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Film, Video Symphony in F

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About this Item

Title

  • Symphony in F

Summary

  • Based on the Ford Cycle of Production exhibit at the New York World's Fair, this film follows the theme 'From the earth come materials to be transformed by Ford men, management and machines.' Animated purchase orders march to every part of the country; animated puppets tell the story of the buying and transporting of raw materials to the River Rogue Plant. The film also includes real life photography to show the processing of various materials such as rubber, steel and glass in the Rogue plant. In the closing sequence, the twenty eighth million Ford car builds itself to the music of Symphony in F.

Names

  • Wells, Linton, 1893-1976, narrator
  • Ludig, Edwin, composer
  • Ford Motor Company, presenter, sponsor, film distributor
  • Audio Productions, production company

Created / Published

  • United States : Ford Motor Company, 1940.

Headings

  • -  Ford automobile
  • -  Automobiles--United States--Design and construction
  • -  Automobile industry and trade--United States
  • -  Manufacturing processes--United States

Genre

  • Short films
  • Industrial films
  • Animated films
  • Sponsored films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Narrator: Linton Wells.
  • -  Composer, Edwin E. Ludig.
  • -  Partially filmed at the River Rogue Plant in Dearborn, Michigan.
  • -  Summary adapted from Educational film catalog.
  • -  Sources used: Educational film catalog, 1942, p. 106 viewed online June 24, 2024 via Media History Digital Library; Prelinger, R. The field guide to sponsored films, 2006, p. 87; Business screen, 1940, v. 7, no. 2, p. 29, viewed online June 24, 2024 via Media History Digital Library.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (approximately 14 min.) : sd., col.

Source Collection

  • MacDonald (J. Fred and Leslie W.) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024601128

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Wells, Linton, Narrator, and Presenter Ford Motor Company. Symphony in F. composeds by Ludig, Edwin, , produceds by Audio Productionsuction Company United States: Ford Motor Company, 1940. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024601128/.

APA citation style:

Wells, L. & Ford Motor Company, P. (1940) Symphony in F. Ludig, E., comp, , Audio Productionsuction Company, prod United States: Ford Motor Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024601128/.

MLA citation style:

Wells, Linton, Narrator, and Presenter Ford Motor Company. Symphony in F. comp by Ludig, Edwin, , prod by Audio Productionsuction Company United States: Ford Motor Company, 1940. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024601128/>.