- This
is a 40 minute, narrated VHS video,
composed from footage shot by Ford Motor Company Photographic Laboratory
cameramen in the 1920s and 1930s and covers Henry Ford's contribution to
the Golden Age of aviation when most airlines started their passenger service
with the famous Ford Tri-Motor airplane, affectionately known as the "Tin
Goose." This film, most of which has never been seen by the public,
was obtained primarily from the National Archives which received millions
of feet of film from Ford in 1963. Key segments, however, such as
the first flight of Ford's Tri-Motor airplanes, were found in the archives
of the Research Center, Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village and
had never been reviewed, even by aviation researchers.
Coverage includes:
Aerial views of Ford
Airport - Dearborn, Michigan
Single engine Stout - Ford airplane (2AT)
Inauguration of the Ford Air Transport Service flight - Dearborn to Cleveland
First flight of the Stout designed Tri-Motor airplane (3AT)
First flight of the Ford designed Tri-Motor airplane (4AT)
Airplane construction
Charles Lindbergh's visit in 1927
Ford's personal Flivvers of the air
Docking of Army and Navy dirigibles at Ford Airport's mooring mast
And much more!!!
The
video is priced at $23.00 plus $2.50 (USA,
all others $4.00) shipping and handling .
