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This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
Steel Mill Scenes / Ford Mail Plane / Automobile Manufacturing / Ford Tri-Motor Airplane Assembly Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Steel Mill Scenes. Close-ups of sheet steel rolling machine in operation - hot steel bar coming out of rolling machine - views from underneath side of machinery for removing sand core from pipe, hydraulic equipment, mechanism in operation - worker operating steel pipe cutting machine - long room with machinery for removing sand core from pipe - row of large presses in operation, workers - parts on overhead conveyor - workers in chemical laboratory - testing machine in operation. [1937] b. Large group of visitors in plant yard - ‘U.S. Mail’ Ford Tri-Motor plane taxiing on snowy field, workers pushing it - plane taking off, in flight. [1926] c. Worker riveting automobile chassis, attaching nuts and bolts - worker removing body parts from press, holding them up, stacking them. [1927] d. Tri-Motor airplane assembly lines - partially finished plane - wing assembly - tail assembly - wing assembly. [1927]
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