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Liberty Motor Production / U.S. Troops and Sailors / Liberty Motor Production

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Workers assembling crankshafts - motor block being multi-drilled - engine parts being assembled - motor on assembly line - men and women workers assembling motors - large assembly room, workers in middle of room sweeping floor - assembly room - woman worker operating lathe - workers placing hot ingot under large press, ingot being stamped into shape of crankshaft - press flattening crankshaft-shaped ingot - ingot placed in furnace. [1918] b. Crowd gathered around door into building, sailors and civilians entering and leaving building - sailors with duffel bags walking through crowd - parade, mounted police, units of sailors marching by - unit in kilts marching by - sailors in review formation. [1918] c. Panoramic view of Highland Park plant complex - workers leaving plant, streetcar traffic - building that forms side of complex - plant interior, workers milling crankshafts - parts being crated - workers in plant cafeteria - parts being boxed - women workers operating lathes - workers assembling motors - motor blocks being drilled - women workers boxing small parts - motor parts being drilled. [1918]

  • Parte de 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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