Video Parts (2)
This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
Scrapping a Ship Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Tugboat pushing ship - crane lifting scrap from partially dismantled hull of ‘Lake Desha’ at dock - side of ship - pipe and machinery in hold - engine room - empty hold, screw shaft housing - hull of ship in water, workers - section lifted off hull by crane, workers cutting with acetylene torches - view from hull of side being lifted off - dock, workers on pier out in water parallel to dock, dinghy on line between dock and pier - hull of ship floated between dock and pier, cranes on dock, River Rouge plant in background - interior of plant, workers testing pipe by building up water pressure in it - workers rolling sections of pipe into hot liquid, lifting pipe out in basket, using block and tackle, rolling pipe out of basket onto table - workers taking pipe from cart, laying them aside - ship entering narrow lock - sailor dropping line over cleat - ship rising, towed out of lock by tugboat - pile of scrapped ship’s parts on ground including ship’s screws, River Rouge plant in background - ships and partially scrapped ships at dock. [1926]
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