- Title: VM-994
- Summary: UNIVERSAL SELECTS: FORD MOTOR COMPANY PRESENTS THE FORD ROUGE PLANT 1937. FORD COLLECTION
- Description:04:00:28 - FORD MOTOR CO PRESENTS - FORD ROUGE PLANT 04:00:45 - AERIAL OF HUGE PLANT 04:00:52 - SMOKESTACKS & FACTORY BUILDINGS - "1096 ACRES" 04:00:56 - 7,250,000 SQ FEET OF FLOOR SPACE - STACKS & BUILDINGS IN BACKGROUND (NARRATED) 04:01:00 - 345 ACRES OF GLASS WINDOWS - GLASS WINDOWED FACTORY BUILDINGS 04:01:07 - 90 MILES OF RR TRACKS - SMOKING LOCOMOTIVE PASSES 04:01:12 - MORE THAN 80,000 MEN NORMALLY EMPLOYED 04:01:17 - CU BOW OF HUGE FREIGHTER MOVING PAST CAMERA 04:01:26 - FREIGHTER RIDES UNDER RAISED BRIDGE 04:01:28 - CAPTAIN AT WHEEL OF SHIP (THE HENRY FORD II) RIDES INTO FACTORY AREA 04:01:48 - ENGINEER SPINS WHEEL AMID SHIP PIPES & MACHINERY 04:01:50 - CU LARGE BOAT PISTONS RISE UP & DOWN 04:02:03 - CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON HUGE STACKS ATOP POWER HOUSE 04:02:14 - WORKER TURNS PUMP WHEEL IN POWER HOUSE & INSPECTS GAUGES AS HE SLOWLY TURNS WHEEL UNTIL RIGHT 04:02:27 - CU HANDS ON GAUGES POINT TO DIFFERENT PRESSURES 04:02:41 - CU WORKER INSPECTS OTHER GAUGES IN HUGE PLANT 04:02:50 - HUGE DYNAMOS SIT SIDE BY SIDE 04:02:57 - WORKER INSPECTS WALL OF GAUGES IN CONTROL ROOM 04:03:20 - HUGE MECHANISED CRANE SCOOPS BUCKET OF COAL FROM LONG LINE OF BINS ON TANKER 04:04:07 - MOLTEN STEEL POURED INTO BINS AS HUGE CLOUDS OF STEAM RISE WHEN STEEL MEETS WATER 04:04:10 - HUGE MECHANIZED MACHINERY WORK ON MOLTEN STEEL PERFORMING VARIOUS TASKS 04:05:17 - WORKER AT FOUNDRY WORKS ON CASTINGS OF V-8 ENGINES 04:06:33 - CASTED ENGINES MOVE THROUGH ASSEMBLY LINE AS WORKERS GRIND THEM SMOOTH WITH POWER GRINDERS 04:06:48 - ENGINES MOVE ON CONVEYOR BELTS 04:07:03 - DRILLING MACHINES DRILL PISTON & VALVE HOLES IN BLOCK OF ENGINE 04:07:24 - WORKER WATCHES AS DRILLING MACHINES ARE COOLED BY WATER AS THEY BORE HOLES IN ENGINE BLOCK 04:07:39 - ENGINES MOVE ALONG ON CONVEYOR & TO NEXT STAGE OF DRILLING & COMPLETION 04:08:00 - CU GAUGE MEASURES ACCURACY OF PARTS 04:08:06 - MACHINIST WORKS LARGE LATHE & USES GAUGE TO MEASURE THICKNESS OF PART 04:08:19 - WORKER HANGS CAM SHAFT ON OVERHEAD CONVEYOR FULL OF HANGING SHAFTS 04:08:44 - WORKERS TEST & CHECK PARTS AS THEY MOVE ALONG ON CONVEYOR 04:08:52 - CU LIQUID STEEL POURS OUT OF BUCKET & INTO MOLD. FIRE RISES FROM HANGING ENGINE PARTS AFTER BEING MOLDED 04:09:00 - CU FOUR CRANK SHAFTS FORMED FROM ONE MOLD 04:09:34 - MOLDED PARTS MOVE ALONG ON CONVEYOR & WORKERS WATCH AUTOMATED MACHINERY GRIND & POLISH PARTS THEN USE GAUGES TO MEASURE ACCURACY 04:10:00 - FORD MOTOR COMPANY PRESENTS FORD ROUGE PLANT, A FILM STORY OF MEN, METHODS & MOTORCARS 04:10:21 - UAW ORGANIZERS 1937 04:10:24 - UNION PICKETS HAND OUT PAMPHLETS TO WORKERS OUTSIDE HUGE FORD PLANT 04:10:37 - AERIAL UNION PICKET HANDS PAMPHLETS TO WORKERS IN CARS AS THEY DRIVE BY UPON LEAVING WORK 04:10:56 - TROLLEY CARRYING WORKERS TO PLANT PASSES BY HUGE FORD PARKING LOT FILLED WITH CARS. CROWD OF UNION WORKERS OUTSIDE PLANT 04:10:57 - AERIAL HEAVY TRAFFIC (1930s) CARS & TRUCKS GOING & COMING FROM PLANT. CROWD OF PICKETERS GATHERING AROUND WORKERS FILING OUT OF TROLLEY & WALKING ONTO RAMP LEADING TO FORD PLANT 04:11:00 - ENTIRE AREA AROUND PLANT, INCLUDING TROLLEYS CARRYING MEN TO WORK, HUGE PARKING LOT WITH NEW CARS, PICKETS CROWDING AROUND HANDING OUT PAMPHLETS & TRAFFIC TO & FRO 04:12:50 - AERIAL: 6 FORD EXECUTIVES STANDING NEAR RR TRACKS WAVE TO CAMERA 04:13:32 - CU ENGINEER PEERS OUTSIDE WINDOW AS HE GUIDES LOCOMOTIVE SLOWLY ALONG TRACKS 04:14:16 - AERIAL BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC OF VINTAGE CARS (1930s) & TRUCKS MOVE SLOWLY ON ROAD OUTSIDE PLANT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS 04:16:11 - WORKERS PEER OVER BRIDGE LOOKING DOWN AT TRAFFIC 04:18:28 - CU WELL DRESSED MAN HANDS OUT PAMPHLETS 04:19:00 - TRAFFIC TO & FRO PLANT WITH CARS (1930s) IN TRAFFIC, INCLUDING CAR CARRYING TRUCKS & ALL SORTS OF VEHICLES & TROLLEYS 04:19:40 - HUGE FORD COMPLEX WITH ROWS & ROWS OF CARS IN PARKING LOT & RAILROAD HOPPER CARS & BOXCARS 04:20:03 - OVERHEAD CONVEYORS MOVE CAR ENGINES INSIDE PLANT 04:20:16 - AERIAL WORKERS AT POSTS AS CONVEYORS MOVE PARTS IN FRONT OF THEM ON ASSEMBLY LINES 04:20:23 - WORKERS BUSILY OPERATE MACHINERY ASSEMBLY LINE 04:20:49 - AUTOMATED MACHINE POURS MOLTEN STEEL ONTO MOLDS CAUSING SPARKS & FLAMES, THEN HOOKS PICK UP MOLDS & MOVE THEM ALONG 04:21:59 - SPOKED WHEELS HANG ON MOVING CONVEYOR AS ROTATING MACHINES OF SORTS PERFORM DIFFERENT TASKS 04:22:20 - AERIAL WORKERS LIFT PRE-FORMED FENDERS FROM MACHINES & GRIND THEM SMOOTH. HUGE PRESS FORMS FENDERS & HOODS 04:23:15 - WORKERS LIFT COMPLETED ENGINES FROM CONVEYORS 04:23:24 - FLATBED TRUCKS PULL INTO PLANT CARRYING EARLY VINTAGE (USED) FORDS. FOREMAN SIGNS FOR DELIVERY 04:24:17 - TOW TRUCK TOWS OLD CARS INTO PLANT TWO AT A TIME 04:24:30 - WORKERS ON ASSEMBLY LINE DISMANTLE PARTS OFF OLD AUTO 04:25:28 - WELDER CUTS OFF PARTS OF USED CAR WHICH IS THEN MOVED ONTO HUGE MACHINE & CRUSHED 04:26:39 - CARS MOVED 1 BY 1 INTO MACHINE & CRUSHED 04:27:31 - CRUSHED AUTOS PLACED IN BLAST FURNACE & MELTED INTO MOLTEN STEEL 04:28:31 - CROWD IN RAIN WATCH PRES HOOVER RIDE BY IN OPEN LIMO 04:29:00 - CROWD IN RAIN STAND BY AS TRAIN SLOWLY PULLS INTO STATION. HOOVER EXITS TRAIN HOLDING ARM OF VIP (EDISON?) 