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American Road, The Pt. 2 of 3

Reel Number: 221683-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1953,1910s,1920s

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 00:10:46

TC Ends: 00:18:23

Duration: 00:07:37

Pt. 2 of 3 Farmer wiping down horse outside of barn; CU turning & looking. LS walking to see passing open automobile bouncing down country road., returns to brushing horse. 00:11:15 CU Magazine advertisement: Ford four-cylinder touring car $850.00, hands writing on it w/ pencil from over-shoulder shot, pulls back to show man in vest at early 20th Century desk. 00:11:29 Garage factory floor w/ men working on five chassis, bolting together & fitting pieces. Then, men moving to next chassis & repeating functions; CU & MS of men working. 00:12:29 Men in garage timed as they pull car past working men, parts added to cars as pulled past; men watching & man w/ stop-watch. 00:13:06 Chassis pushed down small track, men assembling parts at stops. MCU assembling & sliding gears down table in sub-assemblies. 00:13:53 Wheel rims rolling down by gravity, spokes added. Conveyor belts & parts moved thru factory; radiators; four-cylinder motor blocks after assembly & w/ transmissions attached on over-head conveyors. Fenders moving thru. Motors hoisted & fitted onto moving chassis. Sedan bodies lowered. 00:15:01 Car driven off assembly line (brief). Open sedan driven down very deep muddy road bouncing in & out of ruts & past. Truck stuck in mud, man out & kicks front wheel. 00:15:31 Montage: men w/ teams of horses grading dirt country road; leveling. Cement mixed & men w/ wheelbarrows pouring concrete pavement in work crews. Automated. 00:15:52 Montage: open sedans driving on two lane concrete highway; early six-lane highway divided w/ trolley tracks. Women shopping at corner market, getting in car; doctor driving on residential street & out of car, up front steps. 00:16:24 Montage: high angle of crooked highway on Pike’s Peak w/ touring cars up & down; car along mountain stream; at overlooks. Thru National Parks: past redwoods; feeding bear by open car door. Driving thru tree trunk; picnicking in city park; at picnic table by lake; picking wild flowers; men camping in car; at beach. 00:17:42 Water on sand; boy & girl running on sand, children walking by water picking up kelp. Wading. Continued... Automotive History; Ford Motor Car Company; Staged; Turn-of-century; 1910s; 1920s; Taylorism; Note: May sell any consecutive 10 minutes of three-part film at per reel rate.

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