Pathe News (Ford Back to Work) / Detroit News Topics (Ford Back to Work) / Power Plant Water Tunnel Construction Part 1

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “Ford Puts 107,000 Men to Work. Dearborn, Michigan. Auto factory resumes full operation as industry starts on upward trend.” Views of workers going to plant - views inside plant, men, parts, and machines - night shift going to work. [1931] b. “Auto Workers Start to Work.” Workers leaving trains, walking to work - views inside plant, men, parts, and machines. [1931] c. Men working inside tunnel, moving clay - men operating hydraulic erector putting blocks of concrete in ceiling - men pushing loaded and unloaded hand cars into and out of tunnel - two men talking at entrance to tunnel - view of workers and cars at entrance - workers rolling concrete blocks on car into tunnel, attaching block to crane, crane moving block into position for erector to pick it up - erector picking up block, swinging it into place in roof of tunnel. [1930]

Collection

Ford Motor Company Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects