- Title: F-5052
- Summary: THE INDUSTRIAL CITY: USES A CASE STUDY OF DETROIT IN ORDER TO PRESENT A VIEW OF THE FUNCTION OF THE INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY IN MODERN AMERICAN SOCIETY. EMPHASIZES THE FACT THAT THE FUTURE OF A CITY DEPENDS ON THE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ABILITY OF THE PEOPLE. 1930s-1940s. UNION STRIKES. FORD. POLICE. HUGE CONVENTION. FILLED PARKING LOT. PEOPLE IN MALL. SHOPPING. DEPARTMENT STORE. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. CONSUMERISM. CROSSING STREET. HUGE BANK LOBBY. PEOPLE GO UP TO BANK TELLER. SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD. STATION WAGON GOES BY. UPPER-CLASS HOMES. CAR SALESMAN. AERIAL OF SUBURBIA AND CITY. DEVELOPMENTS. PUBLIC BUS. MASS TRANSIT. EXPRESSWAY. RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC JAM. COMPLEX. HIGHWAY. BRIDGES AND UNDERPASS. CRANES. ROAD CONSTRUCTION. POLLUTION. WATER POLLUTION. POVERTY. HOMELESS MEN. SLUMS. ABANDONED BUILDINGS. SLUM. CITY AT NIGHT. URBAN PROBLEMS. LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETING. WRITING. COMMUNITY CENTER. BLACK DOCTOR CHECKS PATIENTS. UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE. MEN IN WAITING ROOM. INTERVIEW. CAR SHOWS. CARS ON TURNTABLE. PLYMOUTH. MAN EATS ICE CREAM CONE. ART STUDENTS DRAW. MURAL. CHRYSLER.
- Description:00:00:09 - AERIAL OF CITY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN. RIVERSIDE CITY. 00:00:28 - AERIAL FACTORY. SMOKESTACKS BILLOW SMOKE. 00:01:01 - MOLTEN METAL. RED HOT LIQUID METAL. SPARKS. SMELT. IRON, STEEL. COOLING SPRAYS OF WATER 00:01:19 - HUGE PILES OF POWERED INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS 00:01:21 - CU MAGNIFYING GLASS AS WOMAN SOLDERS WIRES FOR COMPUTERS. SOLDERING CABLES ONTO COMPUTER BOARD. 00:01:24 - LINES OF BURROUGHS BRAND COMPUTER PRINT-OUT MACHINES 00:01:25 - CU TYPEWRITER BALL AUTOMATICALLY PRINTS OUT INFORMATION. 00:01:26 - MEDICINE ON ASSEMBLY LINE. PILLS BEING PROCESSED THROUGH ASSEMBLY LINE, BEING BOTTLED. Pharmaceuticals 00:01:38 - FORD MUSTANGS BEING MANUFACTURED. CARS LOADED ONTO TRAIN & BOAT TO BE SHIPPED OUT. BACKING UP CARS & DRIVING CARS ONTO SHIPPING RAMPS AT FORD PLANT. 00:02:05 - DRIVER'S POV DRIVING UP ONTO RAMP 00:02:12 - CU "COUGAR" LOGO ON CAR. 00:02:16 - SHIPPING CARS OUT ON TRAIN CARS 00:02:26 - BLACK WORKERS BUILD CARS IN AUTO ASSEMBLY PLANT. MANUFACTURING CAR ENGINES. 00:02:42 - CU DETAILS OF BUILDING CAR PARTS 00:02:47 - MACHINE BUILDS COMPUTER BOARD. APPLYING CHIPS TO COMPUTER BOARD. 00:02:53 - SPINNING PARTS. 00:02:54 - HUGE ROLLS OF SHEET METAL 00:03:03 - MUSCLE CARS BEING BUILT. ENGINES PUT INTO CAR. 00:03:13 - CARS DRIVEN OFF ASSEMBLY LINE. GENERAL MOTORS. 00:03:33 - CARS BEING SHIPPED OUT ON TRANSPORT TRAIN CARS 00:03:38 - PLANE TAKES OFF. 00:03:40 - AERIAL BARGE IN RIVER. SHIPPING INDUSTRY 00:03:42 - AERIAL OF HIGHWAY. 00:03:46 - ANIMATED MAP OF U.S. SHOWS MAJOR INDUSTRY AREAS. MENTIONS OTHER INDUSTRIAL CITIES. HEARTLAND OF AMERICA. 00:05:02 - DETROIT, MOTOR CITY. 00:05:02 - 1920s FOOTAGE OF DETRIOT CITY. HISTORY OF DETROIT'S INDUSTRY 00:05:10 - EARLY AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY. CONSTRUCTION OF FORD CARS. MASS PRODUCTION. EARLY ASSEMBLY LINE. 00:05:47 - PIECES MOVE ALONG HANGING FROM MOVING TRACK. 00:05:54 - WHEEL RIMS ON ASSEMBLY LINE 00:06:00 - FORD MODEL-T BEING CONTRUCTED ON ASSEMBLY LINE 00:06:11 - FORDS DRIVE OUT OF FACTORY 00:06:18 - MAKING GEARS ON ASSEMBLY LINE 00:06:39 - 1960s DETROIT STREET. "ATHENS BAR" SIGN. SIGNS OF ETHNIC DIVERSITY. 00:06:46 - ETHNIC BUSINESS SIGNS: DRUG STORE SIGN, IMPORT HOUSE, ETC 00:06:55 - CROWDED STREETS AS WORKERS LEAVE BUILDING. 00:07:10 - MONTAGE OF WORKERS OF DIFFERENT ETHNIC BACKGROUND. MEN WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES & HARD HATS. 00:07:20 - RED HOT METAL 00:07:29 - FEMALE INDUSTRY WORKERS ON ASSEMBLY LINE & SOLDERING WIRES. BLACK FEMALE FACTORY WORKER. WOMEN WORK IN FACTORY. 00:07:38 - SPINNING WHEELS OF ASSEMLY LINE MACHINES 00:07:41 - CAR TRANSPORT TRUCK DRIVES PAST ON HIGHWAY 00:07:43 - HUGE UNIROYAL TIRE AS ROADSIDE ADVERTISMENT. 00:07:45 - SPINNING COMPUTER REELS. EARLY COMPUTER BANKS. 00:07:49 - COMPUTER PUNCH-CARDS SORTED & PLASTIC CARDS GETTING HOLES PUNCHED 00:07:53 - TYPING INFORMATION INTO COMPUTER 00:07:54 - COMPUTER PRINT-OUT MACHINE 00:07:56 - MEN IN SUITS LOOKING AT COMPUTER PRINT-OUT & CONFERRING WITH ASSEMBLY LINE WORKERS. 00:08:01 - ASSEMBLY LINE WORKERS MANUFACTURING CARS 00:08:18 - WELDING. 00:08:22 - WORKER ARGUES WITH MANAGEMENT. SHAKES HANDS. 00:08:39 - UNION MEETING. MEN IN AUDIENCE LISTEN. MAN AT PODIUM SPEAKS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1920
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: F-5052