- Title: VM-501A
- Summary: THE FORD YEAR: Public relations film for Ford Motor Company, 1935, with Henry Ford and Edsel. Factories and industry
- Description:00:00:40 - - 4150. SPOKESMAN FOR FORD, W. C. COWLING, THUMB HOOKED IN HIS JACKET POCKET, MAKES PRESENTATION ABOUT FORD AND LEADERSHIP, SPEAKS LIKE FDR, INTRODUCES THE FILM, VERY VERBOSE, DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE, 1930S STYLE 00:03:14 - TITLE CARD: NOVEMBER 1, 1934 00:03:19 - EXT SHOTS OFFORD PLANT AT DEARBORN, 1934 00:03:30 - HENRY FORD, W. J. CAMERON AND REPORTER SIT AT LARGE MESSY DESK, PANELED OFFICE, FORD DOESN'T LOOK COMFORTABLE, LOOKS DOWN AT HIS LAP 00:04:03 - MS OF HENRY FORD LOOKING DOWN, TALKS ABOUT THE END OF THE DEPRESSION, BUILDING 1 MILLION CARS NEXT YEAR, RE-ENACTMENT, REPORTER LEAVES TO TELL NEWSPAPER, BIG NEWS 00:04:28 - INTERIOR SHOTS OF NEWSPAPER PRINTING PRESS, LARGE MACHINES, WORKERS IN UNDERSHIRTS, BALES OF PAPERS TOSSED TO WORKERS, DETROIT NEWS 00:04:37 - BALE OF NEWSPAPERS THROWN ON TO SIDEWALK, MEN AND BOYS HAWKING PAPERS 00:04:43 - NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, THE DETROIT NEWS, "FORD WILL BUILD MILLION CARS IN 1935', THE DETROIT FREE PRESS "END OF DEPRESSION SEEN IN FORD PLANS" 00:04:46 - COUPLE IN 1930S HOME, MAN READS NEWSPAPER AT TABLE, WIFE WAITS ON HIM, TALKS TO HER ABOUT JOBS 00:05:00 - TWO WORK MEN READ NEWSPAPER, METAL LUNCH BOX, MEN EAT SANDWICHES, LUNCH BREAK, GLASS BOTTLES OF MILK 00:05:09 - 1930S BUSINESSMEN READ NEWSPAPERS TALK ABOUT HENRY FORD'S PLAN TO BUILD CARS, "THAT CERTAINLY MEANS THE END OF THE DEPRESSION" 00:05:18 - HENRY AND EDSEL FORD WITH MEN AT LARGE ROUND RESTAURANT TABLE, LOOKING AT SCALE MODEL OF CAR, MODEL T ?, HENRY FORD MAKES STATEMENT "THE ANSWER IS WORK" 00:05:54 - STEAM WHISTLE, STEAM POURS OUT OF SMOKE STACK, SYMBOLS OF INDUSTRY 00:05:58 - WHEELS OF LOCOMOTIVE TURNING, MAN TURNS ON LARGE POWER SWITCH, FACTORY INTERIORS, MEN AT WORK 00:06:09 - STEEL FACTORIES, RED HOT MOLTEN METAL ON CONVEYOR BELT 00:06:20 - CU OF BLACK FACTORY WORKER WITH WIRE RIMMED GLASSES, 1930S 00:06:23 - GEARS AND PULLEYS MOVING PARTS IN FACTORIES, CONVEYOR BELTS WITH ENGINE PARTS 00:06:36 - BUSINESSMEN AT WORK, LOOKING AT MATERIALS AND PARTS, TITLE CARD FOR PURCHASING 00:06:59 - MEN UNLOADING BOXES AND PARTS FROM BACK OF TRUCKS, LOADING DOCKS, CONVEYOR BELTS, TIRE RIMS 00:07:12 - CAR EMERGES FROM MINE ENTRANCE, BINS FULL OF COAL 00:07:17 - FARMERS AT WORK, PRODUCING COTTON AND FLAX, BEANS ETC., CU OF PLOW BLADE 00:07:26 - SHEEP ON HILLSIDE, JUMPING OVER STREAM, CATTLE HERD 00:07:33 - STEAM TRAINS DELIVERING MATERIALS 00:07:43 - SILHOUETTE OF WORKERS CLIMBING METAL STAIRS, GOING TO WORK, VERY 1930S GRAPHIC IMAGE 00:07:47 - AERIAL SHOTS OF DEARBORN FORD FACTORIES, FORD ROUGE PLANT, 75,000 WORKERS, SMOKE STACKS AND STEAM, 30 ACRE FOUNDRY, SPOKESMAN NARRATES OFF CAMERA, FACTS ABOUT FORD PRODUCTION 00:09:00 - FORD GLASS PLANTS, SAFETY