[HARVEST OF THE YEARS] Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Harvest of the Years: A Story of the Triumph of an Idea. [part 2] Worker operating machine, small parts dropping from molds - worker shoveling soy beans into basket - worker removing small parts from molding machine - revolving drum, washing small molded parts - worker at large blackboard drawing design for car - designers at drafting boards - car at mouth of weather tunnel, workers at control board, close-up of gauge - road testing new cars and trucks, wet pavement, brick road, rocky road, uneven and bumpy road - plant interior, hot ingot placed on conveyor by overhead crane - view of smokestacks from between buildings - views of several plants including blast furnace, coke oven, tire making plant interior - freighters at dock - railroad freight train - plant, freighter passing in front, automobile parts superimposed, Ford trademarks superimposed - views of Ford plant buildings, yards, equipment - crane in use - freighter - conveyors moving raw materials, workers, glass polishing machinery in production - workers removing sheets of rubber from conveyor - tire production lines, workers, machinery - coke oven discharging burning coke - molten metal flowing in trough, workers - plant yard, cranes, network of pipes - ammonium sulphate falling from chute - Ford Benzol truck leaving refinery - worker filling Benzol truck with hose - filling station attendant filling automobile with Ford Benzol - discharging coke oven - huge ladle being filled with molten metal - plant yard - plant interior, worker using forge - tongs lifting V-8 engine block out of mold - molten metal flowing, sparks flying - rail cars loaded with scrap metal - crane pushing scrap into furnace - plant yard, car and train traffic - huge stack of baled waste paper, worker placing waste paper onto conveyor - workers removing sheets of cardboard from roller, from conveyor - ships at dock, close-up of oily water - truck spreading oil on street - worker and grinding wheel, sweeping up waste from wheel, shoveling it into bin. [part 3] Workers loading truck with filled sacks dropping from chute - worker placing boards on endless belt, removing nails from boards, sweeping up nails from floor and shoveling them into barrels - cars driven around test track, replica of Independence Hall in background - close-up of car - two cars on highway - car being assembled; motor, horn, radiator, body - motors being assembled - engine block put under multiple drill - motor being assembled - car raised in air, set up on stands - hot ingot coming out of roller, man at controls - glass front laboratory in plant - machine testing parts - worker X-raying crankshaft, looking at X-ray - metal shop, workers operating machinery - machines testing leaf spring, piston, gear teeth - worker examining parts in salt spray room - fabric and paints tested for wear and fading - parts tested for accuracy in size - men and women entering Ford Rotunda, examining new cars inside building - cars passing through, view of plant superimposed in background. "The End." [1938]
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