Video Parts (3)
This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
[RHAPSODY IN STEEL] Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Rhapsody in Steel, Part Two. A short film, with animation sequences, about the production of a Ford V8 automobile, made for the Ford Pavilion at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Ford car moving off assembly line - sign, ‘Production Schedule For To-Day 5,000, Completed 4,997’ - animated figure adding one - whistle blowing - men laying down tools - machines stopping - worker punching time clock - workers leaving plant -man looking at production sign - grille of V-8 - V-8 turning into little animated figure of man - man looking at production figure, blowing horn - parts gathering and assembling themselves into car - animated figure changing sign to read ‘5,000 Completed.’ “The End.” [1932]
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