- Title: VM-1316A
- Summary: FORD COLLECTION STORIES:
- Description:00:01:30 - FORD RIVER ROUGE PLANT, CIRCA 1946 (CONT) WORKERS, ASSEMBLY LINE CONVEYORS. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION METHODS. AUTOMOBILE ASSEMBLY. 00:02:43 - ENGINES SWUNG OFF LINE, CONNECTED TO ELECTRIC MOTOR. ENGINE ASSEMBLY. 00:04:06 - WORKERS SUBJECTING V-8 ENGINE TO A FULL LOAD RUNNING TEST. CU GAUGES. 00:04:37 - HUGE PRESSES STAMPING OUT AUTOMOBILE PARTS FOR STEEL FRAME, ON CONVEYOR TO FRAME ASSEMBLY LINE, WELDED TO CROSS MEMBERS 00:04:59 - LOADED FORD FREIGHT TRAIN LEAVES PLANT YARD 00:05:15 - WORKERS, PRESSES FORMING STEEL BODIES OF FORD CARS. CU FINGER PRESSING OPERATION BUTTON. HUGE DIE SHAPES A SHEET OF METAL INTO CAR TOP 00:06:05 - WORKERS AT JIG WHERE STEEL PARTS ARE WELDED ELECTRICALLY TO EACH OTHER, CAR STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE. ELECTRICALLY SANDED DOWN 00:07:59 - WORKERS ON ASSEMBLY LINE, SPRAY PAINTING 00:08:30 - GLASS PLANT, GLASS MANUFACTURING PLANT. ROLLED INTO A FLAT SHEET. CUT INTO VARIOUS SHAPES. SAFETY GLASS. 00:09:33 - WORKERS ON FINAL ASSEMBLY LINE FORD V-8'S TAKING SHAPE. PUTTING TIRES ON CARS. LIGHTS. 00:11:48 - CARS DRIVEN OFF ASSEMBLY LINE, TESTED 00:11:58 - NEW FORD CARS ON CAR CARRIER, HAULAWAY 00:12:01 - ON THE JOB PT. 1 1937. NEWS REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE IN THE FIELD OF TRANSPORTATION. 00:12:37 - HORSE DRAWN WAGON PASSING CLINTON INN. TURNING CORNER, STOPPING AT WATERFORD GENERAL STORE. GREENFIELD VILLAGE. 00:13:06 - MAN CARRYING BOY FROM WAGON INTO STORE 00:13:20 - PANEL TRUCK DRIVEN DOWN STREET. SIGN ON TRUCK "ELITE SHOPPE". STOPPING, DELIVERING PACKAGE TO SECRETARY HOUSE. DELIVERY TRUCK 00:13:50 - 1937 LOADED STAKE BODY TRUCK 00:14:04 - INSIDE CIRCUS TENT, CIRCUS ACTS. GIRLS ON FLYING TRAPEZE, CLOWNS. BIG TOP 00:14:22 - BOYS LOOKING AT CIRCUS ELEPHANTS OUTSIDE TENT. "TOM MIX CIRCUS" TRUCK PASSING IN B/G 00:14:37 - CIRCUS TRUCK CARAVAN ON ROAD 00:14:40 - CLOWN POINTING OUT FORD V-8 & GENERATOR TRUCK 00:14:51 - MAN OPERATING CIRCUS GENERATORS. 00:15:09 - TOM MIX CIRCUS TRUCKS, ELEPHANTS MOVING IN FIELD 00:15:45 - MAP OF AMERICA SHOWING ROUTE OF TOM MIX CIRCUS 00:15:56 - CIRCUS TRUCKS, CARAVAN ON ROAD, 1937. 00:16:12 - CIRCUS TRUCKS ON DIRT ROAD, FORDING STREAM 00:16:33 - CIRCUS TRUCK CARAVAN ON THE ROAD, VARIOUS TYPE FORD TRUCKS. 00:17:08 - HIGH PAN CHICAGO STOCKYARDS, 1930s 00:17:14 - CATTLE AND SQUEALING PIGS MOVING THROUGH STOCKYARD 00:17:37 - SLABS OF BEEF, BEEF SIDES HANGING IN BUILDING, WORKERS LOADING BEEF INTO TRUCKS. 00:18:02 - "ARMOUR" TRUCKS AT LOADING DOCK. DRIVER BACKS TRUCK UP TO LOADING DOCK 00:18:23 - F. L. FAULKNER, MANAGER AUTOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT OF ARMOUR SPEAKING, SOF. 00:18:55 - SALESMAN GETTING OUT OF CAR, ENTERING STORE, MEETING OWNER 00:19:05 - MEN MAKING MEAT DELIVERY TO STORE. 