Documentary titled 'Story of Automobile' depicts the working and assembling of various parts of Studebaker automobiles in South Bend, Indiana. Workers at a Studebaker automobile plant work on the frame of an automobile. Assembling the frame, assembling gear and worm. Worker assembles piston and shaft with gear box. Filling the housing with grease. Spark and gas control throttles connected with the gears.
The working and assembling of various parts of Studebaker automobiles in South Bend, Indiana. Workers at a Studebaker automobile plant work on fixing the engine on chassis. Making motor block mold. Cores made of oil and sand baked at 350 0C. Worker draws moulds from ovens. Placing cores in moulds for making cranks, and fixing them with screws. Molten iron poured into the mould. After cooling the workers remove mould and an automobile engine is ready. Engine trimmed, milled and given various tests.
The working and assembling of various parts of Studebaker automobiles in South Bend, Indiana. Manufacturing stages of crankshaft and engine. Repeated blows from a six ton ramming hammer mold a metal block into shape. Worker draws this under another ramming hammer. Twenty different machines work on a crankshaft. Soap water on crankshaft during working. Workers testing with tapes for balance checking of the shaft thus formed.
The working and assembling of various parts of Studebaker automobiles. Assembly and finishing of the automobile passenger cabin at plant in in South Bend, Indiana. Wooden structure of body of car covered by sheet metal paneling. Workers work on lathe machines to impart finishing to the automobile body so formed. Painter coats enamel three times on the body of car. Sets of lined up car bodies with seats. Windscreen, seats, hood and other accessories mounted on the body, seen in a progression using stop action filming. Body mounted on chassis. Finally the finished Studebaker cars are driven out of the factory.