Video Parts (3)
This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
NEW FORD V-8, THE Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Aerial view of River Rouge plant - view of plant - workers in plant yard, fronts views of Model T, Model A, and V-8 - ‘V-8 and 65 h.p.’ superimposed over machinery and workers’ feet - curtain on stage opening, movies of V-8 being driven down tree lined street - V-8 driven onto stage - close-up of front end of V-8 - Ford officials gathered around chassis of first V-8 - Henry Ford stamping number on transmission, ‘18-1’ 3/10/32. Group including Henry and Edsel Ford posing beside chassis - body added to car - Henry and Edsel Ford looking at car - close-up of front end, V-8 engine - V-8 engine on display - single unit cylinder and block and crankcase - crankshaft - crankshaft in block - connecting rods - connecting rods with piston pins - preceding display with pistons added - piston, assembled, piston, pin, and connecting rod - floating bushing - connecting rod assembled on crankshaft - timing gear on camshaft - camshaft - valve assembly with valve, push rod, mounting, spring - cylinder head and combustion chamber - cover over valve chamber - fuel pump - carburetor - intake manifold - cutaway view of intake manifold - oil filter and breather pipe - oil pump. “Part Two will follow immediately.” [1932]
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