GLASS, AERIAL VIEW 00:09:06 - FORD STEEL MILL, AERIAL VIEW 00:09:18 - ASSEMBLY LINE WORKERS, FORD AUTO PLANTS, 1930S 00:09:34 - MAN WORKS ON CRANK SHAFT 00:09:44 - FOUNDRY FACTORY, WORKER SILHOUETTED AGAINST BRIGHT STEAM 00:09:59 - BLANK SLUG 00:10:15 - -4151 WORKERS ON ASSEMBLY LINE OF FORD AUTO PLANTS 00:10:26 - OVERHEAD SHOT OF AUTO FACTORY, MEN AT WORK 00:10:34 - MONTAGE OF STEEL MILLS, MEN AT WORK, PRODUCTION OF STEEL BARS, INTERESTING FOOTAGE 00:10:56 - CU OF MAN TURNING KNOB ON MACHINE, DELICATE WORK 00:11:00 - OVERHEAD SHOT OF MEN WORKING IN STEEL FACTORY, WELDING SPARKS FLY 00:11:07 - CU OF CRANK SHAFTS ON ASSEMBLY LINE 00:11:16 - PRODUCTION LINE MONTAGE, CU OF MACHINERY 00:11:44 - AUTO WORKERS GOING TO WORK, LEAVING WORK 00:11:50 - MS OF WALKING MEN, FEET ON PAVEMENT, GOING TO WORK 00:12:10 - AERIAL SHOT OF MICHIGAN PLANT, ROWS OF PARKED CARS,"THE MASTERS ARE MEN" 00:12:34 - SPINNING 3D GLOBE, TOPOGRAPHIC, DOUBLE EXPOSURE WITH IMAGES OF WORKERS IN AUTO PLANT, 1930S SPECIAL EFFECTS, NARRATOR TALKS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL PLANTS 00:13:14 - AERIAL SHOTS OF WINDSOR CANADA FORD PLANT 00:13:34 - FORD CRATES BOUND FOR NEW ZEALAND, CU OF WOODEN CRATE 00:13:41 - ONCOMING LOCOMOTIVE WITH FORD CRATES 00:13:45 - VIEWS OF BUSY STREETS OF LONDON, ON THE THAMES, DOUBLE DECKER BUS, 1930S, MONTAGE, TRAFALGAR SQUARE, FORDS ON STREETS OF LONDON 00:14:16 - LONDON BOBBY ON STREET GIVES DIRECTIONS 00:14:26 - BOAT FOR NEW DAGENHAM, LONDON, CRUISE ON THE THAMES, PASSING MONUMENTS, CASTLES AND THE FORD PLANT 00:14:51 - PAN OF FORD PLANT OUTSIDE LONDON, 1930S, DAGENHAM, CLEAN NEAT SMOKE STACKS 00:15:06 - MONTAGE OF FORDS PASSING IN FRONT OF DUTCH WINDMILLS, BLADES TURNING, DYKES 00:15:24 - EXT OF FORD PLANT IN AMSTERDAM "NEDERLANDSCHE FORD" 00:15:30 - CRANE LIFTING LARGE WOODEN CRATE,LOW ANGLE SHOT UP 00:15:37 - LARGE SHIP PULLS UP TO PLANT 00:15:42 - CRANE WITH FORD LOGO, FORD FLAG WAVING 00:15:48 - CRANE LIFTS CRATES OFF SHIP 00:15:56 - FORD ON STREETS OF PARIS, CITY INTERSECTION, PLAZA 00:16:10 - POV MOVING CAR OF NOTRE DAME THROUGH THE TREES, 1930S 00:16:20 - VIEW OVER THE THE BUILDING OF PARIS TO THE EIFFEL TOWER 00:16:21 - FORD ON CHAMPS ELYSEES, TRAVELING TOWARDS THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE 00:16:29 - OVERHEAD SHOT OF FRENCH RIVER WITH BOAT 00:16:35 - FORD AMONG HERD OF SHEEP, FRENCH STONE BARN 00:16:44 - FRENCH FARM, OUTBUILDINGS, HORSE DRAWN HAY WAGON WAGON 00:16:54 - OVERHEAD PAN OF FORD PLANT AT STRASBOURG 00:17:05 - INT OF FORD FACTORY, STRASBOURG, MEN AT WORK ON ASSEMBLY LINE,MANY DIFFERENT 1934 MODELS OF FORDS 00:17:26 - BELGIAN MILK MAID LOADS CONTAINERS ON DOG PULLED CART 00:17:43 - FORD PASSES BELGIAN MILK MAID ON COBBLESTONE COUNTRY ROAD 00:17:55 - BELGIAN FORD FACTORY, POV MOVING SHIP ON RIVER CHELT 00:18:18 - VIEWS OF BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, 1930S FORD 00:18:34 - EXT OF FORD AUTO PLANT IN ARGENTINA 