[FORDSON TRACTOR MANUFACTURING] Part 1

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Close-up of polishing or grinding wheel lowered to part, filmed 6/23/56. Hand changing parts - close-up of hands measuring and gauging parts. View through round window; silhouette of magnified parts in window. Partially assembled tractors on assembly line, man attaching rear tires to tractors - men attaching engine cover to partially assembled tractor - workers attaching other small parts to tractor - close-up of testing of hydraulic lift on rear of tractor, 900 lb. weight on lift - man lowering engine to chassis of tractor, workers securing engine - man reading papers, finished tractor moving on line, man attaching ‘O.K.’ tag to steering wheel. Men attaching engine to chassis - view of gears dropping from press into basket, man looking at gears - worker operating large machine - man attaching hydraulic pump to rear of tractor, testing pump - views from above of tractor plant, men and machines - man gauging engine blocks with calipers - worker operating engine block drilling machine. Views of parts on turntable being painted automatically . Worker painting ‘Ford’ with stencils on parts - completed tractors in plant, men perform quality checks, tractors being driven out of picture - man operating cylinder liner and reamer machine. [1956]

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