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This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
[HARVEST OF THE YEARS] Part 1
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: [part 3] Men loading bags of cement onto truck, sacks coming out of building on conveyor belt - close-up of sack - workers placing small boards on conveyor - cars going around test track, replica of Independence Hall in background - close-up of front end of Mercury car - two new cars on track - assembly line, motor lowered onto chassis, hooked up to drive shaft, workers - worker testing part on chassis - part of fender bolted to frame - horn attached - workers attaching radiator - body lowered over frame - assembly line, motor blocks - motor block placed in multiple mill and driller - workers assembling engine - car lifted and placed on support frame - hot ingot in press, worker operating controls - plant laboratory - machine for testing camshafts - worker X-raying crankshaft - workers at testing machinery - pressure being applied to piston, gear teeth - worker taking part out of salt bath - worker testing parts - measuring transmission parts - people entering Ford Rotunda - interior view of Ford Rotunda, spectators, cars - cars coming out through gate, Ford plant superimposed in background. "The End." [1938]
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