00:19:16 - LOADING PLATFORM AT ARMOUR PLANT. LOADING DOCK. 00:19:27 - MAN IN STOCK ROOM, CHECKING BUS, REAR AXEL, 1934 00:19:39 - BUSES IN YARD OF DETROIT STREET RAILWAY. 00:19:56 - CU BUS REPLACEMENT AXEL. 00:20:09 - FORD PUBLIC BUS PICKING PASSENGERS UP, MOVING DOWN DETROIT CITY STREETS. 1934. STOPPING, PICKING UP MORE PASSENGERS. 00:20:32 - BUS IN YARD, CU ENGINE, GRILLE 00:20:59 - PASSENGERS GETTING ON DETROIT PUBLIC BUS, 1934 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. DETROIT CITY STREET SCENES 00:21:13 - ACCELERATION CHART SUPERIMPOSED OVER MOVING BUS 00:21:26 - BUS ON STREET. PASSENGERS INSIDE BUS 00:22:09 - ROAD SIGN "CHESANING VILLAGE LIMIT" 00:22:14 - POV DRIVING DOWN MAIN STREET OF CHESANING, MICHIGAN, STORES, CARS. SNOW ON GROUND 00:22:37 - WOMAN PICKING UP TELEPHONE, TALKING TO SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR. REPORTING FIRE. CLICHE: "HURRY PLEASE" 00:22:50 - SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR RINGS FIRE STATION. 00:23:03 - CU PULLING ALARM. 00:23:05 - CU SIREN GOING OFF. 00:23:10 - VOLUNTEER FIREMEN LEAVING THEIR JOBS, ENTERING FIREHOUSE, FIRE-FIGHTERS. FIRE ENGINE LEAVING FIRE HOUSE. 00:23:49 - SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR CALLING VOLUNTEER FIREMEN DIRECTING THEM TO FIRE ADDRESS. VOLUNTEERS RUN OUT OF WORK PLACES 00:24:00 - BARN. HOUSE ON FIRE 00:24:03 - FIRE TRUCK PICKING UP FIREMEN ON WAY TO FIRE, 00:24:48 - FIRE TRUCK ARRIVING AT FIRE, ATTACHING HOSES. FIGHTING FIRE. CU BOY HOLDING HIS DOG 00:26:02 - FIRE TRUCKS RETURNING TO STATION, TRUCK AT STATION. 00:26:39 - CHASANING VILLAGE LIMITS ROAD SIGN 00:26:50 - TRUCKS AT LOADING PLATFORM, LOADING DOCKS. GREAT SOUTHERN TRUCKING SIGN. JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. MEN LOADING TRUCKS. CLOSING BACK OF TRUCK. TRUCK MOVING OUT 00:27:18 - SIGN "GREAT SOUTHERN TRUCKING CO. GENERAL OFFICES, L. A. RAULERSON, PRESIDENT. RAULERSON LEAVES HIS OFFICE, LOOKS AT FIRST TRUCK & SPEAKS, SOF. 00:27:40 - CAB HOOKING UP TO TRAILER, COMPANY YARD, TRUCKS, 00:27:54 - TRUCKS ON ROADS, ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA. MOVING VANS, GREAT SOUTHERN TRUCKS ON ROAD, GOING THROUGH DETOUR 00:28:52 - TRUCKER STOPS AT BARBECUE STAND. SIGN "BROWNS BAR-B-Q" ROADSIDE STAND. RESTAURANT. DISCUSSING TRUCK WITH COUNTER MAN. 00:29:48 - MAP SHOWING ROUTE FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO ATLANTA WITH TRUCK SUPERIMPOSED. 00:30:05 - GREAT SOUTHERN TRUCKS PULLING INTO WAREHOUSE, BACKING UP TO LOADING DOCK PLATFORM 00:30:38 - RAULERSON SPEAKING SOF. 00:31:04 - ORDINANCE FOR VICTORY. MOVIE TRAILER, 1942. 