- Title: VM-1315A
- Summary: FORD COLLECTION STORIES:
- Description:00:14:39 - LOGAN MILLER SITTING BEHIND DESK EXPLAINING THE BASIC PRODUCTS GROUP OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY. CHART SHOWING BPG ORGANIZATIONAL HIERARCHY CHART FOLLOWED BY THE THREE GENERAL MANAGERS POSING IN THEIR OFFICES 00:15:30 - PAN FORD RIVER ROUGE PLANT 00:15:41 - INTERIOR PLANT, WELDERS. WELDER TAKES WELDING MASK OFF, SMILES AT CAMERA 00:15:51 - CU MAN PULLING KNOB UP IN POWERHOUSE 00:15:54 - WORKERS IN THE FOUNDRY 00:15:59 - SECRETARY TYPING ON 1950s TYPEWRITER 00:16:02 - WOMAN IRONING UNIFORMS IN THE LAUNDRY DEPARTMENT 00:16:07 - CU ENGINEER IN LOCOMOTIVE CAB 00:16:10 - CAPTAIN IN SHIP'S STEERING HOUSE 00:16:10 - PLANT DRAFTING ROOM 00:16:18 - HIGH ANGLE SECURITY GUARD WAVING CARS THROUGH TRAFFIC IN PLANT YARD 00:16:21 - BLACK PAINTER PAINTING WITH PAINT BRUSH. ECU BEAUTIFUL SMILE 00:16:29 - FEMALE PLANT WORKER USING PRESS, DRILL 00:16:31 - ORGANIZATIONAL HIERARCHY CHART BASIC PRODUCTS GROUP 00:16:41 - SUTHERLAND DISCUSSES THE PLANT'S STEEL DIVISION 00:17:17 - FREIGHTER BENSON FORD UNDER WAY. INTERIOR SHIP'S WHEELHOUSE. 00:17:51 - OFFICE WORKERS, PRODUCTION PROGRAMMING DEPARTMENT WHITE COLLAR PAPER PUSHERS 00:17:59 - COMPTROLLERS MEETING, PRESENTER USING CHARTS VISUAL AIDS 00:18:08 - PRODUCTION ENGINEERS LOOKING OVER PLANS 00:18:20 - SECRETARY HANDS HER BOSS PAPERS IN HIS OFFICE 00:18:25 - GROUP OF WHITE COLLAR PAPER PUSHERS IN OFFICE DOING PAPERWORK, STAMPING PAPERS, SHUFFLING PAPERS TO AND FRO 00:18:35 - BENSON FORD DOCKING, DOCK CREW TYING BOAT UP, HUGE CRANES, MACHINES UNLOADING CARGO FROM ORE SHIP 00:19:14 - DISCHARGING COKE OVEN, QUENCHER, BLAST FURNACE, EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR. TAPPING BLAST FURNACE, MOLTEN IRON, FILLING LADLE CARS, MUD GUN STOPPING HOLE. 00:20:56 - RAILROAD OPERATION IN RIVER ROUGE YARD. YARD COMMUNICATIONS, ENGINEER TALKING TO TOWER 00:21:39 - MOLTEN IRON IN OPEN HEARTH FURNACES, HUGE MACHINE CHARGING FURNACE 00:22:22 - WORKERS TAKING SAMPLES OF MOLTEN IRON, SEND UP IN PNEUMATIC TUBE 00:22:49 - TECHNICIAN IN WHITE LAB COAT ON OTHER END OF PNEUMATIC TUBE SYSTEM TAKES SAMPLE OUT, TESTING METAL SAMPLE. 00:23:27 - CU MAN WRITING ON TELE-AUTOGRAPH MACHINE, SENDING RESULTS VIA TELE-AUTOGRAPH MACHINE TO FOREMAN AT THE FURNACE 00:23:54 - PLANT STEEL DIVISION, MOLTEN STEEL POURING FROM OPEN HEARTH FURNACE INTO LADLE, FROM LADLE INTO INGOT MOLDS. 00:25:16 - CU BLACK STEEL WORKERS EATING LUNCH. JUGHEAD HAT. 00:25:25 - HUGE CRANE REMOVING INGOT FROM SOAKING PIT. STEEL IN ROLLING MILL. 00:26:09 - WORKER AT CONTROL PANEL 00:26:13 - CU RED HOT INGOT IN ROLLING MILL, WORKER CONTROLLING INGOT IN ROLLING MILL, ROLLING IT UNTIL IT BECOMES THIN ENOUGH 00:26:45 - PLANT SUPERINTENDENT TALKING WITH FOREMAN, WATCHING THE STEEL AS IT'S FED INTO THE COILER 00:27:10 - CU ROLLED STEEL PIPE COMING FORM COILER ON ROUTE TO FURNACE, COLD ROLLED. COLD ROLLING MACHINE IN OPERATION WORKER CUTS OUT A SAMPLE. INSPECTOR MEASURES IT WITH A MICROMETER, CHECKING THICKNESS 00:27:42 - SHEETS OF ROLLED STEEL LEAVING MACHINE, CUTTER. 