NARA Collection fc — Collection fc

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Keelson beam of Eagle boat on supports, workers - keelson upside down, workers turning it - keelson being moved by crane, placed right side up on supports - pressure gauge - (repeat keelson turning and moving sequence) - Eagle boat on lowering table - worker riveting plating to side of boat - line of workers passing pay master standing on box beside table on wheels - Eagle boat on transfer table - view of transfer table tracks, boat, workers - Eagle boat shored up on flatcar being moved out of high door of plant onto transfer table - workers around shoring under boat, plant interior, worker lowering shell of cabin onto deck - Eagle boats at dock - Eagle boat on transfer table - workers, views of lowering table under construction, close-up of worker - Eagle boat shored up on flatcar moving onto lowering table, workers all around - tug moving Eagle boat out of launching area - boat on transfer table - Eagle boat under construction shored up on flatcar inside plant - accelerated action of Eagle boat construction. [1918]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Plant interior, workers, scaffolding, partially constructed Eagle boat - construction site, workers on partially constructed lowering table, steam shovel, piles of rock, railroad cars in background - steam shovels moving dirt from construction site - stern of Eagle boat under way from bridge, U.S. flag - four men at wheel of Eagle boat, water, ship in distance - views of Eagle boat under way, group on afterdeck, sailors - plant interior, workers - lowering table construction - Eagle boat plant under construction - close-up of worker - lowering table under construction - dirt flowing from pipe - partially constructed Eagle boat plant, workers - transfer table under construction, workers - workers with poles moving section of railroad tracks on ties - transfer table construction, Eagle boat plant in background - workers dumping concrete from two-wheeled carts - workers spreading concrete - workers carrying wooden beams - Eagle boat on lowering table. [1918]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Eagle boat on lowering table, spectators, buildings - men carrying buckets of water drawn from hole in ice, filling barrels on horse-drawn sled, construction in background - men digging in ground along marker line - superstructure of very long building being erected, large steam shovel - steam shovels excavating, loading railroad cars with dirt - men kneading soft pliable material - interior of plant, worker attaching metal plating to keelson -worker cutting round hole in sheet of metal with acetylene torch - riveting gun in operation - crane lifting roof support section of superstructure of building to top of support beams - plant interior, boat under construction, workers - crane lifting large beam from railroad car, placing it on support structure. [1918]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Ford Eagle boat moving out of building onto transfer table - interior of plant, accelerated view of workers laying keelson, assembling superstructure - accelerated view of workers building Eagle boat - boat moving along transfer table onto lowering table. [1918]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Man boarding Eagle boat at dock - close-up of men on deck - men on deck, horseplay - Eagle boat in distance - view of man from above sitting at rail - Eagle boat on lowering table - boat lowered into water - lowering table rising out of water. [1918]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Workers assembling superstructure of Ford Eagle boat, lowering section with crane - Henry Ford and another man standing near partially assembled Eagle boat, 3/4/18; filmed 3/2/18. Side plating being lowered by crane, workers attaching it - two men inspecting frame of boat - men working in superstructure of boat - Ford walking along boards laid in bottom of boat, 2/25/18. Workers placing bulkhead. 2/26/18, Bulkhead 37. Men working on superstructure - bulkhead on crane being lowered into place. 3/1/18, men inspecting superstructure - workers around shoring - view from above of partially completed boat - building, one floor enclosed with metal siding, door leading to outside, workers in windows - workers inside closed area, pumps, machinery - lowering table under construction, workers - table being lowered into water - workers on superstructure of boat - keelson and frame of boat, 2/22/18. [1918]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Eagle boat on transfer table, spectators, plant - boat moving along track to lowering table, river, large overhead cranes in background - Eagle boat lowered into water, moves out of launching area - view of high doors in plant - side of long plant building. “Built of steel, glass, and concrete, this building is 1750 feet long, 350 feet wide and 100 feet high, covering more than 13 acres under one roof and was erected in 17 days.” “Nowhere in the ship will be