04:30:00 - CROWD OF WORKERS EXIT TRAIN & WALK TO WORK AT FORD PLANT. THEY CLIMB STAIRS LEADING TO RAMP WHICH GOES OVER HIGHWAY 04:30:15 - POLICE WATCH AS PICKETS CARRYING SIGNS GO BY 04:30:21 - WORKERS RUN IN ALL DIRECTIONS AS POLICE ATTACK WITH TEAR GAS 04:30:48 - VINTAGE CAR SPEEDS ACROSS BUMPY ROAD SKIDDING AT TURNS FOLLOWED BY PURSUING CAR 04:31:18 - ARMORED VEHICLES EXIT BUILDING ON WAY TO STRIKE SITE 04:31:27 - PRESIDENT SETTLES AUTO INDUSTRY WAR, AVERTING BIG STRIKE 04:31:48 - CU UNION PRESIDENT (?) SPEAKS ON AGREEMENT WITH AUTO INDUSTRY FOLLOWED BY CU OF FDR & U.S. FLAG 04:32:23 - TROOPS STAND BY AS DEADLOCK HALTS AUTO STRIKE PEACE 04:32:31 - SMOKE RISES FROM TENTS USED BY TROOPS 04:32:34 - HELMETED TROOPS STAND AT ATTENTION 04:32:41 - TROOPS UNLOAD SUPPLIES FROM TRUCK 04:32:44 - INJURED WORKER CARRIED ON GURNEY, COVERED WITH BLANKET, & PLACED IN AMBULANCE 04:32:50 - CU 3 HELMETED SOLDIERS DRINK MILK FROM BOTTLES 04:33:06 - CU VIPS (UNION OR INDUSTRY?) SIT AT MEETING TABLE 04:33:14 - AS HEAVY TRAFFIC ROLLS BY, CROWD OF UNION STRIKERS PEER OUTSIDE WINDOWS OF FACTORY 04:33:18 - CU STRIKERS LEAN OUT OF FACTORY WINDOWS 04:33:25 - CU STRIKER HOLDS CHILD WHO WAVES TO CAMERA 04:33:30 - WATER BASEBALL NEW GAME FOR BATHING BEAUTIES 04:33:38 - BEAUTIES IN SWIMSUITS & CAPS WALK SINGLE FILE ALONG EDGE OF POOL 04:33:46 - CU THEY CHOOSE SIDES USING BASEBALL BAT WITH HAND OVER HAND METHOD 04:33:47 - AERIAL GIRLS DIVE INTO POOL 04:34:00 - AERIAL GIRL HITS BALL WITH HAND THEN SWIMS TO BASES FLOATING ON WATER 04:34:06 - CU BEATY OUTSIDE WATER ALT AS UMPIRE & GIVES "OUT" SIGN. AFTER ANOTHER HIT, SHE GIVES "SAFE" SIGN 04:34:16 - WPA MARCHERS DEMAND BILLION IN WASHINGTON 04:34:35 - MARCHERS CARRYING BANNERS PICKET WHITE HOUSE 04:34:41 - MARCHERS PARADE DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE ALONGSIDE TRAFFIC PASSING CAPITOL DOME IN BACKGROUND 04:34:53 - HANDLES FOR DOGS - NEWEST IDEA IN PET PROTECTION 04:35:03 - CU WOMAN PLACES HARNESS AROUND DOG'S MIDSECTION 04:35:05 - 3 WOMEN CARRY SMALL DOGS ACROSS INTERSECTION HOLDING DOGS BY HANDLE AS COP WATCHES 04:35:12 - WOMAN EXITS CAR (1930s) CARRYING DACHSHUND LIKE A VALISE 04:35:18 - 5 WOMEN WALK THEIR SMALL DOGS ALONG BOARDWALK, APPROACHING WOMAN CARRYING HER DOG LIKE VALISE. ALL 5 BEND DOWN & PICK UP DOGS BY HANDLES 04:35:29 - IMAGINE SOUTHERN CALIF WITH A SNOW QUEEN! 