[TOUR THROUGH THE ROUGE PLANTS, A] Part 3
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Film includes captions in German. Ingots moving through rolling mill - rods in bloom mill - hot pipe moving across machine knocking sand core out of it - several ships at dock in process of being scrapped - workers with acetylene torches cutting sections from side, crane lifting sections from ship - piles of scrap - crane moving scrap - trainload of scrap moving into plant - huge press cutting and crushing scrap - electro-magnet on crane moving scrap - view of furnace - molten iron from bucket on crane flowing into furnace - molten iron from mixer pouring into bucket, crane carrying bucket, pouring iron into furnace - crane moving bucket under furnace, steel pouring in, crane moving bucket - trainload of hot ingots moving through plant yard - ingots being removed from soaking pit by crane, dropped into bloom mill, moving through mill, being rolled into rods - ingots moving through rolling mill - rods in bloom mill - hot pipe moving across machine knocking sand core out of it - steel bar being heated in furnace, shaped by presses - worker displaying forged ring gear, polished gear - machine in operation - machine cutting teeth on gear - hand displaying finished gear - machining crankshaft by machine - polishing camshaft by machine - worker assembling wire spokes to rim and hub, welding by machine - wheels on conveyor - large room with many presses, workers, body parts being stamped out - long row of electric furnaces, workers heating and shaping steel - workers at machines, small parts on overhead conveyors - workers removing engine assembly from overhead to belt conveyor - assembled engines on conveyor - workers lowering engine onto chassis - attaching radiator, wheels, and other parts - body being lowered to chassis - final adjustments - cars being driven out of plant - cars on test runs behind plant. “The End.” [1926]
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