00:28:18 - THRASHER TALKS ABOUT THE DEARBORN GENERAL MANUFACTURING DIVISION 00:28:51 - EXTERIOR FORD GLASS PLANT. 00:28:54 - INTERIOR GLASS PLANT, HUGE LIFT HANDLING LARGE SHEET OF GLASS. "BUTTERFLY" MACHINE 00:29:11 - GLASS WORKERS HANDLING SMALL SHEETS OF GLASS FEMALE GLASS WORKERS CUTTING SHAPES BY MACHINE SHAPES ON CONVEYOR, INSPECTING FINISHED SHAPES FOR WINDSHIELDS. 00:30:17 - GEAR AND AXLE PLANT, WORKER TENDING MACHINERY, HEAT TREATMENT. 00:30:53 - WORKER TALKING TO SUPERVISOR 00:31:09 - INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING CLASS 00:31:20 - EXTERIOR PAN RIVER ROUGE PLANT, 1952 00:31:42 - PLASTICS PLANT, MOLDED PARTS COMING FROM MACHINES PARKING LIGHTS. DOOR LOCK RELEASES. 00:32:15 - PAN PLASTICS DEPARTMENT 00:32:43 - MACHINE SHOP, WORKERS TENDING MACHINES 00:33:03 - HUGE GENERATORS, POWER PLANT, POWERHOUSE, DYNAMOS, CONTROL PANEL 00:33:43 - PLANT PAPER MILL, SHEETS OF PAPER COMING OFF ROLLER. 00:33:58 - WORKERS CHECKING DYE AGAINST BLUE PRINT, GOING ON BLANKING PRESS. 00:34:37 - MACHINE CUTTING DESIGN FROM PAPER, WORKERS POP DESIGNS OUT OF THE PAPER. 00:34:48 - FEMALE WORKER USING SEWING MACHINES, SEWING FELT PIECES ONTO THE PAPER 00:35:01 - SMOKING FACTORY WORKER USING GLUING MACHINE, 00:35:06 - DASHBOARD INSULATOR ASSEMBLY LINE. DIVERSE GROUP OF WORKERS, BLACK, WHITE, FEMALE, MALE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER 00:35:24 - FRAME AND COLD HEADING PLANT. RAIL SHAPING MACHINE IN OPERATION. FRAME RAILS COMING OUT OF MACHINE, MOVING ALONG CONVEYOR, FRAME LINE 00:35:54 - WORKERS RIVETING FRAMES TOGETHER, ARC WELDING, NUTS AND BOLTS MAKING MACHINERY IN OPERATION 00:37:18 - CASSIDY DISCUSSING THE ROLE OF MANUFACTURING SERVICES DIVISION. CU THREE OPERATING PERFORMANCE AWARDS FRAMED ON WALL 00:38:14 - POV DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, NEARING PLANT, MOUNTED POLICEMAN DIRECTING TRAFFIC IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY HIGHWAY. DRIVING INTO INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY PASSING GUARD AT GATE, PASSING MAN ON LAWN MOWER WAITING FOR TRAIN TO PASS 00:39:05 - POV DRIVING, STOPPING TO LET FIRE TRUCKS & FIRE ENGINES OUT OF PLANT FIRE HOUSE 00:39:21 - TRAIN OF LADLE CARS COMING FROM BLAST FURNACE 00:39:34 - POV DRIVING UP TO FREIGHTER ORE SHIP AT DOCK 00:39:41 - EXTERIOR, POWER PLANT 00:39:46 - POV DRIVING UP TO SCRAP SALVAGE YARD. SCRAP SALVAGE OPERATION 00:40:10 - POV PASSING INDUSTRIAL HOSPITAL 00:40:25 - POV PASSING FLEET OF FORD TRUCKS 00:40:32 - INTERIOR PLANT GENERAL STORE 00:40:49 - PAN STRUCTURAL STEEL STOCKPILE, CRANES LOADING STEEL GIRDERS