[GLASS MAKING]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Worker pushing sheet of glass along rollers - worker placing sheet of glass on cutting table, worker cutting glass - worker breaking off cut sections of glass, passing them to another worker who puts them on conveyor - workers placing sheet of glass on bed of plaster-of-Paris, workers walking on glass to embed it in plaster-of-Paris - worker weighing ingredients - close-up of polishing wheel - sheets of glass on conveyor - workers lifting sheets of glass from conveyor - motorized cart set on track moving in semicircle from the end of one table to the end of another, plaster-of-Paris mold on cart - pre-mixed ingredients pouring from chute into furnace - view of furnaces aglow - exterior of glass plant, smokestacks, workers, trucks in plant yard. “It is then cut and rough plates set in plaster-of-Paris on the grinding conveyor.” “First the plates are ground in sand.” “Then with emery.” “And finally polished with rouge.” “At the end of the conveyor, the plates are turned over and placed on a return conveyor.” “After both sides are polished the glass is cleaned with acid, inspected and cut to size.” “Triplex glass is used in all Ford car windshields. It will not shatter no matter how hard the impact.” “The End.” Close-up of polishing wheel - ingredients pouring from chute into furnace - controls on furnace - molten glass in furnace - sheets of glass being hosed down - close-up of polishing wheel - worker filling space between two sheets of glass embedded in plaster-of-Paris - glass on conveyor passing under polishers -glass being lifted from conveyor, being set in mold of plaster-of-Paris, workers walking on glass - view of conveyor, polishing wheels, workers carrying sheet of glass - glass being hosed down - glass being inspected and marked - interior of plant, conveyor, polishing wheels - sheet of glass being cut - workers walking on glass in plaster-of-Paris - glass in plaster-of-Paris mold moving along conveyor under polishing wheels - close-up of polishing wheel. [1928]