FORD NEWS

About

FORD NEWS Produced: 1934

Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: 1. “Books Are Collected in Annual Campaign. Daughters of American Revolution direct drive to provide reading materials.” Woman sorting books on table in library, young girls giving books to woman. 2. “Titled Italian Speed Pilot Visits Detroit. Prince Carlo Ruspoli is greeted by Phil Wood whose life he saved in Venice.” Prince Ruspoli posing, with Phil Wood, talking. 3. “Rail Tracks Moved to Aid Street Widening. Massive foundations are removed to advance Wilder Woodward Avenue project.” Workers, crane, moving tracks beside overpass. 4. “Preaches Sermon on Hundredth Birthday. Old friends gather to hear Rev. Timothy Edwards fulfill promise made years ago." Rev. Edwards getting out of car, greeting people - Rev. Edwards being helped upstairs of church. 5. “Mary Pickford Spends Busy Week in Detroit. ‘America’s Sweetheart’ makes first visit to city since she appeared as child actress.” Mary Pickford getting into car at train station, posing. 6. “Civic Leaders Launch ‘Speed Recovery’ Drive. Increased prosperity is object of campaign; all citizens are asked to help.” Group of men posing, man introducing each - one man speaking. “The End.” “See the Ford News at this theater every week.” [1934]

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93361

Human-made No record of this work says a model made it. What this means.

Archive

Internet Archive, in FedFlix: US government films

Licence or status

The Internet Archive states none for this item.

Credit

National Archives

Who can watch

The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Tweens profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed