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Ford Motor Company - From Civil Air To War Footing

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keywords: wwii, ford motor company aviation division, civilian airplane, aircraft war plant, b-24 liberator bomber, waco cg-4 glider

Synopsis: The Ford Motor Company aviation division built planes for civil air use and quickly re-tooled their plants for WWII building the famed B-24 Liberator Bomber as well as Waco CG-4 gliders for combat troops...(read more)

Date: 1929 & 1940's
Duration: 00:07:46
Sound: Partial
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: United States

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Ford Motor Company - From Civil Air To War Footing

1929 Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour

Panning view of airplanes at the Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour at the Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan in 1929. Shows woman pilot and aviatrix Nancy Hopkins. A man "flags off" airplane with number 19 on fuselage, next is airplane with Z1 on fuselage, next is airplane with ZZ on fuselage. Shows three biplanes in flight overhead. Shows a biplane taking off. Shows a 1929 Travel Air Model R, Texaco No. 13 "Mystery Ship" taking off.

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Ford Liberator Bomber And Glider Production

Shows a Consolidated designed B-24 liberator bomber manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in in flight in WWII. Scenes of B-24 Liberator Bombers on production line at the Ford Willow Run bomber plant. Shows women working in aircraft manufacturing plant. Various scenes of the manufacturing of Liberator bombers at the Ford plant. Shows B-24 Liberator taxing to runway for first flight. Shows a B-24 taking off and in flight.

Shows the Waco CG-4 Glider being towed by Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft and making landings. Shows the Ford manufacturing plant at Iron Mountain, Michigan. Shows manufacturing of Waco CG-4 Gliders at the Iron Mountain/Kingford, Michigan plants. Shows a C-47 aircraft taking off pulling two gliders.

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