Video Parts (3)
This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
GLIDING WINGS Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Several views of CG4A gliders in air and landing - distant view of Ford Iron Mountain plant, aerial view of lakes, forest, housing development - grain field, farm in background - aerial view of Iron Mountain plant - plant yard - view of glider assembly super-imposed over view of plant - worker inspecting parts, metal rod placed in electric magniflex to check internal strength - workers inspecting prefabricated main wing spars - workers loading cart with sheets of plywood - several sheets of plywood being cut by large bladed machine - several sheets of plywood being sawed on jigsaw - wooden parts being finished on routing machine - strips of wood being soaked in water bath for softening - sheets of wood being shaped in power presses - plank of wood being milled - glue being mixed - cup with time that glue was mixed stamped on the side - worker dipping glue from bucket pouring it into worker’s smaller cups - sheets of plywood being backed with sheets of mahogany, sheets being placed in pressure press - parts being glued and placed in press, bank of infra-red lamps lowered over press to dry the glue - wing assembly being placed in clamps - assembly being sprayed with varnish - floor of glider being assembled, sanded - floor covering added - floor assembly being placed under infra-red press - plywood skin being applied to nose structure, structure being moved into press - leading and trailing wing structure being joined - plywood skin being attached to wing structure and unit being placed in large press - wing being inspected - corners being checked for squareness - dope and airplane cloth added to trailing edge of wing - airplane cloth for wings and inspection zippers being sewn - patches being pinked by worker - wooden skins of wing structure being sprayed with dope, airplane cloth being placed on structure and smoothed out. [1943]
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