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Title: National Archives and Records Administration compilation footage relating to American automobile history, part 4 of 5
Contributor(s): National Automobile Dealers Association (compiler), Ford Motor Company (associated name)
Description: Dub of 'Flexibility' (silent with cards), produced by Ford Motor Company 1924, a short film discussing the virtues of the Ford automobile. Running footage of vehicles from 1940s, 'New Ford trucks and commercial cars', Footage compiled for NADA's documentary '100 Years of America's Auto Dealerships : The First Century' (2006)
Collection ID: National Automobile Dealers Association audiovisual materials and publications (Accession 2014.274)
Hagley ID: vid_NADA_B02_ID52
Collection: National Automobile Dealers Association

Title: Ford executives, automobile models, and manufacturing footage, Ford Historical B-Roll
Contributor(s): National Automobile Dealers Association (compiler), Ford Motor Company (associated name)
Description: Historical footage includes Henry Ford, Henry Ford II, Bensen Ford, William Clay Ford, Edsel B. Ford II, William Clay Ford Jr., Henry Ford & Quadricycle, Products-early Ford models, Lincoln, Fordstrom Tractor, V-8 car, different Ford models. World War I & II products. Manufacturing and assembly facilities, race car, guest center, Ford railroad & aircraft and village industries. Footage compiled for NADA's documentary '100 Years of America's Auto Dealerships : The First Century' (2006)
Collection ID: National Automobile Dealers Association audiovisual materials and publications (Accession 2014.274)
Hagley ID: vid_NADA_B02_ID44
Collection: National Automobile Dealers Association

Title: Engraving showing steel ingots being transported to rolling mill
Date(s): 1895
Contributor(s): American Iron and Steel Institute. Public Relations Department. (originator)
Collection ID: American Iron and Steel Institute photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1986.268)
Hagley ID: 1986268_1_0513
Collection: American Iron and Steel Institute

Title: Removing a steel ingot from a soaking pit, Ford Steel Plant, Ford Motor Company (Detroit, Mich.)
Date(s): 1940
Contributor(s): American Iron and Steel Institute. Public Relations Department. (originator)
Collection ID: American Iron and Steel Institute photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1986.268)
Hagley ID: 1986268_1_0512
Collection: American Iron and Steel Institute

Title: The Big Farmer's Ford
Date(s): 1967
Contributor(s): Ford Motor Company (Sponsor), Video Films, Inc. (Production company)
Description: Promotional film for the Ford 8000 tractor. Shows clips of tractors plowing fields while the narrator touts the 8000's handling ease, 8-speed transmission, multiple steering wheel positions, easy-reach controls, large gas tank, and other features. Includes testimonials from farmers who use the 8000. Presented by the Ford Tractor Division. Script: Cliff Hanna; technical assistance: Loyce Snyder; photography: Mitchell Warde; narration: Bud Haggart; editing: Christa Kindt; music and sound:...
Show morePromotional film for the Ford 8000 tractor. Shows clips of tractors plowing fields while the narrator touts the 8000's handling ease, 8-speed transmission, multiple steering wheel positions, easy-reach controls, large gas tank, and other features. Includes testimonials from farmers who use the 8000. Presented by the Ford Tractor Division. Script: Cliff Hanna; technical assistance: Loyce Snyder; photography: Mitchell Warde; narration: Bud Haggart; editing: Christa Kindt; music and sound: Robert Ashely.
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Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC168
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Ford Tractor: It Isn't Every Day, version 2
Date(s): 1970
Description: Commercial for Ford Tractor lawn mowers, including both power and riding mowers. Shows people using the equipment and a Ford dealer servicing one of the mowers.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC135_02
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Ford Motor Co. Exhibit displaying Trimotor Ford Monoplane, Tri-State Aircraft Show Armory, Camden, New Jersey
Date(s): 1930
Contributor(s): Dallin Aerial Surveys (photographer), Dallin, J. Victor (John Victor), 1897-1991 (former owner)
Collection ID: J. Victor Dallin Aerial Survey collection (Accession 1970.200)
Hagley ID: 1970200_G169
Collection: Dallin Aerial Survey Company Photographs

Title: First Lincoln Continental
Date(s): 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
Contributor(s): Ford Motor Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Description: Hailed as a styling masterpiece virtually from the moment it was introduced on October 2, 1939 the Lincoln Continental was distinctive offshoot of the Lincoln Zephyr series, developed under the leadership of Edsel Ford. It was in effect eh Mark I, although it never actually bore that designation. The present day continental Mark V traces its heritage to the Lincoln Continental.
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20110418_279
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

Title: Ford Mustang hardtop
Date(s): 1960/1969, 1960, 1969
Contributor(s): Ford Motor Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Description: In April of 1964 Ford introduced what it billed as a low priced, four passenger sports car. Its sporty look and peppy performance gave it stron appeal to youthful car buyers.
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20110418_277
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

Title: Rouge Plant, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI
Date(s): 1954-10-09
Contributor(s): Purrington, Edwin Stedman, Sr., 1918-2012 (photographer), Ford Motor Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Description: From Lake Superior ports, boats bring ore to be fed in great gulps to the blast furnaces which supply Detroit's auto plants with iron and steel.
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20101231_001
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