ONTO FLATBED 00:41:06 - WOOD PRODUCTS OPERATION. WOODWORKING SHOP. 00:41:18 - PLANT REPAIR SHOP. EQUIPMENT REPAIRED. WORKERS REPAIR DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE 00:41:28 - INDUSTRIAL HEALTH LABORATORY, WORKER COLLECTING DUST SAMPLES. TECHNICIANS IN WHITE LAB COATS TESTING DUST IN LAB. ILLNESS PREVENTION 00:41:47 - PAN MASSIVE PLANT PARKING LOTS 00:41:52 - PLANT LAUNDRY AREA 00:41:55 - BUILDING AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. ROAD PAVING MACHINE. 00:42:32 - AUTO PLANT ASSEMBLY LINES 00:43:00 - CU WORKER FITTING CAR BODY ONTO CHASSIS. WORKER PUTTING TIRES ON CAR, FINAL ASSEMBLY LINE. 00:43:20 - 1952 CAR DRIVEN OFF LINE ONTO TESTING MACHINE 00:43:36 - LOGAN MILLER AT DESK TALKING ABOUT QUALITY, MACHINES AND PEOPLE 00:44:57 - HENRY FORD II PRESENTING 1952 PROGRESS REPORT AND 1953 FORECAST TO MANAGEMENT 00:45:07 - 1953 FORD CARS IN SHOWROOM. 1953 MERCURY, 1953 LINCOLN CONVERTIBLE. 00:45:31 - WORKERS GUIDING ENGINE INTO PLACE 00:45:37 - HS FATHER & DAUGHTER SITTING IN CONVERTIBLE GIRL PLAYING WITH POWER STEERING, 00:45:41 - CAR STOPPING FOR TRACTOR, BRAKING SUDDENLY 00:45:45 - 1953 LINCOLN CONVERTIBLE ROTATING ON TURNTABLE IN SHOWROOM 00:46:02 - CHART SHOWING MARKET PENETRATION NEW TRUCK REGISTRATIONS FORD VS CHEVROLET AND DODGE 00:47:05 - FORD RECONNAISSANCE CARS JOIN THE ARMY, 1941 RECONNAISSANCE CARS, JEEPS COMING OUT OF FACTORY 00:48:01 - EDSEL FORD DELIVERS ARMY CARS TO BRIGADIER GENERAL CHARLES H. BONESTEEL, SPEECHES, MOS 00:48:24 - FINAL NUTS AND BOLTS ARE PUT IN PLACE, FINAL INSPECTION 00:48:37 - EDSEL FORD, BRIGADIER GENERAL BONESTEEL GET INTO ARMY JEEP, FORD READS PRESENTATION MESSAGE SITTING IN JEEP, DRIVES OFF 00:49:36 - ARMY JEEP DRIVING DEMONSTRATION OVER ROUGH FIELD RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLES. SPECTATORS 00:53:48 - FINAL TEST, DRIVING JEEP THROUGH WATER 00:54:24 - 1941 ARMY JEEPS DRIVEN OUT OF FACTORY 00:55:03 - NATURE'S CAMEO. 1937. BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK. 00:55:37 - TOURISTS ON OVERLOOK, MAN POINTING 00:55:45 - PAN BRYCE CANYON, SCENIC NATURE BEAUTY SHOTS SOUTHWESTERN UTAH. WATERFALLS. SANDSTONE WALLS, HORSESHOE SHAPED CANYONS 00:56:42 - GUIDE TRIES TO WALK DOWN STEEP INCLINE, HAS A HARD TIME. GUIDE PICKS UP PILES OF STONE 00:57:07 - MONTAGE UNUSUAL SHAPED BRYCE CANYON ROCK FORMATIONS. FAIRY CASTLE, THE GREAT CATHEDRAL, AND LIKENESS OF QUEEN VICTORIA 00:57:20 - GUESTS WELCOMED AT BRYCE LODGE, 1937. CABINS. AUTO TRAILERS, CAMPERS. CAMP SIGHT. TENTS. FAMILY OF CAMPERS EATING ALFRESCO AT PICNIC TABLE 00:58:07 - GUIDE TAKES TOURISTS ON FOOT TRAIL THROUGH BRYCE CANYON. TOWERING FORMATIONS DWARF HIKERS 00:58:27 - CU FEET WALKING THROUGH TRAILS, 1930s FOOTWEAR NOT SO SENSIBLE SHOES ON LADIES 00:58:42 - LONG SERIES OF PILLARS DUBBED "WALL STREET" BRYCE CANYON 00:59:03 - HORSEBACK RIDERS ON TRAIL THROUGH BRYCE CANYON BRIDAL TRAILS. 