00:32:50 - WOMEN ON THE WARPATH, 1943. WACS. WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS. VIEWS OF WILLOW RUN PLANT, BUILDINGS, CRANES, SHIPS 00:33:12 - TRACKLESS TRAIN CARS LOADED WITH LUMBER 00:33:17 - INTERIOR PLANT, MEN ASSEMBLING LIBERATOR BOMBERS, WORKING ON ENGINES, BOMBERS. B-24. 00:33:40 - WACS AT DESKS TYPING, OFFICE DUTIES. SECRETARIAL DUTIES. AUXILIARY NON-COMBATANT DUTY. 00:33:54 - WACS IN RANKS HAVING GAS MASK DRILL. WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS. 00:34:02 - WAVES LOOKING OUT WINDOW LAUGHING, CHECKING BED MATTRESS. WOMEN ACCEPTED FOR VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICE. 00:34:07 - FEMALE SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT FILLING CAR WITH GAS. WOMEN FILLING MEN'S JOBS DURING WAR. ANOTHER WOMAN CLEANS CAR WINDOWS 00:34:16 - FUR CLAD WOMAN WINDOW SHOPPING, SHOE STORE. 00:34:18 - WOMEN AT LEISURE, ON GOLF COURSE, IN BATHING SUIT BESIDE STREAM, 00:34:24 - WOMAN PERFORMING HOUSEHOLD DUTIES, HOUSEWIFE HANGING LAUNDRY ON CLOTHES LINE IN YARD. 00:34:26 - TRIO OF BOMBERS FLYING OVERHEAD. CUTS TO FUR CLAD WOMAN VOICE OVER "WAKE UP MISS AMERICA" "WAKE UP MRS. AMERICA". A CALL FOR WOMEN TO HELP WAR EFFORT WOMEN LOOKING UP AT FIGHTER PLANES 00:34:55 - CARS ENTERING WILLOW RUN PLANT 00:35:07 - CU WOMAN ARRIVING TO WORK AT PLANT. PUNCHING TIME CLOCK 00:35:20 - PAN BOMBER PLANT, MAN AT MACHINE, WOMAN WORKING SAME PUNCH PRESS. "ROSIE THE RIVETER" WOMEN WORKING IN PLANTS DURING WAR WORLD TWO WWII. WOMEN WORKING ON VARIOUS JOBS IN PLANT 00:35:45 - WOMAN ON STREET LOOKING AT POSTER "WOMEN IN THE WAR, WE CAN'T WIN WITHOUT THEM". "WAR MANPOWER COMMISSION" ON UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE DOOR, WOMAN ENTERING 00:35:56 - WOMEN RECEIVE TRAINING IN ENGINE SHOP. AIRPLANE ENGINES. 00:36:21 - WOMEN RIVETING IN TRAINING CLASS. CU WOMEN RIVETING 00:36:51 - WOMAN WALKING ON COLLEGE CAMPUS 00:37:00 - SAME WOMAN NOW TRAINING AS RIVETER IN PLANT 00:37:07 - VIEW OF PARTIALLY COMPLETED BOMBERS IN WILLOW RUN WAR PLANT 00:37:13 - WOMEN PERFORMING VARIOUS JOBS IN PLANT, FEMALE CRANE OPERATOR, JIGSAW OPERATOR, SHAPING PLASTIC BUBBLE. FUSELAGE WORKERS. 00:38:31 - VIEW IN PLANT CAFETERIA, WORKERS RECEIVING FOOD, EATING. 00:38:45 - MEN AND WOMEN IN TRAINING SCHOOL LIBRARY, WOMAN TAKING BOOK OUT OF THE LIBRARY. LIBRARIAN 00:38:52 - BOMBERS IN PLANT, VIEW INSIDE PARTIALLY COMPLETED FUSELAGE, WORKERS, WOMEN WORKING ON AIRPLANE ENGINES, FUSELAGE, TAIL SECTION, PAINTING PLANE. ROSIE THE RIVETER WWII 00:40:37 - LIBERATORS TAXIING OUT OF PLANT, IN FLIGHT. LIBERATOR BOMBER PLANES. 