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This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
Diego Rivera Industrial Mural, Detroit Institute of Arts / Automobile Transmission Part 1
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Worker on scaffolding drawing final sketch on wall - view of scaffolding, blank wall, water fountain and ferns in middle of room - man posing - Diego Rivera with three other men - scaffolding, wall, fountain - worker on scaffolding chipping away plaster - water fountain, scaffolding, wall. [1932] b. “Bearing assembly to spline shaft.” Close-up of parts of transmission - transmission on display - transmission assembled. “The clutch is placed in its housing.” Clutch being assembled. “Illustrating the position of the gears as they are shifted in driving.” Transmission with cutaway section in operation. “Neutral -- center.” “Low -- back to the left.” “Second -- forward through neutral and on forward to the right.” “High -- straight back.” “Reverse -- left and forward from neutral.” [1929]
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