Distant view of Nankin Mills followed by closer view with water next to building. Car passes industrial building in nearby Pike's Peak in Westland, Michigan. Wide shot field with building in background. Man and boy picking fruit or berries from a tree. View of Nankin Mills building. Wide shot of Nankin Lake. Boys swimming in pond. Boys fishing in lake while sitting on a log.
Ford motor company workers descend a staircase to go to work. Closeup of feet and legs of production workers entering Ford automotive plant. Wide shot of Ford workers entering plant, possibly the Ford River Rouge plant. Montage shows Earth superimposed on images of foundry sparking and worker assembling parts.
A woman dressed in traditional Dutch clothing loads a milk jug into a cart pulled by a dog. The woman on farm road alongside dog cart as Ford convertible automobile passes her. She waves to man driving car. Probable location is Ford Greenfield Village.
View of the Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory building facade. Wide shot of the same building, also known as the Dearborn Engineering Laboratory. Engineers view drawings while one of them hands over a part from a automobile transmission.
Globe in Court of the World, Ford Rotunda, also known as the Ford Pavilion or the Ford Exposition Building. Large globe was the centerpiece exhibit known as, “Ford Industries Cover the World” Closeup views of depictions of "Progress" and "Industry" on building facade. Smaller globe rotating in Ford Rotunda.
Opening scene shows policemen keeping things calm in a group of men gathered outside the Ford River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Union organizers of the United Auto Workers (UAW) are passing out newspapers, or Union flyers of some kind. Policemen circulate among the men as this is happening. At time 00:37 a man is seen talking with UAW President, R.J. Thomas (Roland Jay Thomas). More scenes of men mingling. Policemen seen now include one on horseback. At time 00:52, R.J. Thomas is talking with his organizers again. Scene shifts to UAW women representatives passing out the papers to workers carrying lunch boxes. The women wear hats reading "Aux No 5." Views of policeman directing heavy traffic passing the Ford plant. A blind man with a cane is escorted across the street. Workers are lined up for buses.
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