- Title: VM-1301C
- Summary: FORD COLLECTION STORIES:
- Description:00:01:36 - TRACTOR PARTS HANG ON OVERHEAD CONVEYOR. PAINTED PARTS MOVE ON OVERHEAD CONVEYOR MOVING THROUGH BATTERY OF HEAT LAMPS IN BAKING TUNNEL. 00:02:03 - WORKERS ON ASSEMBLY LINE WORK ON REAR AXEL SHAFTS, HOUSING AND BRAKES ASSEMBLIES ARE PUT TOGETHER AS A UNIT. GEAR IS PLACED IN REAR END HOUSING AND ENGINE IS LOWERED INTO PLACE. 00:02:58 - WORKER ASSEMBLES RADIATOR TO ENGINE, AS ANOTHER PUTS IN GEAR SHIFT ASSEMBLY. SEVERAL WORKERS PUT IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. 00:03:24 - TWO HUGE GAUGES CHECK ALIGNMENT OF ALL 4 WHEELS. 00:03:33 - WORKER WITH FACE MASK, SPRAYS ENAMEL ON TRACTOR WITH SPRAY GUN. 00:03:54 - TRACTORS MOVE THROUGH BATTERY OF INFRA-RED HEAT LAMPS. WHEELS AND TIRES ARE INSTALLED AND HOOD PUT OVER MOTOR. 00:04:20 - WORKER DRIVES FINISHED TRACTOR OFF ASSEMBLY LINE. 00:04:30 - HAND HOLDS GAUGE ION FRONT GRILLE OF TRACTOR. 00:04:42 - TRACTOR IMPLEMENTS BEING ASSEMBLED ON ANOTHER ASSEMBLY LINE. 00:05:05 - WORKER MEASURES ANGLE FOR PLOW ATTACHMENT ON TRACTOR. PLOW IS RAISED AND LOWERED IN HYDRAULIC MECHANISM TEST. 00:05:34 - WORKER DRIVES NEW TRACTOR ONTO FREIGHT CAR. TRACTOR-DRAWN PLOW IN FIELD. 00:06:32 - MAKING HAY. WORKERS ON TOP OF TRACTOR-DRAWN WAGON IN WHEAT FIELD STACKING SHOCKS OF GRAIN BEING PITCHED TO THEM BY OTHERS ON GROUND WITH PITCH FORKS. CIRCA 1940 00:08:32 - MEN IN FIELDS PITCHING GRAIN INTO SEVERAL TRACTOR-DRAWN HAY WAGONS, LONG FLATBED TRUCK. TRACTOR-DRAWN THRESHER IN OPERATION IN FIELD. 00:09:22 - MOUNTAINS 0F STRAW STACKS, PAN. 00:10:35 - TRUCK PASSING IS DWARFED BY PILES OF STRAW. CLOSE-UP VIEW OF HUGE PILE OF STRAW. 00:12:35 - SMOKE RISES FROM ACTIVITY OF MACHINERY IN DISTANT FIELD. TRACTOR-DRAWN HARVESTER IN OPERATION IN FIELD 00:13:11 - TRACTOR-DRAWN WAGONS OF GRAIN WITH FIELD FULL OF GRAIN STACKS IN BACKGROUND. 00:13:51 - PANORAMA OF FIELD WITH HUNDREDS OF HAY STACKS ON GROUND AS SEEN FROM MOVING VEHICLE. 00:14:50 - FIREMEN IN ACTION. FIRE & SMOKE POUR OUT OF TOP FLOOR OF PLANT. SMOKE FILLS AREA. FIREMEN ON AERIAL LADDER POUR WATER ON FLAMES. 00:15:18 - AERIAL LADDER IS LOWERED CLOSE TO BUILDING, FIREMEN RUSH UP LADDER. HOSE FIRE FROM TOP OF LADDER. 00:15:53 - FORD MOTOR COMPANY WWII ACTIVITIES, 1941 FLAG ON SHIPS MAST WAVING IN BREEZE. SAILOR BLOWING BUGLE. TITLE ON SCREEN: "NAVY SERVICE SCHOOL". A POTPOURRI OF CLIPS FEATURING FORD PRODUCTS. 00:16:32 - SAILORS MARCHING WITH SMOKE STACKS AND CRANES OF RIVER ROUGE PLANT IN BACKGROUND. INSTRUCTOR POINTS TO, EXPLAINS MACHINERY IN FORD WORK SHOP TO GROUP OF SAILORS. SAILORS TRY SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT. 00:17:03 - INSTRUCTOR SHOWS CLASS OF SAILORS WORKINGS OF GEARS. 