NARA Collection fc — Collection fc

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ford reconnissance cars ("jeeps") join the United States army. [1941]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Aerial view of River Rouge plant, line moving between buildings - plant yard, freight train - overhead crane lifting mold off casting, moving casting, lowering it into pit, cover moving over pit - plant yard, truck hauling food train into plant - workers getting food from train - moving assembly line, workers - workers leaving plant assembly line - automobile, streetcar traffic, plant in background - men, women, and children working in garden, hoeing, raking pushing hand plow - people weeding, spraying, picking vegetables in garden - plant interior, view into furnace, crane moving hot ingot - workers getting off streetcars, mounting steps to overhead walkway - printing press in operation - aerial view of River Rouge plant, line moving, stopping at building - plant interior, cylinder head manufacturing - measuring and testing automobile parts - parts on overhead conveyors - workers removing parts, assembly line. [1937]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: "Ford River Rouge Plant. A Film Story of Men, Methods, and Motor Cars. " Plant interior, assembly line - worker placing and tightening bolts on V-8 engine block - assembling various parts to block - engine being tested, worker listening - speedometer close-up of dial, needle at 90 - close-up of tachometer dial, needle at 4500 r.p.m. - close-ups of gauges, one needle at 700 - aerial view of River Rouge plant, line pointing out building - plant interior - frame on conveyor, worker - Ford freight train leaving plant - plant interior, worker in mask using spray gun - aerial view of River Rouge, lines between buildings - interior of glass plant - aerial view, lines - interior of plant, final assembly line, engine being lowered onto chassis, workers attaching parts, bumper, radiator, carburetor, grille, fenders, headlights, body, wheels, painting decorative stripe on body, filling gas tank, closing hood, aligning wheels - close-up of dial - car driven off assembly line - carrier load of cars - V-8 superimposed over aerial view of River Rouge plant, Ford Rotunda. “The End.” [1937]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: The Ford Rouge Plant. A Film Story of Men, Methods and Motor Cars, Parts One and Two. 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 - 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, workers - view of mold being assembled, molten metal pouring into mold, castings being removed from molds - workers removing rough edges from 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, electric furnace - test pouring from furnace - laboratory, worker taking steel filings form test pouring, weighing them on micro balance, testing them chemically - worker watching molten steel pouring into mold - 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. Aerial view of River Rouge plant, line moving to open hearth furnaces where different types of steel are made - railroad locomotive - open hearth furnace - huge crane on tracks placing scrap steel into furnace - close-up of burning charge in furnace overhead crane carrying bucket - molten metal pouring into mold - worker taking testing sample from furnace, pouring it into small mold - close-up of worker with protective helmet over head - molten metal pouring from furnace into ingot molds - worker stirring contents of molds - overhead crane lifting mold from cooled ingot, moving ingot to oven called soaking pit - truck-drawn train of lunch wagons entering plant - workers selecting food, eating - worker alighting from streetcar, climbing stairs to overhead walkway - production line, shift change - automobile, truck traffic - workers and families in garden area - crane removing hot ingot from soaking pit, placing it on conveyor to rolling mill - operator’s hands on machinery controls - ingot tipping into rolling machinery, being rolled and shaped, moved from one machine to another until long thin sheet of metal emerges - worker examining sheet of metal as it goes by him - rolling machinery in operation - aerial view of River Rouge plant, line moving to motor building center - piston polishing machinery in operation - piston finishing, weighing, workers - pistons on overhead conveyor - workers assembling sets for motors - assembly line. [1937]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: The Ford Rouge Plant. A Film Story of Men, Methods, and Motor Cars, Part Three. [1937]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: The Ford Rouge Plant. A Film Story of Men, Methods, and Motor Cars, Part One. [1937]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: The Ford Rouge Plant. A Film Story of Men, Methods, and Motor Cars, Part One. [1937]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: The Ford Rouge Plant. A Film Story of Men, Methods, and Motor Cars, Part One. Panorama of plant with following captions superimposed. “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 through open drawbridge - views of machinery aboard ship, man at wheel - River Rouge power plant, exterior and interior - docks, electric cranes - unloading ships - coke ovens - blast furnaces - ladle cars - plant interior, casting engine housing - smoothing castings - drill presses drilling holes in engine blocks - Johansson gauge - electric camshaft measuring machine - electric furnace - crankshaft casting - laboratory, workers analyzing metals - heat treating crank- shaft castings - machining, polishing crankshafts. [1937]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: The Ford Ford Rouge Plant. A Film Story of Man, Methods and Motor Cars, Part One. 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 - refinery - molding of V-8 engine blocks - block being milled and drilled - testing blocks and engine parts - molding of crankshafts - shafts being tested for size. [1937]