1916 - 1921 - Petroleum Industry; Sacramento or Mexico; Grand Canyon & Yosemite; Telephone Operators
(1921) Oil Industry. Workers on top of small oil storage tanks, derricks behind.
02:48:09 Blacks & Whites work at fitting pipe; bulldozer turning pipe & pulling. Men look at trough for oil. 02:48:4 Wooden derrick w/ women in dresses & children visiting men seated at base, steam out of pipe at base.
02:49:05 Said to be Sacramento, California but may be part of Mexico (1920) at 02:27:53 on this tape). Monument in city square, traffic past. Men on porch building overlooking city.
02:49:34 Sacramento (?). Porch w/ columned curved facade. Women & men by facade.
02:50:04 Monument w/ cars & carriages past. Note Mexican sombrero on man at base of monument.
02:50:19 Large house on hill, trees beneath on hillside. View from inside house w/ people on porch looking in. Looking out thru floor to ceiling doors.
Travelogue; Wealth;
02:50:46 (1917) Views of Grand Canyon from top, several shots. Colorado River visible below.
National Parks; Erosion;
02:51:26 (1917) Yosemite Valley, California. Tourists in two open cars up mountain dirt road past camera. MLS of waterfall. People viewing & pointing past trees to falls. MS of falls, other shots. Small falls. CU of water onto rocks. LS of people viewing, w/ phone or electric wires visible. Slow tilt down long falls into pool.
Transportation; Traveling; Scenics; Americana; Tourism;
02:53:50 (1916) Telephone & Telegraph Communications Training session for telephone & telegraph operators. Young woman interviewed. Women at switchboard; working w/ slips tumbling down, connecting calls w/ plugs & hitting coin return control button on desk top. Counters in MCU.
02:55:14 Supervisors behind women.
02:55:26 Nurse examining throat of large /fat/ overweight woman who steps onto scales. Training room from rear behind several rows of women.
02:55:59 CU of equipment.
02:56:06 Man works on telegraph pole w/ many wires, climbs down.
02:56:30 Women in waiting room sitting down, some w/ pads. Teacher at front of room explaining head set. Women looking up numbers in telephone books. Women practicing at console w/ headsets.
02:58:31 Switchboard & women. MCU & CUs of operators. Various angles. VERY GOOD.
1910s; Employee Industrial Training; Bell Telephone;
NOTE: Sacramento material may be all or partly Mexico. Needs to be verified thru other Ford footage of either.
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1916 - 1921 - Petroleum Industry; Sacramento or Mexico; Grand Canyon & Yosemite; Telephone Operators (1921) Oil Industry. Workers on top of small oil storage tanks, derricks behind. 02:48:09 Blacks & Whites work at fitting pipe; bulldozer turning pipe & pulling. Men look at trough for oil. 02:48:4 Wooden derrick w/ women in dresses & children visiting men seated at base, steam out of pipe at base. 02:49:05 Said to be Sacramento, California but may be part of Mexico (1920) at 02:27:53 on this tape). Monument in city square, traffic past. Men on porch building overlooking city. 02:49:34 Sacramento (?). Porch w/ columned curved facade. Women & men by facade. 02:50:04 Monument w/ cars & carriages past. Note Mexican sombrero on man at base of monument. 02:50:19 Large house on hill, trees beneath on hillside. View from inside house w/ people on porch looking in. Looking out thru floor to ceiling doors. Travelogue; Wealth; 02:50:46 (1917) Views of Grand Canyon from top, several shots. Colorado River visible below. National Parks; Erosion; 02:51:26 (1917) Yosemite Valley, California. Tourists in two open cars up mountain dirt road past camera. MLS of waterfall. People viewing & pointing past trees to falls. MS of falls, other shots. Small falls. CU of water onto rocks. LS of people viewing, w/ phone or electric wires visible. Slow tilt down long falls into pool. Transportation; Traveling; Scenics; Americana; Tourism; 02:53:50 (1916) Telephone & Telegraph Communications Training session for telephone & telegraph operators. Young woman interviewed. Women at switchboard; working w/ slips tumbling down, connecting calls w/ plugs & hitting coin return control button on desk top. Counters in MCU. 02:55:14 Supervisors behind women. 02:55:26 Nurse examining throat of large /fat/ overweight woman who steps onto scales. Training room from rear behind several rows of women. 02:55:59 CU of equipment. 02:56:06 Man works on telegraph pole w/ many wires, climbs down. 02:56:30 Women in waiting room sitting down, some w/ pads. Teacher at front of room explaining head set. Women looking up numbers in telephone books. Women practicing at console w/ headsets. 02:58:31 Switchboard & women. MCU & CUs of operators. Various angles. VERY GOOD. 1910s; Employee Industrial Training; Bell Telephone; NOTE: Sacramento material may be all or partly Mexico. Needs to be verified thru other Ford footage of either.