found a forging, a shape, a rolled beam. Everything is pressed from the sheet cold by means of automatic machinery.” Keel shored up on flatcar - men working on deck of ship - workers riveting side plating - screw support - shaft added - propeller attached to shaft - screw turning - workers on scaffolding at side of ship and on deck - pipe on deck near partially completed rail - men working on deck - worker at side of boat. “Industrial America is the greatest army of fighters in the world. American workers are forging the tools that will force the road to Berlin.” “The Eagle boat is to all purposes and intents a destroyer, but without the usual torpedo tubes and special equipment patent to the destroyer.” Men working on shoring under boat. “With less speed than the 30 knot destroyer, the ‘Eagle’ will have enough to overtake the fastest submarine and will carry guns and depth bombs, bitter pills for the Kaiser.” Side plating of cabin lifted onto deck. Lowering the keelson onto the shoring, workers begin to work - section of keel and stern lowered onto shoring - plating lying against shoring - railroad train, buildings, water tower, pile driver - views from above of Eagle boat at dock, railroad tracks, workers - boats at dock, river, construction site, pile drivers on far side of river - men alighting from trucks - men boarding trucks. “After the boat has floated off the lowering table, the table is raised again by hydraulic power and prepared for another launching.” Lowering table under water, workers - Eagle boat. “Across the way from the ‘Eagle’ plant the Navy has established a cantonment where crews are being trained to man the ‘Eagles.’” [1918]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Civilians and crew members on deck of boat, plant on shore in background - sailors around flag mast at stern of boat, large covered cannon in foreground - end of boat covered with canvas, barrel of large cannon - civilians and sailors standing at railing of boat - view of deck toward stern - row of windows in pilot house, man looking out, bell, mast, covered crows-nest - view out over water, boats in distance - Eagle boat passing - ‘Eagle I’ on shoring being lowered into water, U.S. flag, spectators - tugboat, crowd on shore, large crane - ‘Eagle I’ being lowered into water - tugboat - exterior of long plant, horse-drawn wagons, workers, steam-powered pile drivers - men working on railroad tracks, horse-drawn wagon, pile of logs used for piling - piles in ground, worker with team of horses, horse-drawn wagon - workers, horse-drawn wagon, steam-powered pile driver, pile of logs, workers cutting logs - pile of logs, piles in ground, workers - sailor standing on stern of boat, U.S. flag, wake - sailors moving cannon in horizontal and vertical positions - view of deck, pilot house, mast - crew posing at side of boat - Eagle boat moving along in river - prow of boat, anchors, cannon barrel, ventilators - interior of plant, keelson on railroad flatcar - plant interior, workers, shoring, tractor - keelson laid on side atop shoring on railroad flatcar, workers - workers supporting keelson, partially completed Eagle boat in background. “The huge flatcars are in fact the conveyor system upon which the ‘Eagles’ are built.” Superstructure being built up on railroad flatcar, workers - beam being lifted into place, workers riveting beams. “The design for the Eagles was perfected by the Navy Department and within three weeks plans had been drawn and a model tested for stability and speed in the testing laboratory at Washington.” Eagle boat passing by. “The huge buildings where the ‘Eagle’ boats are built stretches for a third of a mile along the banks of the River Rouge.” Aerial view of plant. [1918]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Eagle boat on shoring outside plant - Eagle boat on lowering table -boat lowered into water, tugboat pulling it out of slip - view of stern, ‘Eagle I,’ workers, U.S. flag, Eagle boat being pulled by tug - workers excavating, piles in ground - view along dock, swing bridge in river, warehouses - ship’s officer on prow of ship, anchor, chain, cannon barrel - two sailors turning crank on davit lowering lifeboat - buoy in water - sailor on deck with watch in one hand and cable in other - close-up of man’s face, talking. [1918]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Worker standing piece of metal against machine - worker cutting off section of ‘I’ beam with large circular saw, lifting sawed-off piece - forms made of strips of wood or metal - workers punching holes in sheet of metal - worker operating large press with large sheet of metal in it - workers moving piece of metal plating with block and tackle to large clamp, worker pounding plating and bending it - workers bouncing sheet of plating in clamp to bend it, pounding it with sledge hammers and sitting on plating to bend it - bent piece lifted from clamp with block and tackle - lifted over to keelson, attached to form bottom of ship - view of keelson - workers working on keelson. “The