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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
POWER THOUGHT BUILT, THE Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The Power Thought Built.” “To relieve man and beast from a life of drudgery and to place farming on a plane with any other business where duties are a pleasure to perform are embodied in the origin of the Fordson tractor.” Tractor-drawn plow passing horse-drawn plow in field. “This idea lay smoldering in the brain of Mr. Ford with his very first efforts but it was not until 1917 that the ‘Iron Horse’ was marketed by its inventor.” Henry Ford posing with tree as backdrop. “The ore is shipped from the Ford Motor Company’s mines --” Miners walking along gangway, view of mine ore car moving up inclined track, dumping at the top of tipple - panoramic view of mine buildings. “-- to the blast furnace at River Rouge, Michigan.” Ore boat in open water, view of building at River Rouge. “The raw metal is speedily unloaded and the first steps toward making a Fordson are taken.” Overhead crane unloading railroad ore cars. “Dumping a car of coal with one of the greatest labor saving devices in our industrial world.” Crane picking up car, dumping coal from car. “Think of the labor saved in this process alone and of the effect it will have on the price of the product.” Empty coal car being placed back on tracks, pushed out of way by full coal car. “With limestone, our supply for manufacturing metal is complete and the iron ore, limestone, and coke are collected in their proper proportions and conveyed to the top of the blast furnace.” Scoop of power shovel picking up load of coal, dumping it into car. “This is what takes place inside the furnace.” Animated diagram of blast furnace operation. “Every four hours the blast furnace is ready to tap. A tap hole is drilled --” “-- and the troughs through which the metal is to flow are banked up.” Workers banking troughs. “Then a little further cleaning at the tap hole and from 75 to 125 tons of metal surge forth on a mission of helpfulness to mankind.” Molten metal flowing into trough. “Releasing slag.” Worker breaking dam, running. “Stopping notch with mud gun.” Machinery performing this operation. “Iron running from blast furnace spout into large 75 ton track ladles.” Molten metal running into ladle cars. “Switching furnace metal to foundry track.” Engine pulling ladle cars outside plant. “Large crane pouring furnace metal into foundry container.” View of crane and container, “Mixing 50% cupola metal with furnace metal in foundry pouring ladle.” Men performing operation. “Pouring 50% furnace metal from foundry container into pouring ladles.” Worker and pouring metal. “During the time the ore is being prepared for use the core makers are busy constructing their parts preparatory to casting.” Workers molding sand cores. “Special Ford continuous core baking ovens.” Worker placing cores into oven. “Two men pour tons of metal daily without lifting one pound.” Workers lifting ladle with block and tackle, pouring metal. “Mold transfer from pouring line to cooling and exhaust.” Mold on overhead crane. “Breaking mound.” Worker breaking mold from casting. “To cooling room.” Mold carried by crane to cooling room. “Breaking cores.” Worker using machine to break sand core from casting. “After the castings have cooled they are tumbled, whipped and snagged before being delivered to the machine shops where they are machined on the latest type, and often specially designed machinery.” [1922]
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