00:18:51 - FORDS ON DIRT ROAD OF ARGENTINA, MAN ON DONKEY, ANDES MOUNTAINS, ELEVATED OVERPASS OVER VALLEY, FOG IN VALLEY 00:19:18 - LARGE CRATE LOWERED ON CRANE TO RIVER JUNK, CHINESE CHARACTERS, SHANGHAI,NARRATOR USES THE RACIST TERM COOLIE 00:19:41 - CHINESE WORKERS OPEN CRATE WITH FORD CAR INSIDE 00:19:51 - CHINESE FAMILY GETS INTO 1935 FORD 00:20:04 - 1930S FORD ON STREETS OF CHINESE VILLAGE, PAGODA 00:20:35 - BLANK SLUG 00:20:47 - - 4152 FORD BUSINESS MEN WORK ON PRODUCTION LANE, 1930S 00:21:02 - MS OF W. C. COWLING, FORD EXECUTIVE 00:21:06 - 1930S NEWSPAPERS NEW YORK TIMES, LOS ANGELES TIMES, THE TOLEDO NEWS-BEE, THE DAILY MINING GAZETTE, THE BOSTON POST, THE PITTSBURGH PRESS, ST. LOUIS GLOBE-INTERNATIONAL, THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS, THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, THE KANSAS CITY STAR, THE DAILY MINING JOURNAL AND MANY MORE 00:21:20 - MAGAZINE COVERS OF THE 1930S, MCCALLS, TIME 00:21:25 - COUPLES PLAYING CARDS AT CARD TABLE, LISTENING TO THE RADIO 00:21:36 - RADIO ANNOUNCER 00:21:41 - OLDER COUPLE LISTENING TO RADIO, 1930S LIVING ROOM 00:21:50 - CU OF 1930S RADIO, CONDUCTOR LEADING BAND 00:21:56 - QUICK PAN FROM COUPLE STANDING ON CORNER, 1930S TO FORD V8 BILLBOARD 00:22:04 - FORD CAR SHOWROOM 1930S, COUPLE SHAKES HANDS WITH SALESMAN, BUYING A CAR 00:22:22 - COUPLE LOOKS AT BROCHURES OF CARS, 1930S, ELABORATE WOODEN DESK WITH STATUE 00:22:29 - COUPLE LOOKS AT SLIDESHOW OF FORD CARS, 1930S TECHNOLOGY 00:22:34 - COUPLE GET INTO BACK SEAT OF 1930S FORD CAR, SALESMAN TAKING THEM FOR A RIDE 00:22:43 - MONTAGE OF FORD BILLBOARDS, CALENDAR PAGES TURN 00:23:01 - ILLUSTRATION OF DOGS TALKING, ANIMATED, FORD COMMERCIAL, GREYHOUND AND SCOTTIE DOG 00:23:20 - CALENDAR PAGE TURNS, MAY, EXTERIOR OF FORD PLANT, PALMS TREES 00:23:29 - CALENDAR PAGE, JUNE, MONTAGE OF FORD FACTORY, CARS ROLLING OFF THE LINE, 1930S, FORD V8 00:23:39 - CALENDAR PAGE TURNS, SEPTEMBER, PROGRAM FOR THE FORD SUNDAY EVENING HOUR RADIO SHOW, FORD SYMPATHY ORCHESTRA, SPONSORSHIPS 00:23:53 - CALENDAR PAGE TURNS, NOVEMBER, FILM OF HENRY FORD IN FACTORY, TALKING BUSINESS 00:24:09 - TITLE CARD: "LOOKING FORWARD TO 1936 00:24:19 - TRACKING SHOT OF HENRY FORD AND EDSEL? WALKING ALONG FACTORY FLOOR, ENGINEERING RESEARCH FLOORS 00:24:47 - FORD BUSINESSMEN DISCUSS COST OF NEW PLANT, $20 MILLION, EDSEL FORD FIDGETS WITH PEN, NERVOUS, ANTICIPATES INTENSE BUYING AFTER DEPRESSION, 1930S ECONOMICS 00:25:16 - CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, MS, PLASTERING, HAMMERING, BUILDING NEW FACTORY 00:25:29 - AERIAL VIEW OF FORD PLANT 00:25:33 - MONTAGE OF FORD PLANT EXT 00:25:40 - AERIAL SHOT OF NEW FORD HOSPITALITY CENTER, ROTUNDA FROM CHICAGO'S 1934 'A CENTURY OF PROGRESS" 00:25:59 - DEMONSTRATION FOR FORD BUSINESSMEN, 1930S, SUITS 00:26:09 - CAMERA FOLLOWS C. E. SORENSEN AND P. E. MARTIN AROUND FORD PLANTS, REPORTER INTERVIEWS THEM STANDING OUTSIDE IN DOUBLE