1914 Early Fords Cars Video Collection Films DVD

 1914  Early Fords Cars Video Collection Films DVD

THIS IS A TRULY WONDERFUL AND REMARKABLE SERIES OF FILMS DEPICTING  NOT ONLY THE LIFE AND STORY OF HENRY FORD, BUT THE WORLD OF HIS TIME AND HOW HE PERCEIVED IT TO BE. A LITTLE BIO ON FORD,  HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH THOMAS EDISON; AS A FAMILY MAN AND FARMER. HIS FIRST CAR: A QUADRA CYCLE: HE HAD AN INSTINCT FOR PUTTING MACHINES TOGETHER AND MAKING THEM RUN. HIS LIFE WAS A PARADOX: TRYING TO PRESERVE THE WORLD AROUND HIM, COLLECTING BUILDINGS AND MACHINES  IN A VILLAGE HE CREATED USING THE CAMERA TO DOCUMENT WHAT HE SAW. AT THE SAME TIME, HE WAS DEVELOPING A MACHINE THAT WOULD CHANGE THE WORLD FOREVER.   IN 1914 HE DEVELOPED A MOTION PICTURE COMPANY  AND USED IT  TO DOCUMENT EVERYDAY LIFE. THESE FILMS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE NATION. 

MIRROR OF AMERICA  BY HENRY T. FORD: AS SEEN THROUGH HIS EYES.    FARMING WAS THE MAIN INDUSTRY. THIS FILM DEPICTS SCENES OF FARM LIFE FOR MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD. TRANSPORTATION WAS DIFFICULT, LEADING TO A LOT OF ISOLATION. THE TRAIN WAS THE MAIN FORM OF TRANSPORTATION. CITY LIFE WAS SLOW. SCENES OF WASHINGTON, DC (PRESIDENT WILSON IN OFFICE AT THAT TIME). BEFORE WWI:  THE NATION WAS RICH BUT INACCESSIBLE. NEW YORK CITY SCENES ARE DELIGHTFUL AND SPEAK OF A TIME LONG SINCE GONE WHEN LIFE WAS SWEET . ATLANTIC CITY BOARDWALK AND CITY SCENES: WINTER SCENES NEAR DETROIT. 1916: BUFFALO BILL. WILLIAM F. CODY; BASEBALL SEASON  JOHN BURROWS, NATURALIST; LUTHER BURBANK, HORTICULTURIST; THOMAS EDISON; WILL ROGERS; GLACIER NATIONAL PARK;  SCENES OF LOGGING; FACTORY WORKERS: WOMEN MAKING FOOTBALLS, HATS; POST OFFICE; LAUNDRY SHOWING MACHINERY AT WORK;  SPOKES ON THE WHEELS OF FORD CARS BEING MADE BY MACHINE AND MEN. 1917: VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI: REUNION FOR THE 'BLUE' AND 'GREY' MEN OF THE CIVIL WAR. SCENES OF YOUNG MEN VOLUNTEERING FOR WWI. THEODORE ROOSEVELT SURROUNDED BY CROWDS, WITH PARADES IN EVERY CITY AND TOWN. 'UNCLE SAM NEEDS YOU'  WAS THE SLOGAN OF THE DAY, AND AMERICAN SPIRITS WERE AT AN ALL TIME HIGH. FACTORIES CONVERT TO WEAPONS PRODUCTION.  LIBERTY BONDS ARE FOR SELL. FORD RECEIVED CONTRACT TO BUILD EAGLE BOATS, BUILT FOR ANTI-SUBMARINE ATTACK. RECRUITS LEAVING FOR WAR FROM DETROIT.  TANK DEVELOPMENT BY FORD WITH TRIAL AND TRIBULATION IN VARIOUS SCENES. THE FIRST MODEL OF THE MARTIN BOMBER: EDDY RICKENBACKER, FLYING ACE COMES HOME TO ENCOURAGE MORE PRODUCTION. THE CURTIS FLYING BOAT IN PRODUCTION. ARMY CAMP SCENES AND TROOP EMBARKATION. TRACTORS ARE ORDERED BY ENGLAND TO SPEED UP FOOD PRODUCTION. THE WAR IS OVER! THE WORLD IS SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY. PRESIDENT HARDING: ARLINGTON CEMETERY: TO BURY THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. DIFFICULTIES OF TRANSPORTATION: ROAD AND RIVER DEVELOPMENT IS BEGUN. ONE CAR THAT TAKES YOU ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO GO: THE MODEL T SCENES OF THE CAR IN ACTION: ALONG PIPES, RAIL TRACKS, ETC. STRONG AND STURDY. SCENES OF ASSEMBLY OF THE MODEL T: 1 CAR EVERY 10 SECOND FARMER'S WIFE CAN NOW LEAVE HOME; PRODUCE NOW GETS TO MARKET; MAIL GETS DELIVERED; THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON DRIVE NOW BECOME A HABIT. AMERICA NOW BECOME AVAILABLE TO BE SEEN. PICNICS IN THE PARK OR ALONGSIDE THE LAKE. PRESIDENT HARDING AND HARVEY FIRESTONE WITH HENRY FORD IN THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS CHOPPING WOOD SCENES OF TRACTOR USE, ELECTRICITY MAKING LIFE EASIER AND MORE EFFICIENT. TRAFFIC BECOMES A NEW PROBLEM IN CITY LIFE. PARKING, AND TRAFFIC COPS COME INTO BEING. SAFE DRIVING BECOMES A MAJOR ISSUE AND PROMOTIONAL MARKETING FOR SAFE DRIVING IS DESIGNED. THE AGE OF THE AUTOMOBILE CHANGES ALL FORMS OF LIFE IN