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Ford and a Century of Progress

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dc.contributor.authorFord New Holland Australia Limited (1954-1993)
dc.contributor.authorDirection: C. C. Thomas
dc.contributor.authorNarration: Alois Havrilla
dc.contributor.authorMusical direction: Erno Rapee
dc.contributor.authorEditor: Paul Maschke
dc.contributor.authorSupervision: Frederic Ullman Jr.
dc.coverage.spatialChicago, United States
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-27T02:31:33Z
dc.date.available2025-06-27T02:31:33Z
dc.date.created1934
dc.description.abstractView of children in play area and on various rides at the 1934 Century of Progress world's fair in Chicago, Illinois. Views of several village exhibit areas including Belgium, Ireland, Tunisia, Mexico, and Holland. The Goodyear blimp flies over the Wings of a Century exhibition building, which features the development of transportation in exhibits and dramatic presentations. Views of crowds walking through the fair and in an entertainment area featuring ventriloquists and a piano player. Views of the fair at night. An aerial view of the Ford Exposition building, Henry Ford and Edsel Ford getting out of a car in front of the building, and scenes inside the building of various Ford Motor Company exhibits and participants, including a huge revolving globe inside the Rotunda and women testing speedometers.
dc.format.extent0:30:55
dc.format.mediumfilm reel
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.format.mediumsound
dc.format.mimetypevideo/mpeg
dc.format.mimetypeaudio/wav
dc.identifierAU NBAC N206-305
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733765211
dc.languageen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2024
dc.relation.ispartofANU AV Preservation Digitisation Project
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDeposit N206 - Ford New Holland audiovisual records
dc.relation.ispartofseriesItem 305 - Century of Progress, World Fair Chicago, 1934
dc.rights.licenseThis film recording is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University
dc.subject.otherFord Motor Company -- Exhibitions
dc.subject.otherCentury of Progress International Exposition -- (1933-1934: Chicago, Illinois)
dc.subject.otherAdvertising -- Automobiles
dc.subject.otherExhibitions
dc.titleFord and a Century of Progress
dc.typeVideo recording
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
local.description.notesAudio continues after vision.

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