BREASTED SUITS, TALK ABOUT PRODUCTION, NUMBER OF MINUTES, RECITES DATA, STILTED SPEECH, THEY SHAKE HANDS 00:27:50 - OVERHEAD SHOT OF HUGE MOVING EQUIPMENT, MEN AT WORK, WELDING SPARKS, MAKING FORD CAR BODIES 00:28:13 - FORD CARS ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE, WELDERS, 1930S 00:28:20 - IRON ORE BEING REMOVED FROM SHIP, CU OF LARGE SHOVEL SCOOPING UP ORE AND DUMPED INTO LARGE PILES, GIANT BUCKETS LIFT THE ORE AND DUMP IT INTO BLAST FURNACES, IRON FOUNDRY, MOLTEN IRON 00:30:02 - BLANK SLUG 00:30:19 - - 4153 WORK MEN MAKE STEEL PARTS THE OLD FASHIONED WAY, POURING HOT IRON BY HAND INTO MOLD 00:30:37 - MODERN FORD FOUNDRY, SAFETY FOR WORKERS, PROTECTION FROM HEAT, MEN AT WORK, 1930S, 00:31:25 - ENGINE BLOCK, SINGLE PIECE, FORD CARS, 1930S 00:31:43 - FORD FOUNDRY, CU OF MACHINERY, POURING IRON ON ASSEMBLY LINE METHOD 00:32:09 - AERIAL SHOT OF FORD FACTORY, ROUGE, STEEL MILL 00:32:23 - MEN AT WORK IN STEEL MILL AT ROUGE FACTORY, 1930S 00:32:30 - BUILDING NEW STEEL MILL, INT SHOTS, MEN AT WORK, CONSTRUCTION 00:32:43 - RED HOT IRON, STEEL FOUNDRY, FIRE 00:32:49 - SMOKESTACKS, FACTORY 00:32:58 - ELECTRIC SHOP, GENERATORS, BUILDING, INT SHOTS, MEN AT WORK, BUILDING A TURBINE, LOOKS LIKE DIEGO RIVERA MURAL, 1930S IMAGES OF MEN AT WORK 00:33:22 - CONTROL ROOM FOR ENERGY PLANT, THOUSANDS OF DIALS, CONTROL PANEL 00:33:37 - ED MARTIN INSPECTS FORD ENGINES, RUNNING TESTS 00:34:11 - CHARLES SORENSEN CHECKS THE BALANCE ON DRIVE SHAFTS, QUALITY CONTROL 00:34:32 - 1930S FORD GOES THROUGH RAIN MACHINE, TEST FOR WEATHERPROOF 00:34:45 - RESEARCH FLOOR, MEN TESTING FORD PARTS 00:34:58 - MS OF MEN LOOKING AT PARTS, R. H. MCCARROLL MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT THE MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT, QUALITY AND COST 00:35:45 - RESEARCHER IN LABORATORY, TESTING 00:35:56 - IRON WORKER AT FURNACE, METALLURGICAL LABORATORY 00:36:09 - MOLDS STACKED, STEEL POURED IN, MOLD BROKEN OFF WITH TOOLS TO REVEAL STEEL PARTS FOR CRANKSHAFTS 00:36:45 - CU OF CADMIUM ALLOY BEING TESTED 00:37:02 - MACHINERY IN EDISON INSTITUTE, EQUIPMENT FOR PROCESSING SOYBEANS 00:37:16 - MCCARROLL SPEAKS ABOUT MATERIAL QUALITY 00:37:33 - MAN TESTS RAW MATERIAL WITH DEVICE, INDUSTRIAL LABORATORY 00:37:45 - CU OF STEEL BEING STRETCHED TO ITS LIMITS, CALIBRATOR, TENSILE STRENGTH 00:37:53 - TESTING THE CARBON IN STEEL 00:38:00 - AIR BRUSH, APPLYING LACQUER, TESTING MATERIALS 00:38:07 - TESTING PAINTS AND FINISHES FOR FORD CARS 00:38:21 - MAN MEASURES THE TEMPERATURE OF THE STEEL, DIALS AND GAUGES 00:38:47 - MAN TAKES X-RAYS OF WELDED PARTS 00:39:01 - MAN PUTS CAR PARTS TOGETHER 00:39:10 - CU OF MACHINERY TWISTING STEEL 00:39:30 - LAMINATED SAFETY GLASS, MACHINERY WITH LONG ROLLERS 00:39:44 - WORKERS ON ASSEMBLY LINE FOR AUTO GLASS 00:39:48 - BLANK SLUG 00:39:51 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1935
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-501A