00:59:25 - PAN BRYCE CANYON, SPIRES, ROCK FORMATIONS, 00:59:49 - CU MONTAGE CAR LICENSE PLATES, 1937 TAGS FOR NEVADA, UTAH, CALIFORNIA, MISSOURI, WASHINGTON, HAWAII, NEW YORK, MICHIGAN 01:00:10 - HIGHLIGHT: HUMAN COWCATCHER ATTACHED TO CAR MAN TIED TO FRONT OF CAR 01:00:33 - TOURISTS ENJOY THE VIEW ALONG THE RIM ROAD 01:00:50 - TOURISTS PACKING UP, SUITCASES LINED UP ON THE GROUND 01:01:00 - EMPLOYEES OF THE LODGE POSE IN FRONT, WAVE TO CAMERA, CARS PULL OUT FROM LODGE 01:01:20 - TWO HORSEBACK RIDERS IN CANYON NEAR CAPITAL REEF NATIONAL MONUMENT 01:01:37 - RANCHER'S HOME, ORCHARDS. 01:01:40 - WOMAN IN PEACH TREE PICKING PEACHES 01:01:44 - LS TWO HORSEBACK RIDERS ON EDGE OF CLIFF OVERLOOKING CANYON. CLICHE SHOT 01:01:50 - CAR CONVERTIBLE STOPS IN CANYON. TILT UP ROCK FORMATIONS 01:02:09 - PAN CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK. 1937 01:02:50 - ELGIN, ILLINOIS ROAD RACE, 1933. FORD V-8 WINS CLASSIC STOCK CAR RACE AT 80.22 MPH. 01:03:40 - SPECTATORS STANDING AND SITTING UNDER TREES 01:03:43 - VIEW OF SCOREBOARD, STANDS, SPECTATORS 01:03:49 - VIEWS OF RACE TRACK 01:04:01 - OFFICIALS IN CARS "AAA CONTEST BOARD" ON SIDE OF CARS. BARNEY OLDFIELD, OFFICIAL STARTER, TALKING WITH OFFICIALS 01:04:16 - DRIVERS IN RACE CARS 01:04:34 - START OF RACE, FLAGGERS. DRIVERS IDENTIFIED: #3 DAVE EVANS, #4 LOU MOORE, #5 BILL CUMMINGS, #9 H. M. LEWIS, #7 PETER DE PAOLO, #8 WILBUR SHAW, #10 FRED FRAME (WINNER), #6 JACK PETTICORD, #16 TED CHAMBERLAND, #17 SAM PALMER, AND #29 HARRY HUNT. BLUE FLAG. CHECKERED FLAG. 1933 ROAD RACE 01:08:50 - WINNER FRED FRAME RECEIVING KISS FROM GIRL, CROWD IN WINNER'S CIRCLE 01:09:26 - NATIONAL FINALS, FORD GOOD DRIVERS LEAGUE, 1940 MANHATTAN ISLAND. 01:09:29 - BOYS ON OFFICIAL NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR SIGHTSEEING BUS 01:09:33 - BOYS IN HANGAR LOOKING AT AMERICAN AIRLINES AIRPLANE "FLAGSHIP BROOKLYN". LAGUARDIA FIELD 01:09:43 - BOYS IN BOAT ON SIGHTSEEING EXCURSION AROUND MANHATTAN ISLAND. BAND ON BOARD SHIP. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE FROM RIVER. BATTERY PARK. SOUTHERN TIP OF THE ISLAND. 01:10:23 - BOYS AT SPORTSMAN'S LUNCHEON. GRANTLAND RICE SPEAKING, MOS. 01:10:34 - LEFTY GOMEZ, BABE DAHLGREN, OTHER SPORTS FIGURES AT BANQUET TABLE. NEW YORK YANKEES. 01:10:40 - BOYS GROUPING AROUND GRANTLAND RICE AND EDSEL FORD AT SPEAKER'S TABLE 01:10:46 - EXTERIOR RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, 1940 01:10:50 - BOYS FEEDING POLICEMAN'S HORSE 01:10:55 - PERFORMERS ON STAGE, FORD EXHIBITION BUILDING EDSEL FORD IN AUDIENCE WITH BOYS 01:11:09 - FRED BLACK SPEAKING FROM STAGE, MOS. LINTON WELLS, MAIN SPEAKER. CAPTAIN E. B. RICKENBACKER 01:11:30 - FORD DAY AT THE WORLD'S FAIR, JUNE 16, 1940 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR. 01:11:48 - FORD PAVILION, WORLD'S FAIR. CAR DRIVING ON RAMP 01:12:08 - AERIAL VIEWS FAIRGROUNDS 01:12:20 - FAIRGROUNDS, TRYLON AND PERISPHERE. STATUES OF THE FOUR FREEDOMS. 