AMERICA: A NATION ON WHEELS NEXT TO COME IS  THE AIRPLANE: CHARLES A. LINDBERG LANDING AT THE FORD AIRPORT: A NEW PIONEER. TIME AND SPACE ARE FURTHER DIMINISHED WITH THE NEW AGE. 35:64 minutes  THE AMERICAN ROAD: NARRATED BY RAYMOND MASSEY     EARLY ROAD TRAVEL: DIFFICULT AND ROUGH. CARRIAGE AND HORSE. NARRATION OF COUNTRY LIFE BEING LEFT BEHIND BY THE FARMER TO PURSUE DREAMS OF BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH MACHINES IN THE BIG CITY. WALKING, CAR, CAB, TROLLEY AND FIRE ENGINE WERE THE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, DEPENDING ON ONE'S FINANCES. SCENES OF CITY LIFE IN THE SUMMER, AND GETTING AWAY FROM IT ALL IN THE SWELTERING HEAT. BICYCLING OUT OF TOWN. IN DETROIT, HENRY FORD WAS BUILDING A QUADRA CYCLE WITH HORSE POWER COMING FROM A GAS ENGINE. SCENES OF HIM RIDING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AT NIGHT. HISTORY WAS BEING MADE THE 999: FORD'S RACING CAR WITH A HUGE GAS ENGINE: BUILT FOR SPEED, AND FORECAST THE SHAPE OF CARS TO COME. A WORLD RECORD WAS SET: 1902: A MILE A MINUTE -- USHERED IN A NEW ERA. FORD MOTOR COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN 1903: 1000 + AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS IN THE US AT THAT TIME. FIRST CAR WAS CALLED THE MODEL A: SOLD FOR $850 AND WENT 30 MPH HAD A REAR DOOR ENTRY AND HAD TO BE CRANKED UP TO START THE ENGINE. THE MODEL T CAME ALONG NEXT AND WAS STURDY ENOUGH FOR THE FARMER: BUILT BY A FARMER, BUT STILL TOO EXPENSIVE FOR THE FARMER. EACH ONE WAS BUILT ON A SET OF WOODEN HORSES. FORD TRIED TO RE-DESIGN THE FACTORY PRODUCTION LINE. STARTED MOVING THE CAR BY THE WORKERS, INSTEAD OF THE WORKERS BY THE CAR: HENCE, THE ASSEMBLY LINE WAS DEVELOPED AND THEN REFINED. FACTORY WORKERS BECAME SPECIALISTS, AND CONVEYOR BELTS WERE DESIGNED MORE CARS = DROP IN PRICE OF CAR = AVAILABLE TO MORE PEOPLE. 1 EVERY 40 SECONDS - $300 EVERYONE OWNED A CAR NOW.  AS THE NOVELTY WORE OFF, DRIVERS BECAME ANGRY AT ROAD CONDITIONS, AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION WENT INTO HIGH GEAR. THE FARM WENT TO THE CITY, AND VICE VERSA. PEOPLE WERE FINALLY SEEING THEIR OWN COUNTRY, THANKS TO THE CAR. THE MODEL T WAS A PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE. FILLING STATIONS WERE CREATED AND A NEW INDUSTRY WAS BORN: THE FUEL BUSINESS. THE MODEL T WAS ALSO THE SYMBOL OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. LIFE OF HENRY FORD: PICS FROM HIS FAMILY ALBUM. A VERY SIMPLISTIC, RUGGED QUALITY TO HIS LIFE. AS ROADS BECAME BETTER, CARS BECAME MORE SOPHISTICATED. FORD BEGAN MAKING THE LINCOLN, THE WORLD'S FIRST LUXURY CAR. THE MODEL T WAS NO LONGER IN FASHION AND PRODUCTION WAS STOPPED. THE SCRAPPED STEEL OF THE OLD MODEL T'S WAS SALVAGED FOR USE IN THE NEW MODELS. TODAY (1940'S) THE AMERICAN ROAD IS A MYRIAD OF RIBBONS ALL OVER THE NATION, ALLOWING A WHOLE NEW WAY OF LIVING AND OPERATING WITH A BRAND NEW FREEDOM. 37:23 minutes. FREEDOM OF THE AMERICAN ROAD:  HENRY FORD II BEGINS THE FILM DISCUSSING THE HIGHWAY SITUATION, AND IF THE INDIVIDUAL CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE RESULTS OF A STUDY CONDUCTED BY FORD WERE PUBLISHED IN 'FREEDOM OF THE AMERICAN ROAD'. THIS FILM HIGHLIGHTS MANY OF THE UNDERTAKINGS OF BOTH THE PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS AMERICA, TO FIX THE HIGHWAY AND TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUES OF THE DAY. BAYSHORE HIGHWAY  PALO ALTO IN SAN FRANCISCO. 1952. THE NEXT FILM TAKES PLACE IN  THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE, PITTSBURGH. NEXT TO BOSTON AND HIGHWAY 128. NEXT TO NORTH CAROLINA WHERE THE PROBLEMS OF THE PRIMARY  AND SECONDARY ROADS ARE DISCUSSED AND RESOLVED. FOR DRIVER SAFETY, THE FILM CREW TRAVELS TO ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI FOR THEIR STORY.  30 MINUTES

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