Mirror Of America Reel-3

Shot List:

00:00;02;02

Field test of a Ford experimental small tank powered by two Model-T engines at Highland Park.

00:00:22;11

City of Detroit turns out to say goodbye to soldiers of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), patriotic parade in Detroit Michigan. WW1 Soldiers marching to train station and boarding train. WWI soldier kissing goodbye to woman under umbrella at train station.

00:01:02;01

Early experimental tanks. Field testing of Ford designed tanks WWI. Large WW1 tank smashing through buildings.

00:01:51;15

Patriotic parade and rally in Highland Park, parade sign reads "Hell Is Too Good For The Hun".

00:02:16;00

The first model of the Martin Bomber, the Martin MB-1 or Glenn Martin Bomber aircraft that went into service in 1918. CU images of Eddie Rickenbacker, America's fighter ace in WWI. Aircraft factory workers building the Curtiss H-type flying boats.

00:03:04;01

The war years of WWI. Faces of men working in the shipyard at Hog Island. Red Cross girl at a train station, Capt. Edward C. Kittle, the dean of engravers at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, barracks life in WWI Army camp (man shaving with straight razor), WWI troop train heading for port of embarkation (soldiers waving from train), WWI soldiers having last cup of coffee with their families before "shoving off" (leaving) to war. U.S. warship leaving harbor surrounded by tug boats.

00:04;24;15

1917-Lord Northcliff, Head of British War Mission in WWI, sent by King George to arrange shipment of Fordson tractors to Great Britain. Lord Northcliff on one tractor followed by Henry Ford on another tractor.

00:04:41;20

WWI patriotic parade. Woman with WWI Liberty Bonds.

00:05:05;01

Crowds celebrating end of World War 1 (WWI). Armistice celebration end of World War 1.

00:05:31;04

Burial procession down Pennsylvania Avenue Washington DC on November 11, 1921 to bury the unknown soldier of WWI at Arlington National cemetery. The Funeral procession is led by U.S. Calvary troops on white horses followed by President Warren G. Harding and General John J. Blackjack Pershing marching on foot. Casket of unknown soldier of WWI on caisson.

Historical Note: On November 11, 1921 this world War 1 soldier became the first to be interred at the Tomb of The Unknown Soldier at Arlington National cemetery.

00:05:51;03

Vintage early automobiles and delivery trucks traveling a deeply rutted unpaved road. Vehicles Model-T Ford bogged down and stuck on unpaved road. Automobiles crossing a river on a ferry.

00:06:40;19

During the Roaring 20s the Bureau of Public Roads BPR, was authorized by the Federal Highway Act of 1921 to provide funding to help state highway agencies construct a system of paved two-lane interstate highways. Start of road construction in America.

00:07:05;03

Various shots of a Ford Model-T traveling over rough ground, fording a stream and though snow. Ford Model-T automobile riding on railroad tracks and riding on a large diameter pipe.

00:07:43;18

Model-T Ford automobile assembly line at Ford's automobile plant in Highland Park, Michigan. New Ford Model T automobiles (cars) leaving factory. Ford automobile dealership in the 1920's. Delivery trucks in the mid-1920's. Hand-crank dump truck unloading coal. United States Mail truck and postal worker in late 1920's. Mail trucks leaving central post office.