Summary: Interior and exterior views of Willow Run Airplane Plant, designed and erected for bomber production by Ford Motor Company. Male and female personnel building and checking B-24 Liberators. Dedication of the plant, 16 June 1941. 1) Series of LS's, MS's & CU's of U.S. National Defense Willow Run Airplane Plant, dated 16 June 1941, designed and erected for bomber production by Ford Motor Company. Henry Ford, Founder; Edsel Ford, President. 2) MLS large hangars. 3) MCU weather station and control tower. 4) PS L to R, Willow Run Airplane Plant showing size and parking area for automobiles. 5) CU INT two civilian personnel working on a large press, man operating hand grinder. 6) MLS high angle INT machine shop, all scenes are taken in aircraft factory while employees are working. 7) ECU female personnel operating bandsaw. 8) MS personnel operating several presses. 9) CU two personnel operating press. 10) LS high angle of assembly line for the nose of the B-24. 11) MS & CU of same scene description. 12) CU female personnel operating hand drill on side of aircraft. 13) CU female personnel operating riveting gun on same. 14) MCU derrick in operation carrying rear section of fuselage of B-24. 15) MCU derrick moving rear section of fuselage into position. 16) MS same scene description. 17) MCU male and female personnel working on interior of Liberator B-24. 18) MLS derrick moving front section of B-24 into position. 19) MS derrick lifting wing section and lowering same onto racks. 20) MCU engine being worked on by employees. 21) ECU female employees working on engine. 22) MCU engine being lowered through the floor above. 23) MS derrick bringing tall section, men waiting and guiding it into position. 24) MCU men putting wheel on landing gear. 25) MCU landing gear being tested. 26) MS, CU assembly line of nose and tail section. 27) ELS Liberator B-24 bomber on production line; motors, wings, and tail section being assembled. 28) MS men working on engine of B-24. 29) CU men working on engine of B-24. 30) CU man working on tail section of B-24 on finishing line. 31) MS man working on top turret of B-24. 32) CU employees working on turret of B-24. 33) MS employees placing three blade propeller on engine. 34) ECU man tightening nut on propeller. 35) MS man walking across wing and looking into interior of B-24. 36) CU personnel polishing nose gunner windows. 37) LS hangar doors opening, exterior shot. 38) MS B-24 Liberator being towed from hangar. 39) MS B-24 engines warming up on airstrip. 40) MS line of stationary B-24's-one warming up. 41) MCU B-24 Liberator warming up, name on aircraft-CAPT. EDDIE RICKENBACKER. 42) MLS same scene description. 43) MLS B-24 taxiing down airstrip, bg shows six B-24's parked. 44) LS nine B-24's stationary, unidentified aircraft flying overhead in the bg.45) Series of MS's & CU's of two civilian personnel checking and looking over B-24. Reel 2: 1) MS three civilian personnel with their backs to camera standing on airstrip-C-45 taxiing in bg. 2) MS RV C-45, personnel standing nearby, cameraman taking pictures of C-45 and of B-24 in bg. 3) MS personnel leaving aircraft and being greeted by personnel on airstrip. 4) CU personnel talking and greeting each other. (Possible identity of one is Mr. Ford.) 5) MS personnel standing, talking to each other -- B-24 Liberator warming up in bg. 6) MS press men and motion picture unit taking pictures. 7) MS RV Nos. 3 & 4 engines on B-24, bg shows two large hangars and another B-24. 8) LS night view of a B-24. 9) LS same scene description, bg shows hangars. 10) MS airstrip showing in fg one B-24-in bg one B-24 and hangars. 11) MCU VIP's standing in front of an automobile (photography very poor). 12) MS medium tank M-3 model going through test run. 13) MS U.S. flag on pole-tanks in maneuvers in bg. 14) CU flag flying full mast. 15) CU VIP's standing in front of a medium tank M-3. 16) MS VIP's on side of road-tank approaching and passing them. 17) MS SV same scene description. 18) MS tank going through test area. Good (Basic:2 reels, 35mm,silent,Mas Pos)