01:12:30 - FORD EXPOSITION BUILDING, 1939 WORLD'S FAIR CARS ON RAMPS OF "ROAD OF TOMORROW" EXHIBIT. 28 MILLIONTH FORD CAR ARRIVING FROM INTERNATIONAL GOOD WILL TOUR. FORD MOTORCADE ARRIVES AT FAIR. HARVEY GIBSON GREETS THEM. 01:13:29 - MOTORCYCLE POLICE, MARCHING BAND LEAD FORD CARS THROUGH FLAG DECKED AVENUE TO FORD EXHIBITION BUILDING THROUGH GARDEN COURT ONTO PLATFORM. 01:13:49 - PAN GROUP OF MEN, EDSEL FORD, FORD DEALERS. SPEECHES. MOS. 01:15:03 - FIVE OLDEST FORD DEALERS ON PLATFORM, TAKE BOWS. 01:15:36 - GARDEN COURT, AMPHITHEATER, FERDE GROFE DIRECTING THE NEW WORLD ENSEMBLE, MOS. 01:15:54 - FORD PAVILION, WORLD'S FAIR, 1939 01:16:01 - INSIDE FORD BUILDING, CYCLE OF PRODUCTION EXHIBITION, BALLET DANCERS ON STAGE, NEW FORD PLAYHOUSE. EXHIBITS. 37TH ANNIVERSARY OF FORD. 01:16:11 - WORLD'S FAIR GROUNDS, NEW YORK, 1939 01:17:50 - THE NEW FORD TRUCK PT.1 1932 01:18:27 - 1932 LOADED TRUCK DRIVES UP HILL IN INDUSTRIAL AREA, ALONG MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY 01:19:04 - LOADED TRUCK STOPS BESIDE HIGH BRICK WALL, TRUCK EMPTY, CAB DISAPPEARS. ONLY CHASSIS LEFT. CU CHASSIS. 01:19:56 - CU CHASSIS WITH STEERING MECHANISM & BRAKE LINES ATTACHED. WHEEL MOUNTING. MOUNTED WHEEL WITH CUT-AWAY SHOWING INSIDE OF BRAKE DRUM & BRAKING MECHANISM 01:20:15 - TRUCK DRIVES HEAD-ON TO VIEWER, STOPS. 01:20:20 - SIDE VIEW NEW FORD TRUCK, 1932, VARIOUS ANGLES 01:20:55 - DRIVER GETS IN TRUCK CAB, POINTS OUT SEAT COMFORT, DASHBOARD GAUGES, CHOKE, GEAR SHIFT, HAND BRAKE, STEERING WHEEL. 01:21:34 - CU CROSS SECTIONED STEERING MECHANISM, WORM GEAR TURNING 01:21:46 - CU DRIVER INSERTING KEY INTO IGNITION. DRIVING AND HANDLING DEMONSTRATION. 01:22:20 - URBAN TRAFFIC, TRUCKS AND CARS CIRCA 1932. 01:22:35 - TRUCK DRIVES INTO GAS STATION "FORD BENZOL" CU FUEL PUMP, ATTENDANT FILLS GAS TANK UNDER PASSENGER SEAT IN TRUCK. 01:23:31 - TRUCK ASSEMBLY LINE, 1932 01:23:39 - SEMI-TRAILER TRUCKS DRIVEN OUT OF PLANT 01:23:48 - TRUCK, CU BED, TAIL GATE, CATTLE GATES & SIDES REMOVED, REPLACING SIDE GATES. 01:24:31 - TRUCK WITH SOLID SIDES AND TAIL GATE. CU DUAL WHEELS IN REAR. 01:24:55 - CU DRIVER OPERATING DUMP MECHANISM, DUMP TRUCK LIFTS & RETURNS. DEMONSTRATION 01:25:17 - TRUCK WITH COVERED BED, MAN PULLS TAIL GATE DOWN TRUCK OPEN AND WITH CANVAS SIDES DOWN. 01:26:02 - DUAL WHEELED FORD TRUCK, 1932, PULLS TAIL GATE DOWN 01:26:22 - FORD BUILT BUS. DRIVER OPENS DOOR, CLOSES DOOR. INTERIOR SHOWING SEATS. OPENS REAR EMERGENCY DOOR 01:27:43 - ANOTHER FORD MODEL BUS. DRIVER OPENING & CLOSING DOOR 01:28:12 - MONTAGE FORD TRUCKS. FORD PICKUP TRUCKS. TOW TRUCK. 01:29:43 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1932
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-1315A