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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
[RIVER ROUGE, PART TWO]. [1926] Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Panoramic view of iron mine - ore car moving up incline to top of tipple - view from top of tipple, car moving up - view of ore ship at dock - ore ship under way - large cranes unloading ore from hold of ship - views of River Rouge, blast furnaces, buildings, track, etc. - view of slag pouring into large vat - ladle cars with slag moving through plant - ladle cars tipping and pouring slag outside plant - steam shovel scooping cooled slag and loading it into railroad gondola - workers shoveling in yard, tractor and cart moving through yard, plant in background - view of cement plant - workers loading bags of cement on truck and flatbed trailers - workers stacking bags of cement - loaded truck and trailers pulling away from loading ramp - views inside plant, furnaces, molten metal pouring out, workmen - train of ladle cars moving on track - red-hot molten iron in molds - molten metal pouring from ladle into furnace - view of exterior of plant, large crane in operation - workers filling mold with sand - removing mold, cylinder block core - man painting half-circle with stencil - dipping mold in liquid - workers on assembly line putting molds together - views of assembly line, pre-paring molds, workers - views of furnace - ladle pouring molten metal into molds on assembly line - cylinder blocks moving on overhead conveyor - blocks on overhead and belt type conveyors - views of blocks on conveyors, men working - men machining blocks - blocks attached to huge revolving machine - overall view of block assembly line, workers - blocks on conveyors - view inside motor assembly building, workmen, blocks and parts of motors - ships in several stages of being dismantled at dock at River Rouge - men scrapping boat - large side of ship being removed by crane - men with torches cutting hull of ship - pieces being lifted by crane - huge pile of scrap, pieces of ship - views of crane stacking pieces of ship - scrap moving in gondolas - large press crushing scrap - magnetic crane lifting scrap and dropping it into hoppers - view of ladle being lifted by crane, pouring liquid into furnace - molten steel flowing down chute from furnace into ladle, crane lifting ladle, pouring molten steel into mold -crane lifting ladle, ladle being refilled - ladle being lifted by crane - views of foundry interior. “Part Three will follow immediately.” [1926]
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