in 1954.

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