Edsel Ford gives Ford Trimotor airplane to aviators Floyd Bennett and Bernt Balchen for future attempt to fly to South Pole

Edsel Ford, president of Ford Motor Company, standing between Bernt Balchen on left and Floyd Bennett talking to them as Ford Trimotor plane pulls up beside them / men pushing plane forward on tarmac / Trimotor taking off / shot from another plane of Trimotor in flight / Trimotor taxiing on snow on tarmac at airfield on Manitoba / two shots of men attaching ski to strut below engine of plane / Trimotor with skis on it taking off / Trimotor flying overhead / shot through window of plane in flight of engine and ski attached to strut below engine / shot from inside plane of Bennett and Balchen behind interior windows of cockpit flying plane / shot from inside plane of ski attached to strut below engine, snow-covered landscape below / close shot of Bennett and Balchen in cockpit flying plane / shot from inside plane of ski touching down and sliding through snow as plane lands / shot of plane taxiing through snow / Bennett on right and Balchen standing together next to plane posing for photo opportunity, snow falling / two dogsled teams run past parked plane / Bennett and Balchen sitting on ground with other men, Balchen adjusting snowshoe on his lap / Bennett working on strut beneath engine of plane / back in Detroit after flight, Bennett and Balchen standing on either side of woman posing for photo opportunity / Note: exact month/day not known
Edsel Ford, president of Ford Motor Company, standing between Bernt Balchen on left and Floyd Bennett talking to them as Ford Trimotor plane pulls up beside them / men pushing plane forward on tarmac / Trimotor taking off / shot from another plane of Trimotor in flight / Trimotor taxiing on snow on tarmac at airfield on Manitoba / two shots of men attaching ski to strut below engine of plane / Trimotor with skis on it taking off / Trimotor flying overhead / shot through window of plane in flight of engine and ski attached to strut below engine / shot from inside plane of Bennett and Balchen behind interior windows of cockpit flying plane / shot from inside plane of ski attached to strut below engine, snow-covered landscape below / close shot of Bennett and Balchen in cockpit flying plane / shot from inside plane of ski touching down and sliding through snow as plane lands / shot of plane taxiing through snow / Bennett on right and Balchen standing together next to plane posing for photo opportunity, snow falling / two dogsled teams run past parked plane / Bennett and Balchen sitting on ground with other men, Balchen adjusting snowshoe on his lap / Bennett working on strut beneath engine of plane / back in Detroit after flight, Bennett and Balchen standing on either side of woman posing for photo opportunity / Note: exact month/day not known
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Editorial #:
1126694779
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
01 January, 1928
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Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:01:40:08
Location:
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr003523_06_01.mov