Explore everything with a free subscription

Video Parts (2)

This clip is Part 2 of a 2-part film. Watch from the beginning

Shock Testing Tires and Wheels Part 2

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Plant interior, shock tests on wheel with tire on it, rising and falling in testing device, hitting floor on downward stroke - wheel suspended behind frame, worker’s hands operating rope which raises and lowers wheel, lever which raises and lowers wheel and frame - wheel sometimes bounces - wheel being bounced hard on metal cleat. [1927]

Read more

Collection

Ford Motor Company Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects

NARA ID
Subscribe
Local ID
Subscribe
Date
1927-01-01
File
Subscribe
TRT
2:46