00:17:10 - HENRY FORD ADDRESSING OFFICERS AND SAILORS AT DEDICATION CEREMONIES. HE READS FROM PREPARED TEXT 00:17:24 - WARSHIPS ENGAGED IN BATTLE. BATTLESHIP, SEVERAL SMALLER SHIPS AT ANCHOR SIDE BY SIDE. 00:17:32 - SUBMARINE UNDER WAY, SUBMERGING, SURFACING. SAILORS ON DECK 00:17:55 - CU INSIGNIA ON TORPEDO BOA: "CARTOON OF BEE FLYING WITH TORPEDO". TWO ROWS OF MOSQUITO BOATS (TORPEDO BOATS) AT ANCHOR. MOSQUITO BOATS SPEEDING OFF COATS OF FLORIDA, PALM TREES ON SHORE. SPEEDING TOWARDS CAMERA 00:18:21 - AERIAL LONG LINE OF TORPEDO BOATS SPEEDING, LEAVING WAKE. 00:18:26 - EDSEL FORD DIGGING WITH SHOVEL IN PLANT YARD, SMALL TRUCK IN BACK. PANORAMIC VIEW OF PLANT, AUTO TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIANS. 00:19:23 - PEOPLE GATHER AROUND DIVE BOMBER IN FIELD. PLANE TAKES OFF. PLANE SPEEDS ACROSS FIELD. LIBERATOR BOMBER ON FIELD, IS INSPECTED BY HENRY FORD & OTHERS. 00:19:55 - HENRY FORD IN PILOTS SEAT, PEERS OUT OF LIBERATOR WINDOW TO CAMERA. 00:20:05 - HUGE STEEL SKELETAL STRUCTURE OF PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, PROBABLY WILLOW RUN. 00:20:24 - AIRPLANE ASSEMBLY LINE AT VULTEE AIRPLANE PLANT, DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA. WORKER WITH FACE MASK SPRAYS SMALL PARTS. TAIL ASSEMBLY BEING ATTACHED, WING SECTIONS BEING MOVED ALONG. ENGINE BEING LOWERED INTO PLACE. 00:21:04 - ASSEMBLY LINE AT LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, BURBANK, CALIFORNIA SHOW BOMBER FUSELAGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION. P-38 "LIGHTNING" INTERCEPTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 00:21:29 - 21 BOEING B-17B "FLYING FORTRESSES" LINE UP FOR INSPECTION AT HICKAM FIELD, HAWAII 00:22:01 - LOCKHEED P-38'S TAKING OFF, AND IN FLIGHT. 00:22:25 - CROWD OF MILITARY WATCH JEEPS BEING TESTED OVER VERY ROUGH TERRAIN. LONG LINES OF JEEPS EACH CARRYING 2 TO 4 SOLDIERS RIDE OVER HILLS, AND THROUGH HEAVY BRUSH AND STREAMS. 00:23:20 - FREIGHTER BEING LOADED BY HUGE CRANE, CLOSE-UP OF LOCOMOTIVE WHEELS TURNING SLOWLY. SMOKE STACKS OF FORD RIVER ROUGE PLANT 00:23:42 - FOUNDRY WITH SPARKS FLYING, MOLTEN STEEL IN LARGE LADLE BEING MOVED BY CRANE. METAL POURING FROM LARGE TO SMALL LADLE 00:24:10 - CU SMALL BELT-DRIVEN MACHINE. CU CRANKSHAFT ON OVERHEAD CONVEYOR, HOOKS OF OVERHEAD CONVEYOR, LARGE GEAR. 00:24:31 - HANDS OF WORKER PUNCHING TIME CARD, FEET OF MANY WORKERS WALKING. AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC. 00:25:18 - NEW 1941 FORD DRIVES UP TO CAMERA. CU OF GRILL SEVERAL VIEWS OF CAR DRIVING ON RESIDENTIAL ROAD.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1937
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-1301C