The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: [part 1] Aerial view of plant - the following facts superimposed over pictures of plant and workers: ‘1096 acres,’ ‘7,250,000 square feet of floor space,’ ‘345 acres of glass windows,’ ‘90 miles of railroad track,’ ‘more than 80,000 men normally employed’ - freighter ‘Henry Ford II’ passing under drawbridge, view of pilot at wheel, engineer, engines - aerial view of plant, smokestacks - interior of power plant, generators, central control board - huge cranes, operators in control cages above scoops, unloading iron ore from ship - coke ovens discharging flaming coke, clouds of steam from quencher - top of blast furnace, cable cars climbing to top - molten iron flowing from bottom of blast furnace - huge machine in operation - aerial view of River Rouge, line moving to foundry - foundry interior, workers, mold being filled with sand - mold being removed from casting of V-8 engine block - views of mold production lines, castings - engine castings on conveyors - multiple drilling machine in operation - blocks on conveyor moving through measuring device - worker measuring automobile parts - milling machine in operation - shafts on overhead conveyor - electric camshaft tester in operation - crankshaft production, parts on conveyor - electric furnace - test pouring from furnace - laboratory, worker taking steel filings from test pouring, weighing them on micro-balance, testing them chemically - hot molds moving along conveyor - mold being removed from crankshafts - crankshafts being placed in furnace for heat treatment - crankshafts on conveyor, being machined and polished. [1937]

  • Part of Ford Motor Company Collection, Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects

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