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Film about the U.S. Navy Service School operated on land leased from the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan during World War II
American flag waving in a very stiff wind. Scene shifts to Silhouette of a sailor blowing a bugle as the American flag is raised. Montage of scenes from The United States Navy Service School in Dearborn, Michigan opened in early 1941, during World War 2. The school was built on land leased to the Navy at Ford's Rouge Plant. Sailors are seen marching at the school, with the Ford River Rouge plant in the background. Sailor students are seen inside a facility that a narrator calls "The world's greatest workshop." He describes the various matters taught including technical aspects of: aircraft and diesel engine manufacture. View of sailors looking at dynamos n the electrical department. Narrator mentions other shops in the school. Sailors assembled in a classroom where instructor is holding an armful of toothed gears.
A new B-24 Liberator bomber is inspected by Henry Ford at Dearborn, Michigan
A B-24 Liberator bomber ia parked on a field at Dearborn, Michigan, where it has been brought for Henry Ford to see. (Ford Motor Company will be making parts for the B-24.) Some ladders are placed near Ford Motor Company President, Edsel Ford converses with a U.S. Army Air Forces officer standing near the aircraft. Henry Ford is seen in the cockpit of the bomber. Later, he is seen inspecting the underside of the aircraft, accompanied by an Air Forces officer.
CIO workers demonstrate against the factory owners in Dearborn, Michigan.
Auto workers strike in Dearborn, Michigan, shutting down the Ford River Rouge plant. Auto workers demonstrate with boards and placards. A board reads: 'We Want Democracy'. Others say "Ballots not Bullets" and "Ford won't talk Phooey". Buildings of the River Rouge plant complex seen along street. Michigan Police present and monitoring strikers. The CIO workers picket the plant. A near riot ensues as several non strikers (possibly scabs) are hurt as they try to enter the factory. Striking workers grab and hit a man, beating him with fists and sticks or a club. Several men help get the man back to safety after breaking up the fight. Police seen moving strikers workers back from the scene.
Scenes during settlement of a labor strike at a Ford automobile plant in Dearborn, Michigan.
Settlement of strike at an auto plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Idle assembly lines and damaged machinery inside the plant. Lines of unfinished U.S. military jeep vehicles sitting on assembly line in idle factory. Men read a document and settle the strike. Crowd of auto workers gather outside the plant. Man watches them from the plant. Views of the plant operating again and busy with workers manufacturing automobiles and elevated views of conveyor belt operations. Henry Ford and his wife, Clara Bryan Ford walk across a lawn and pose for press photographers.
Several stages in production of V8-engine blocks at the River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan.
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).
Crankshaft production at the River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan.
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.