Ford GP Jeep driven over rough terrain, up and down the steep hills. Edsel Ford and an army officer are the passengers. Jeep has tire chains fitted to move on rough terrain. Shot during the roll out of the first GP delivery to the U.S. Army. Testing took place near the Ford factory near Detroit, MI.
Demonstration of a Ford GP Model army jeep, being test driven at a field in the United States. The jeep flips after driving over a large rock. The driver rolls free and gets back in the jeep to resume the test.
Fire at a soybean plant. Flames coming from top of a multistory building at the plant. Fire fighters spraying water at the flames. Firetruck moves extension ladder into place and firemen scale ladder to fight high flames. Heavy smoke. (World War II period).
The Ford Rotunda, destroyed by fire in 1962. Aerial view of The River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Facts about the plant superimposed over the pictures of plant in the background. Freighter ' Henry Ford II' passes under drawbridge. View of captain at wheel. Aerial view of plant, buildings and smokestacks. Interior of power plant, generators and central control board. Cranes operators operate crane scoops to unload iron ore from a ship. Coke ovens discharge flaming coke. Clouds of steam arise from the quencher. Cable cars climb to top of the blast furnace. Molten iron flows from bottom of blast furnace. Aerial view of River rouge plant. Interiors of foundry. Workers fill molds with sand. Mold being removed from casting of V-8 engine block. View of mold production lines. Mold assembled and molten metal poured into the mold. Castings removed from the molds. Workers remove rough edged from casting. Engine casting travels on assembly line conveyor system. Multiple drilling machines in operation. Engine blocks on conveyor move through measuring device. (World War II period).
Worker measures automobile part with a measuring device at the River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Milling machine in operation. Crankshafts move on overhead conveyor. Electric camshaft tester in operation. Crankshaft production inside an electric furnace. Test pouring from furnace. Inside a laboratory worker takes steel filings from test pouring, weighs them on micro balance and tests them chemically. Worker watches molten steel pouring into mold. Hot molds move along conveyor. Mold being removed from crankshafts. Crankshafts placed in furnace for heat treatment. Crankshafts on conveyor machined and polished.
Man demonstrates how rubber is wasted during rash driving by quick brakes and rapid turns on highway. A Chevrolet Car stops suddenly leaving tire marks. Man showing rubber particles.
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