04:35:35 - CHUNKS OF ICE BEING SPREAD ON SIDEWALK & SNOW BLOWER BLOWS SNOW ON GROUND 04:35:44 - BEAUTY QUEEN SITS ON THRONE & CROWNED AS SNOW BLOWER CREATES FEELING OF A SNOWFALL 04:35:50 - CU SNOW BLOWER SHOOTS OUT SNOW AS GROUP OF GIRLS IN SWIMSUITS RUN ONTO SCENE & START THROWING SNOWBALLS 04:36:07 - HORSE RACE "WHOPPER" WINS INAUGURAL RACE AT HIALEAH 04:36:18 - SWANS & FLAMINGOS IN POND AT PARK 04:36:21 - LARGE GROUP OF FLAMINGOS PARADE ACROSS LANDSCAPE 04:36:28 - AERIAL CROWD OF FANS LINE UP AT BETTING WINDOWS 04:36:30 - CU WOMAN PLACES BET 04:36:40 - HORSES LEAVE POST & RUN AROUND TRACK 04:36:53 - LARGE CROWD STRETCH THEIR NECKS FOR VIEW AS THEY HOLD PROGRAMS 04:36:57 - CU MAN SHAKES BOTH FISTS AS HE PRODS ON FAVORITE 04:37:00 - HORSES MAKE TURN IN CLOUD OF DUST 04:37:17 - WHOPPER COMES IN FROM BEHIND & WINS BY A NOSE 04:37:21 - 2 DIE 11 HURT IN CRACK UP OF COAST AIRLINER 04:37:31 - WRECK OF PLANE LIES ON HILLY MOUNTAINSIDE 04:38:01 - CU RESCUE WORKER EXAMINES REMAINS OF ENGINE 04:38:17 - RESCUE WORKERS CARRY BLANKETED BODY ON STRETCHER WORKIN THEIR WAY DOWN HILLY SLOPE 04:38:56 - FAMOUS CARIOCA CARNIVAL GAYEST IN ALL WORLD (RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL) 04:39:06 - COLORFUL FLOATS WITH GIRLS IN COSTUME ROLL BY IN NIGHTTIME 04:39:19 - CU FLOAT WITH HUGE STUFFED CAT PEERS INTO CAGE WITH STUFFED BIRD INSIDE 04:39:28 - MEN & WOMEN DANCE IN STREET AS HUNDREDS OF BALLOONS HELD ABOVE ARE RELEASED 04:39:39 - WOMEN SHAKE & DANCE TO MUSIC AS CROWD GETS IN FRENZY WITH BALLOONS 04:39:48 - WORLDWIDE NEWS EVENTS 04:39:50 - AFL & CIO LEADERS MEET TO SEEK LABOR TRUCE IN DC 04:39:58 - JOHN L. LEWIS & 5 MEMBERS OF OTHER UNIONS SIT AROUND CONFERENCE TABLE 04:40:30 - CU AFL LEADER SPEAKS AS JOHN L. LEWIS LOOKS ON 04:40:40 - CU JOHN L. LEWIS MAKES SPEECH 04:41:15 - CU WOMAN LEADER SPEAKS 04:41:20 - CU HUGE FREIGHTER SITS IN DRY DOCK AWAITING LAUNCHING (QUINCY, MASS. SHIPYARD) 04:41:25 - CU WOMAN HOLDS BOUQUET OF ROSES & CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE IN PREPARATION OF LAUNCH AS CROWD LOOKS ON 04:41:33 - HUGE SHIP SLIDES DOWN WAYS AFTER LAUNCH 04:41:36 - GROUP OF NAVAL CADETS WATCH LAUNCH 04:41:50 - PILED UP REMAINS OF TRAIN WRECK IN SO. WALES 04:41:58 - CRANE HOOKS HOVER OVER WRECKED BOXCARS 04:42:26 - "GET LEPKE" IS CRY AS POLICE LAUNCH RECORD MANHUNT 04:42:38 - NEWSMEN PULL WANTED PHOTOS FROM ROLLING PRESS 04:42:43 - PRINTING PRESS ROLLS OUT WANTED POSTERS WITH PICTURE OF LEPKE & $25,000 REWARD NOTICE 04:42:50 - DESK OFFICER HANDS OUT POSTERS TO POLICEMEN 04:42:55 - COPS WATCH AS POSTER TACKED TO PRECINCT BULLETIN BOARD 04:43:03 - CU LEPKE WANTED POSTER 04:43:12 - CU GOV. TOM DEWY MAKES "DEAD OR ALIVE SPEECH
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1934
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-994