00:43:27 - THE PEAK OF RIDING COMFORT, 1939 00:43:58 - 1940 FORD ON ROAD 00:44:26 - CHILD LYING DOWN IN BACK SEAT OF CAR, HEAD ON MOTHER'S LAP. 00:44:35 - FRAME WITH SEATS, SHOCK ABSORBERS. DIAGRAM SHOWING RIDING BASE & WHEEL BASE. 00:45:19 - WOMAN GETTING INTO CAR, ADJUSTING THE SEAT. 00:45:28 - SPRING TESTING MACHINE IN OPERATION 00:45:46 - VIEWS OF SPRING LEAVES & HOW THEY ARE ASSEMBLED. SPRING TESTING MACHINE 00:46:50 - FORD ON DUSTY FIELD, RAISING UP DUST. TEST TRACK, DRIVING THROUGH WATER 00:46:58 - CU SPRING TESTING MACHINE, LUBRICANT OOZING BETWEEN PARTS 00:47:03 - TECHNICIAN IN WHITE LAB COAT PERFORMING EXPERIMENTS IN FORD LABORATORIES. SPRING TESTING MACHINE. 00:47:30 - FORD CAR ON ROAD 00:47:44 - CU SHOCK ABSORBERS & HOW THEY ARE ASSEMBLED 00:49:27 - WORKERS INSTALLING TIRES ON ASSEMBLY LINE 00:49:45 - FORD CAR CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS 00:49:55 - ILLUSTRATION OF CHASSIS 00:50:16 - CAR PULLING INTO LUBRICATING AREA OF GARAGE, MECHANIC CHECKING AIR PRESSURE, CAR GOING UP ON 1930s HOIST, CAR LIFT. MECHANIC LUBRICATING CAR ON RACK. WORKING ON CAR, SHOCK ABSORBER FLUID, CU WRENCH ADJUSTING SCREW. 00:52:09 - OWNER TAKING CAR ON TEST DRIVE 00:52:21 - CARS ON TEST TRACK, VARIOUS TESTS. DRIVING ON HUGE BUMPS. SLOW MOTION CAR DRIVING OWNER BIG IRREGULAR STONES IN CEMENT 00:53:31 - CU TRI-COMPONENT ACCELEROMETER, RECORDING MOVEMENT 00:54:00 - CAR DRIVEN ON "TORTURE ROAD" TEST TRACK, MOVING ON ROCKY ROAD. SLOW MOTION. WHITE MARKS ON CAR ILLUSTRATE CORRECTLY ADJUSTED SHOCK ABSORBERS & INCORRECT SHOCK ABSORBERS 00:54:55 - CHASSIS WITH SEATS. SPRINGS, SHOCK ABSORBERS. TIRES 00:55:11 - 1939 FORD ON ROAD 00:55:42 - FORD'S V-8 SCALES PIKE'S PEAK IN RECORD SPEED 16TH ANNUAL PIKES PEAK CLIMB, LABOR DAY, 00:56:30 - VIEW FROM BASE OF PIKE'S PEAK 00:56:35 - HIGH PAN PIKE'S PEAK, COLORADO SPRINGS 00:57:05 - ENTRANCE "TO SUMMIT OF PIKE'S PEAK, THE WORLD'S HIGHEST MOTOR DRIVE" 00:57:07 - CU GLENN SCHULTZ, ANGELO SCHMINO, BUSS HARMON SITTING IN FORD V-8 CARS. 00:57:22 - MECHANIC LOOKING AT MOTOR OF CAR, CLOSING HOOD, SEALING IT. V-8 STOCK CARS. 00:57:45 - CARS GETTING STARTING FLAG AT BEGINNING OF RACE. CARS ON STEEP, CURVING ROAD, SPECTATORS. CARS AT TOP, PASSING FINISH LINE. GOING PAST OBSERVATION TOWER. 01:01:23 - CU WINNER, 01:01:26 - DRIVERS POSING WITH TROPHY. 01:01:36 - WINNER AND TROPHY 01:01:51 - RAINBOW OF THE DESERT, ZION NATIONAL PARK, 1940 VERSION 01:02:18 - CAR ON ROAD ENTRANCE "ZION NATIONAL PARK" 01:02:23 - CAR STOPPING AT RANGER STATION 01:02:37 - CAR MOVING THROUGH ZION NATIONAL PARK, 1940. MOUNTAINS, DESERT, THROUGH TUNNEL, COMING OUT TUNNEL. CROSSING STONE BRIDGE. 01:03:01 - PAN FROM OBSERVATION POINT, CANYON 01:03:19 - VIEWS OF CANYON, SANDSTONE FORMATIONS. 01:03:42 - AERIAL OVER CANYON 01:04:47 - VIEWS OF STREAMS, VIRGIN RIVER 01:05:27 - PARK LODGE. SWIMMING POOL AT LODGE. 