The Ford Motor Company, Part 2 / The Ford Motor Company, Part 1 Part 3
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Workers on assembly line - men placing parts on engines - large press in operation, workers - panorama of plant, men and machines - sign over machine, ‘Dept. 6155’ - workers and sign, ‘Dept. 6142’ - engines being washed - worker, racks on overhead conveyor - panorama of plant - men sitting around desk - map showing layout of plant, paper entitled, ‘General Manufacturing Division. Mound Road plant’ - men around desk - close-up of man - view of smokestacks of plant, ‘Ford’ sign - panorama of Lincoln-Mercury agency - view of Highland Park - Ten Millionth Ford and Quadricycle parked side by side, Henry and Edsel Ford looking at both - group of people gathered around Ten Millionth Ford - picture of Highland Park entitled, ‘The Second Home of the Ford Motor Company’ - man walking in plant - view of workers entering and leaving gate - view of entrance to building - view of Lincoln-Mercury dealership - view of Fair Lane - people walking beside building, sign on building, ‘Essex Wire Corporation’ - entrance of building, sign, ‘The Parsons Co.’ - sign on lawn, ‘Display and Exhibits Specialties, Shipping and Receiving’ - men and women working at sewing machines - men smoothing out material on table, rolling material up - man cutting heavy material with electric cutter - man cutting material into patterns - woman at sewing machine - conveyor - man at sewing machine - man making convertible top - men removing convertible top from car - view from moving vehicle of plant yard - panorama of plant yard - men at desk - close-up of man - forklift working in plant yard - bales of fabric stacked in pile - workers entering and leaving plant gate - worker lifting rear end with chain hoist, placing it on chassis - dropping motor on to chassis with chain hoist - man welding hood section - men painting hood - cab of truck being lowered onto chassis - finished trucks driven off assembly line - trucks in plant yard - men around desk - close-up - parked loaded truck - boxcars being switched into plant, men on ladders of boxcars - man working with camshafts - crankshaft being ground - woman weighing connecting rod - man polishing pistons - machine in operation - men assembling engines - testing engine - sign, ‘Ford Industrial Engine’ - three engines on display - man lifting part on chain hoist - machine grinding gear - men assembling differentials - transmissions on conveyor - men assembling tractor - tractors moving off assembly line - being driven into boxcars - tractors in fields - men around desk - close-up of paper, ‘General Manufacturing Division Gross Sales 1948-49’ - close-up of man - men around table - men standing up, shaking hands, leaving - men in press room running printing presses - view of booklet, ‘Management Meeting’. “The End.” “Produced for General Manufacturing Division by the Office of Public Relations.” View of smokestacks of Highland Park - large press in operation - bearing on conveyor - different machines in operation - assembly line and workers - man cutting fabric - men making convertible top - worker painting body - trucks and tractor moving off assembly line - trucks and tractors parked in plant yard - man entering General Manufacturing Division office - secretary typing letter - close-up of letter to A.J. Hole, H.G. Howell, and K.J. Puffen and signed by John Dykstra - view of John Dykstra’s office, John Dykstra at desk - Hole, Howell, and Puffen entering, greeting John Dykstra, group sitting around desk - close-up of John Dykstra and other men - close-up of chart - men around desk - views of River Rouge - aerial view of city - views of different Ford Motor Company plants - workers eating in cafeteria - workers in washroom - forklift in plant yard - trucks at loading dock - views of different portions of plant - downtown street scene, pedestrian and vehicular traffic - view of building - men in class - group around John Dykstra’s desk - close-up of John Dykstra - another man - workers and machines in Canton, Ohio forging plant - original chart of Canton plant - workers leaving plant gate - bins of metal strips in plant yard - large magnetic crane moving piece of iron - man entering physical test laboratory, workers - crane moving metal - workers in plant, machines in operation - men around John Dykstra’s desk - men and machines at work in plant - workers in washroom - large press in operation - close-up of worker - men in John Dykstra’s office - men at lecture - chart concerning General Manufacturing Division of Mound Road (Michigan) plant - speaker at lecture - close-up of production progress chart of Mound Road plant - lecture, man in audience asking question - men in John Dykstra’s office - panoramic views of plant - view in infirmary, doctor and nurse - doctor and nurse treating patient on bed - people looking at Ford car display from Mound Road plant - view of display - forklift stacking material in plant - different machines in operation, workers, making rear end assemblies - view of old truck on snow - Ford Tri-Motor on airfield - aerial views of country and city - people in Tri-Motor - Tri-Motor on field, people gathered around - Tri-Motor landing - aerial view of river - view of snow covered river and surrounding area - Tri-Motor on snow - aerial view of river - passengers in aircraft - men and packs beside Tri-Motor on skis. [1949]
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