[BIG AND BASIC. PART II] Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Steel Division - molten steel pouring from open hearth furnace into ladle, from ladle into ingot molds - close-ups of steel workers - huge crane removing ingot from soaking pit - steel in rolling mill, worker at control panel - rolled steel pipe coming from coiler - cold rolling machine in operation - sheets of rolled steel leaving machine - J.C. Thrasher discussing Dearborn General Manufacturing Division - glass plant - huge lift handling large sheet of glass - workers handling small sheets of glass - cutting shapes by machine - shapes on conveyor - inspecting finished shapes for windshields - gear and axle plant, worker tending machining machinery in operation - heat treatment - worker talking to supervisor - management training class - panorama of River Rouge plant - plastics plant - molded parts coming from machines - panorama of plastics department, machinery - machine shop, workers tending machines - powerhouse, dynamos, control panel. [1952]
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