Engine type of the ‘Eagle’ is a steam turbine geared to the propeller shaft and driving a three blade screw.” Chain attached to keelson, lifted - boat supported on shoring, workers on top of and alongside boat - workers beneath keelson. “140 tons of fuel oil will be required to fill the ‘Eagle’ tanks. This has nothing to do with ‘Gasless’ Sundays, however.” Workers on top of boat putting on deck plating. “America and her allies cannot afford to flinch until Junkerism is put down wherever it exists. Henry Ford.” Eagle boat, shoring, scaffolding and ladder up side of boat, workers. “Oil will be used for fuel, her tank capacity being more than sufficient to carry her across the Atlantic.” Worker welding rudder, workers, screw in background - view of stern, workers. “‘Men don’t work for money alone. The things of life that are worthwhile, make the strongest appeal to the workman. Above all he must have something to hope for in the future. Today he has that something. Democracy.’ Henry Ford.” Eagle boat at dock, men on shore boarding ship - ore freighter in river - four freighters side by side - group of men posing on deck of ship, ventilators. “Special machinery cuts every piece to exact measurements.” Worker cutting off section of ‘I’ beam with large circular saw - worker holding large sheet of metal in press - large piece of plating held up by chain in large hole puncher, workers. “Parts are bent to exact shape.” Sheet of metal in large press. “Air compressors used for riveting develop 690,000 cubic feet of air each hour.” Workers riveting - compressor. “By this time you have come to realize that building a ship in this manner is an assembly job. Fitting numbered parts and riveting them together.” Overhead crane with part of deck cabin - workers gathered around rudder - view of nearly completed boat - flatcar. “When an Eagle is ready for launching, the flatcar upon which she rests is hauled out onto the transfer table.” View of ‘Eagle I’ on shoring inside building, spectators, U.S. flag. “The transfer table is a huge platform considerably longer and wider than an ‘Eagle’ mounted on car wheels which run on rails at right angles to those running out of the building.” Eagle boat on transfer table rolling out of plant, spectators. “The ‘Eagle’ is then hauled onto the lowering table which, controlled by a system of valves, is lowered into the launching slip and another ‘Eagle’ is ready to soar.” Eagle boat moving onto loitering table, workers. ‘“I have placed myself, my resources, my organization, everything I have, at the command of the government -- to do everything possible to make this the last war.’ Henry Ford.” [1918]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Flag flying from Eagle boat sitting on shoring outside plant, workers - Eagle boat on large flatcar being moved onto lowering table - lowering table with Eagle boat on it sinking into water - men on deck, cannon barrel behind them - shoring holding Eagle boat under construction. 3/20/18, 10 a.m., 1st floor, right side, showing braces. Boat bridge - worker in cage in overhead crane in Highland Park plant, loading platforms at different levels. 3/20/18, 10:30 a.m. View from above down onto superstructure of Eagle boat, crane - number ‘59’ painted on boards - shored up Eagle boat, workers - exterior of huge entrance to Eagle boat plant - Eagle boat on large flatcar moving out of plant, pilot house suspended above doorway, lowered onto boat as it moves out - men at rail of bridge, sign, ‘Eagle No. 59, World’s Record Built in 10 Days’ - men by boat - Eagle boat on transfer table - crane lifting large beam - water pouring from pipe into ditch - support beams holding sides of excavation - excavation, pond, pipe coming out of pond, workers - Henry Ford and two other men inspecting site, workers - clouds of black smoke over river - Eagle boat passing by on river. [1918]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Eagle boat at dock, casting off, sailors on board - Eagle boat from various angles - boat near dock, large overhead crane, plant in background - Eagle boat pulled out of launching area by tugboat - workers, building under construction, large cranes - scoop of steam shovel in excavation, workers - deck of boat by moonlight - erected superstructure of Eagle boat plant from inside - worker welding beam - workers riveting beams - worker placing metal plating on superstructure of boat, shoring - men working on partially completed Eagle boat - worker lowering deck plating with use of crane. [1918] b. Interior of plant - men testing scrapped pipe - pipe in lathe - worker rolling sections of pipe into hot liquid, lifting pipe out in basket with block and tackle, rolling pipe out of basket onto table - workers taking pipe from cart, laying it aside - ship entering narrow lock - sailor dropping line over cleat - ship rising, towed from lock by tugboat - piles of scrapped ship’s parts on ground including ship’s screws, River Rouge plant in background - ships, partially scrapped ships at dock. [1926]