The contribution of franchise system in the United States. Henry Landworth, a refugee who came to America owns four Holiday Inn hotels in Florida. He talks about his hard work and success. The chefs work in a kitchen. Henry looks at them. People dance in the disco.
Henry Ford is seen standing beside his Ford Quadricycle, outside of his Bagley Avenue workshop building. Next scene shows Ford seated in the quadricycle, the first vehicle he built. Henry Ford standing in discussion with another man and looking at the rear of a Ford vehicle, with Henry Ford pointing at part of the car. The two men then walk past a line of various Ford cars representing many model years, all parked in front of the then recently restored Clinton Inn (formerly Eagle Tavern) at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. Final scene shows Henry Ford again seated in his quadricycle.
Assembly line workers in the Ford River Rouge plant attach Ford car body to car chassis. Henry Ford and his son, Edsel Ford, examine a Ford Model 18, with a V8 engine. Next scene is outdoors, with Edsel Ford seated behind the wheel of the one millionth Ford V8 car, a Deluxe Fordor sedan, which rolled off the line on June 20, 1934. Henry Ford and another company official stand beside the sedan. Next scene shows the two millionth 8 cylinder Ford car driving on the road. Prominent Lettering painted on the car identifies it as the 2 millionth Ford V8, a 1935 model 48 sedan. A line of several more 1935 model 48 sedans follow on the road behind it. Final scene shows Edsel Ford and Henry Ford in a 1936 Ford Deluxe Sedan as it is coming off of the final assembly line.
Men install small parts onto flat head V8 engine blocks on Ford assembly line. Men install crank shafts into engine blocks. Worker honing spinning parts on a grind wheel using a file. Man inspecting parts with a microscope. Iron ore lifted out of a ship with cranes. Cranes dumping iron ore in a pile on land. A life saver life ring with the words, 'Henry Ford II Detroit' Man unloading boxes from a truck onto a conveyor belt. Man rolling automotive wheels out of railroad car onto an overhead conveyor system. African-American man pulling flat head V8 engine block pulled off an overhead conveyor and onto a ramp. View of overhead conveyor containing many parts including crank shafts, wheels, and other parts. View of flat head Ford V8 engine blocks and heads on conveyor belt. Man on a train coming out of a coal or ore mine.
Aerial view of Ford River Rouge plant. Smoke stacks billow steam. Still images of other Ford facilities displayed, including buildings at Buffalo NY, Richmond CA, Somerville Mass, Kansas City MO, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Charlotte NC, Louisville KY, Jacksonville FL, Seattle Wash, Dallas TX, and Long Beach CA.
Ford workers descend a staircase to go to work. CU feet and legs of workers entering Ford plant. WS Ford workers entering plant, possibly the Ford River Rouge plant. Montage shows Earth superimposed on images of foundry sparking and worker assembling parts.
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