Early 1900's
Early 1900's
Master 1807 - Tape 2 Wide variety of footage focusing on the era of early automobiles.
Early 1900's
Title Card reading 'New Modern Beauty in Every Line'. MS as a 1937 Ford V8 Ford Sedan pulls up in front of a rural home, the man driving quickly exits the car and hurries down the driveway. GV as man walks up to the large white house, he opens the front door and enters. MS as the front door is opened from the inside and man stands in the doorway with his wife. MS doorway as a young boy and girl with smiles on their faces squeeze past their parents. GV house with parents standing in doorway and children running down the front walk, the parents walk behind. Title Card reading 'Another family steps up into the V-8 class'. MS of boy and girl running to the Ford automobile, the boy gets in the driver's seat while the girl sits in back. CU girl seated in the backseat. MS man and woman standing in front of the car looking it over. GV woman walking around the car while her children bounce around inside. Title Card 'The most attractive luxurious car ever built by Ford'. GV as family walks to their new car which is parked in front of their house.
Early 1900's
Brief MS of Henry Ford serving soup at unidentified outdoor location with tents set up. Dark high angle GV of crowd gathered around car. GV early automobiles (model T) moving along street at dangerous intersection. MSs of an early automobile twisted and wrecked on railroad track after a collision with a train. Dark GV of horse drawn cart struggling on muddy road. GV horse cart stuck in mud, the riders manage to get it out. GVs horse drawn cart moving along rudimentary road. GV of man jumping out of his horse drawn cart to repair a wheel that has fallen off, he is stopped on a crude dirt road in front of a shake, a train passes by in the background. GV pan of old farmhouse (might be Ford's birthplace at Greenfield s?). GV pan of old barn and farm structures with horse carts all around.
Early 1900's
DO NOT SELL: Black and white photographic portrait Henry Ford as an old man. Black and white group photo of employees of Detroit Dry Dock Co circa 1880. Similar shot pointing Ford out in the crowd.
Early 1900's
Dark shot inside factory. GV men pulling vehicle that is on its side. GV early automobiles driving along city street. High angle GV looking down at city activity including cars, pedestrians and trolleys. MS vintage pick-up truck stuck in mud, boy places a board under the tire for leverage. GV boy and mother on suburban sidewalk, the boy runs into the street. MS vintage autos driving along suburban street. MS of boy lying in the street and a vintage car driving off, boy was hit by car. GV vintage car driving toward railroad track. MS train moving along track. MS vintage car approaching train tracks, men jump out of car. CU train hitting car on tracks. MS train pushing the wrecked car on the tracks.
Early 1900's
MS men in Model T automobile. GV small crowd gathered around model T and a horse drawn cart for a race, the horse gets a head start. MS man cranking the model T and jumping in. Back view of model T and crowd as the car drives away. MS man driving the horse cart, he looks back to see the model T on his tail, he cracks the whip to make horse go faster. MS men in the model T. MS man at the reigns of the horse cart. GV horse cart moving along country road, he passes a line of cattle. GV rancher herding his cattle along country road. MS men in model T. POV from automobile running into herd of cattle on the road. GV men in model T running into cattle on the road. MS cattle. GV model T breaking through the herd and on the road to catch up with the horse cart. Back LS of horse cart rounding a bend in the road. MS men in model T looking a little worried. MS horse cart moving toward camera. MS men in vintage auto. LS horse cart crossing bridge, the model T is right behind. GV small crowd gathered and cheering as the model T approaches. MS men in model T. GV model T at the end of the race, the crowd cheers the winners. MS men in model T stopping and being congratulated by the crowd, driver and passenger get out of the car. GV man looking at model T in shop/barn, the keeper of the shop approaches the potential buyer. MS keeper and customer talking and looking at the car's features. GV rural western town, a man and woman in vintage car and clothing drive past camera. MS as car pulls up to shop/barn, the man steps out of driver's seat. Interior of shop were male driver approaches the shop keeper, the keeper steps outside while the driver man plays with the car the potential customer is looking at. MS as shop keeper approaches the car outside where the female passenger is still sitting. MS driver and customer chatting outside the shop. MS driver getting ready to leave and starting up his car, he jumps in and sits next to his female companion, they wave good-bye. MS customer pointing his cane. GV as couple pulls away from the shop in their vintage car, customer and keeper wave.
Early 1900's
Title card "1904". CU Theodore Roosevelt, headline reading 'Theodore Roosevelt Elected' is superimposed over the president's face. LS pan of the St. Louis World's Fair, headline reading 'World's Fair Opens in St. Louis' is superimposed over the image. Headline reading 'San Francisco Hit By Earthquake and Fire'.
Early 1900's
Tracking shot of car driving along road. Interior MS of man inside auto dealer shop, shop employee approaches man and gives him some papers, man looks papers over. MS woman running into shop in a hurry, woman sees the shop employee and gives him urgent news, employee grabs his coat and the two run out of the shop. House interior with woman seated in front of fire knitting, male employee from the shop paces the room, just as he sits a doctor comes out of the bedroom with his doctor s bag. MS man talking to doctor, woman comes out of bedroom holding a baby in her arms. Title Card reading '1907'. GV pan of men, women and children standing in long line, newspaper headline reading 'Depression Hits Country' superimposed over the image, headline fades. Title card reading '1908'.
Early 1900's
DO NOT SELL: Newspaper headline superimposed over image reading 'Taft Elected President', headline fades leaving a portrait photograph of Taft.