Video Parts (3)
This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
[RIVER ROUGE PLANT. PART 3] Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Workers assembling and testing motors on assembly line - aerial view of Rouge plant - frames being assembled - body and body parts shaped and stamped out, holes drilled, extra parts cut out - body being assembled around motor and chassis, welded to frame, sanded, painted - glass being made, cut, safety glass assembled - car being assembled - aerial view of plant - glass plant - glass in rolling machinery - glass cutting machinery - glass laminating line - glass coming through rolling machinery - inspecting glass - aerial view of plant - final assembly line - wheel alignment - carrier loaded with new cars on open road - aerial view of River Rouge plant, signs superimposed: ‘Power,’ ‘Materials,’ ‘Men,’ ‘Iron,’ ‘Steel,’ ‘Mills,’ ‘Parts,’ ‘Bodies,’ ‘Glass,’ ‘Assembly’ and ‘V-8.’ “The End.” [1937]
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