Guide to the Ford film collection in the National Archives (1970)

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Non-Ford Productions: Assorted Subjects 1903-54 This category consists of film that was made by producers other than the Ford Motion Picture Laboratories and not produced for the Ford Motor Company. It contains advertisements; cartoons, comedies, and dramas; doc- umentaries; news; personal films; propaganda; public service features; technical features; and travelogs. The collection contains 27,254 feet of ed- ited, 35 mm., silent, black and white film; 13,919 feet of edited, 35 mm., composite, black and white film; 703 feet of edited, 16 mm., silent, black and white film; 3,470 feet of edited, 16 mm., composite, black and white film; 3,296 feet of unedited, 35 mm., silent, black and white film; 414 feet of unedited, 35 mm., silent, color film; 452 feet of unedited, 16 mm., silent, black and white film; and 4,326 feet of 35 mm. and 701 feet of 16 mm., duplicate film. There are some restrictions on the use of the film. The user is responsible for ascertaining the copyright status of the film and for clearing the copy- right with the holder before repro- duction orders can be accepted. ADVERTISEMENTS AMERICAN FORK AND HOE COMPANY n ft., ed., 35 mm., si., bfrw. (1936) Single frame advertising stills for True Temper farm and garden tools. CARNEGIE-ILLINOIS STEEL CORPORATION "The 43—Continuous Hot Strip Mill of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation" 452 ft., uned., 16 mm., si., bbw. (1936) Rolling mill, machinery, workers, and ingots. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, MIN- NEAPOLIS, MINN. "Horseless Farming Shown Through Courtesy of Ford Motor Company" 897 ft., ed., 35 mm., si., bbw. (1917) Drama advertising a tractor built by the Ford Motor Company of Min- neapolis: boy leaving farm and go- ing to work in a tractor factory; tri- wheeled tractor assembly lines; boy working as tractor salesman, marrying the farmer's daughter, and taking her and a new tractor home; and tractor in barnyard and fields. ROBINSON MACHINE COMPANY "Converting a Ford into a Truckford" 196 ft., ed., 35 mm., si., bfrw. (1916) Machine shop, workers removing body and rear wheels from Model-T Ford and adding truck body, and at- taching chain drive to rear axle and truck wheels. 101