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[RHAPSODY IN STEEL] Part 2

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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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

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Date
1932-01-01
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3:26