01:05:48 - PAN MONOLITHIC ROCKS. THE THREE PATRIARCHS 01:06:29 - RANGER LEADING GROUP OF HIKERS ON TRAIL. TRAIL HIKE THROUGH ZION NATIONAL PARK 01:06:42 - PAN VIEW UP LADY MOUNTAIN 01:06:55 - HIKERS CLIMBING UP WOODEN LADDER. 01:07:06 - RIDERS ON HORSEBACK ON MOUNTAIN TRAIL 01:07:21 - HIKERS RESTING AND EATING LUNCH AT OBSERVATION POINT, CANYON VIEWS FROM POINT 01:07:40 - RUINS OF CLIFF DWELLINGS 01:07:53 - CAR AND TRAILER PARKED IN GROVE, PEOPLE SITTING AT PICNIC TABLE BESIDE TRAILER. 1940s CAMPING 01:08:00 - MOTION PICTURE COMPANY FILMING WESTERN IN VALLEY "OLD WEST" FILM 01:08:26 - MAN SHAKING HANDS WITH PEOPLE AS THEY BOARD BUS. 01:08:34 - LODGE WORKERS POSING SINGING FAREWELL SONG TO TOURISTS. ACCORDION. 01:08:45 - CAR DRIVEN THROUGH PARK, SCENERY 01:09:07 - RAINBOW OF THE DESERT, 1937 VERSION. SAME AS ABOVE BUT WITH EARLIER MODEL CARS. SHOT WITH A CONVERTIBLE 01:15:11 - FAMILY CAMPING IN ZION NATIONAL PARK, 1937. WOMAN FEEDING DOG IN CAMP GROUNDS 01:16:26 - REVIEW OF A PREVIEW. 1939. VISIT TO VILLAGE INDUSTRIES IN 1940. 01:17:03 - CARS PULLING UP TO FORD ROTUNDA, PEOPLE GETTING IN MERCURY AND LINCOLN ZEPHYR FORDS. 01:17:47 - MOTORCYCLE POLICE ESCORTED MOTORCADE MOVING DOWN STREET. 01:17:54 - DRIVE-IN PRODUCE STAND AT CAMP LEGION 01:17:59 - POV DRIVING IN CAMP LEGION, TENTS IN LONG ROW 01:18:12 - POV DRIVING ON DIRT COUNTRY ROAD, ANN ARBOR TRAIL. NICE VIEWS OF RURAL MICHIGAN ROADS. 01:18:30 - CARS STOPPED AT NANKIN MILLS, PEOPLE ENTERING NANKIN MILLS. FORD VILLAGE INDUSTRIES. 01:19:02 - POV NEARING NEWBURG PLANT, VIEW OF SMALL LAKE FROM CAR. 01:19:31 - CARS LEAVING PLYMOUTH PLANT 01:19:50 - POV PASSING LAKE IN CAR 01:20:01 - MOTORCADE PARKING, PEOPLE WALKING 01:20:13 - PEOPLE WALKING INTO PHOENIX PLANT 01:20:37 - MOTORCYCLE POLICE ESCORTED MOTORCADE ENTERING WATERFORD PLANT, PEOPLE ENTERING PLANT 01:21:20 - MOTORCADE LEAVING PLANT 01:21:36 - ARRIVING AT NORTHVILLE PLANT, PICTURESQUE WATER WHEEL 01:21:51 - MEN WALKING UP TO PLANT. INSIDE PLANT, MEN LOOKING AT ENGINE VALVES ON OVERHEAD CONVEYORS. 01:22:29 - PEOPLE MILLING OUTSIDE PLANT, MAN LIGHTS CIGARETTE 01:22:40 - MOTORCADE ON ROAD. LED BY MOTORCYCLE POLICEMAN 01:22:55 - UMBRELLAS, TABLES ON LAWN BESIDE FORD ROTUNDA OUTDOOR PICNIC SIGHT. BAND PLAYING, MANDOLINS, FIDDLES, ACCORDIONS. LONG LINE OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR FOOD. CU PEOPLE BEING SERVED. PEOPLE EATING AT PICNIC TABLES. INCLUDING JOHN R. DAVIS, EDSEL FORD. 01:23:57 - HILLBILLY BAND PLAYING 01:24:08 - WOMEN LOOKING AT ASSEMBLY LINE. WOMAN PRETENDING TO BE WORKING ON ASSEMBLY LINE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1937
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-1316A