Title: Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner
Date(s): 1950/1959, 1950, 1959
Contributor(s): Ford Motor Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Description: More than a dozen motors were used to raise, fold, retract and conceal the roof of this unusual 1957 model retractable hardtop convertible. Only 48,394 units were built during the series three year life cycle. The car is now a favorite of special interest car collectors.
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20110418_284
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

Title: Henry Ford
Date(s): 1947
Contributor(s): Ford Motor Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Description: This is the first Ford car with Henry Ford at the tiller. The photograph was made last May in Greenfield Village, Dearborn where the first Ford is preserved in the original workshop where it was constructed in 1896.
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20110519_849
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

Title: Automobiles in the rough!
Date(s): 1947-07
Contributor(s): Ford Motor Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Description: This aerial view of the Rouge plant of the Ford Motor Company shows the enormous stockpiles of iron order, coal and limestone which supply the blast furnaces, foundry and power house in the background. The two or carriers at dock in the foreground bring in the raw materials that feed the highly integrated automotive manufacturing plant.
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20110519_852
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

Title: First Thunderbird
Date(s): 1950/1959, 1950, 1959
Contributor(s): Ford Motor Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Description: Introduced in the fall of 1954 the two passenger Thunderbird was Americas first volume built personal car and quickly caught the publics eye. Present day collectors have made it one of the most prized of modern era special interest cars.
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20110418_274
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

Title: CEO Closeup - Donald E. Petersen
Date(s): 1987-08-17/1987-08-21, 1987-08-17, 1987-08-21
Contributor(s): Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (sponsor), Comer, Meryl (host), Petersen, Donald E. (speaker)
Description: CEO Closeup segments on Donald E. Petersen, Chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Company. As seen on "Nation's Business Today" on ESPN. Interviewer Meryl Comer.
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1993.230)
Hagley ID: VID_1993230_B195_ID02
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

Title: Ford Press Packets Photo Shoot
Date(s): 1948-10
Contributor(s): Ford Motor Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Description: To introduce the 1949 Lincoln, Mercury and Ford cars to the public, the News Bureau prepared and distributed press packets which were sent to all daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and radio stations. Pictures were obtained by sending photographers, models and hand built automobiles to Florida in January. The photographs were made in secrecy on estates and an abandoned airport near Orlando.
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20110418_283
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

Title: Selling in the 1930s
Date(s): 1931
Contributor(s): Ford Motor Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Description: A salesman points out the advantages of a four door Ford Model A to a customer in this 1931 photograph taken in a typical showrrom of that period. Some 4,500,000 Model As were sold between late 1927 and the end of 1931.
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20110413_235
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

Title: Metals, Steel etc
Date(s): 1954-09-10
Contributor(s): Carlson, Edgar (photographer), Ford Motor Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Description: In the pouring of open hearth furnaces, molten steel flows from a huge ladle in ingot molds. Later, the ingots are formed into sheets and bars for manufacture into thousands of industrial products. (Photographed at the Rouge Plant of Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Mich.)
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20110314_541
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

Title: Lincoln Zephyr
Date(s): 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
Contributor(s): Ford Motor Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Description: Introduced in 1935, the Lincoln Zephyr was a product of the new styling department organized by Edsel Ford. Its sleek design, highlighted by a wedge shaped grille, headlights that blended into the fenders and virtual elimination of running boards, quickly made it successful among luxury car buyers. in 1978, Lincoln-Mercury Division brought back the Zephyr name for its new company car line.
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20110418_276
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

Title: Ford Employees
Date(s): 1948-08-20
Contributor(s): Ford Motor Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Description: Framed in a giant metal lathe at Ford Motor Companys Rouge plant, Alex Tiebs, a skilled tool and die maker, carefully scrapes bronze insert ends of the lathes jaws so that the large but delicate part to be worked will not be marred. The huge machine is used to turn forgings for parts of giant machinery used in automobile manufacture.
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20110519_854
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

Title: Transportation-Automobile manufacturing
Date(s): 1954-09
Contributor(s): McKay, Richard (photographer), Ford Motor Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Description: High quality mass production results from industry's investment in special purpose machines like that shown above, which drills the entire oil system in an automobile crankshaft in one continuous operation.
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20110307_499
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

Title: Falcon sedan
Date(s): 1960/1969, 1960, 1969
Contributor(s): Ford Motor Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Description: The success of the 1960 model Ford Falcon proved that America was ready for a compact car, a class of automobile that already had achieved wide popularity in Europe.
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20110418_275
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

Title: Transportation-Automobile manufacturing
Date(s): 1954-09-10
Contributor(s): McKay, Richard (photographer), Ford Motor Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Description: For the 'hot test' at this automotive plant where six cylinder engines first come to life, overhead conveyors automatically find unoccupied test stands and carry each engine into place.
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20110307_500
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

Title: Stock-car standout
Contributor(s): Ford Motor Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Description: Ford Motor Company factory sponsored cars dominated the super speedways of stock car racing in the mid to late 1960's. The Golden Boy of the stock car circuit was Fred Lorenzen, shown here piloting his 1966 Ford Fairlane to another major victory. Other drivers who put Ford products into victory lane during this era were Cale Yarborough, Junior Johnson, Bobby and Donnie Allison, Marvin Panch, Fireball Roberts, LeRoy Yarbrough and David Pearson.
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20110330_759
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

Title: Ford Edsel 1958 Corsair model
Date(s): 1957
Contributor(s): Ford Motor Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20110309_529
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs, videos, and publications

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