Video Parts (3)
This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
[RIVER ROUGE PLANT. PART 2] Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Aerial view of River Rouge plant, line moving to open hearth furnaces where different types of steel are made - railroad locomotive - open hearth furnace, huge crane on tracks placing scrap steel into furnace, close-up of burning charge in furnace, overhead crane carrying bucket - molten metal pouring into mold - worker taking testing sample from furnace, pouring it into small mold - close-up of worker with protective helmet over head - molten metal pouring from furnace into ingot molds - worker stirring contents of molds - overhead crane lifting mold from cooled ingot, moving ingot to oven called soaking pit - truck-drawn train of lunch wagons entering plant - workers selecting food, eating - workers alighting from streetcar, mounting stairs to overhead walkway - production line, change of shift - automobile, truck traffic - workers and families in garden area - crane removing hot ingot from soaking pit, placing it on conveyor to rolling mill - operator’s hands on machinery controls - ingot tipping into rolling machinery, being rolled and shaped, moved from one machine to another until a long thin sheet of metal emerges - worker examining sheet of metal as it goes by him - rolling machinery in operation - aerial view of River Rouge plant, line moving to motor building center - piston polishing machinery in operation - piston finishing, weighing, workers - pistons on overhead conveyor - workers assembling sets for motors - assembly line. [1937]
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