A map shows the rubber producing regions in the wet tropical areas along the equator. Workers in South America, possibly Brazil, extract latex on a rubber tree and collect it in containers. Acetic acid is used to thicken the latex. Workers fold and pile up flat rubber sheets.
A film titled 'Thirty years of progress' shows how Ford started manufacturing cars and the progress made by the company over the years. First Ford quadricycle is seen. Company's first car manufacturing plant at Mack Avenue,Detroit and the Rouge plant of Dearborn are also seen.
People visit Ford motor company's rouge plant at Dearborn in Michigan. Steel rolling mill, blooming mill and open hearth furnace buildings are seen. At the plant, workers work on machine to convert molten steel into ingots.
At the blooming mill of Ford company's rouge plant at Dearborn in Michigan the ingots are reheated to be transformed into blooms. Then the steel is rolled into bars at the rolling mill.
At the pressed steel building of Ford Company's rouge plant at Dearborn in Michigan the parts are pressed by machines. At the spring and upset building the largest electric furnace installation is seen.
At the glass plant of Ford Company's rouge plant at Dearborn in Michigan the machines roll out sheets of glass. The plant produces ten million square feet of plate and safety glass in a year.
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