Huge piles of coke, limestone, and iron ore at a Ford company blast furnace in the United States. Bucket on conveyor at top of blast furnace. Man walks to edge of slag pit. He watches slag flowing in. Slag flows from furnace into ladle car. Ladle car dumps slag into a slag pit.
Workers pull on cable at an iron ore factory in United States. Molten iron flows from furnace. Workers operate mudgun. Molten iron poured into molds. Row of smoking molds.
Picture of Henry Ford. Men work at desks in Ford factory. Men in laboratory. Spring testing machine. Men hover over planning desk. Workers rivet. Plan for model 40 Tudor Sedan. Views of furnaces of plants, workers. Man before large console of gages. Views of mill and processes of making steel. Large presses in operation, workers. Workers operate large board of gages. Testing goes on. Gears and parts on conveyor. Presses and drills in operation. Worker welds. Engine block on display. Blocks on conveyor. Drilling block.
Camshaft turned on conveyor at Ford car factory assembly line operation in United States. Pistons milled, on conveyor. Different machines in operation. Presses. Grills on conveyor. Parts on conveyor. Workers, both white and African American, assemble frame. Springs assembled on conveyor, being tested. Rear end assembly. Engine assembly. Carburetor assembly. Engine drop. Radiator installation. Parts on conveyor. Welding and riveting. Body assembly. Grinding. Painting body. Glass grinding. Glass on conveyor. Placing glass in car. Putting upholstery in car. Attaching body and fenders to frame. Tires. Hood. Views in steel mill. Ford car moving off assembly line. Sign "Production Schedule for Today, 5000"
Excerpt from U.S. Deparment of Agriculture film "The Battle Is In our Hands." African American tenants pick cotton and process sorghum in fields. Farmers doing agricultural activities. Cattle at field. "Walls of Jericho" is sung by Paul Robeson in the background. (World War II period).
Growth of war industries in Talladega Alabama during World War II. Newspapers of Talladega, Alabama. A large crowd on barge, coming to land. Scene of an office. Workers at a construction site in Alabama. A man operates a crane. A big cylindrical elevator at hook of the crane lowers down. A truck at house. Dog outside house. A man operates a full track tractor at construction site. African American workers lay railway tracks for a railroad train service. Many scenes of the African American work crew working on the railroad tracks, and taking a break to drink water from a ladle. (Background sound track during these work scenes is a man singing the African American spiritual song "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho." A side rail pulls down as attach to hook of a crane. Tanks on rail coaches. Food loads arriving by railroad train cars to feed the growing population of war workers. Potatoes in sacks. A cook prepares food. People in war time production industry eat food at dining table in groups in a mess hall or dining hall. People do various construction jobs building infrastructure for war workers. A man operates a crane. A cylindrical box lowers down. Children play outside a mobile home trailer. A child with a cat. An open air theater. A bunk house with beds for rent. People at a cafeteria. A woman with children. Cars outside a cafeteria. A board reads 'Field Office'. Large crowd.
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