A blast furnace of Ford company's River Rouge Plant at Dearborn Michigan is seen. Molten iron is produced in the furnaces from iron ore, coke, and limestone. Molten iron is poured from the cast house runners into ladle cars. Some of the molten steel is poured into a 'pig' machine at the world's largest foundry; individual 'pigs' or small ingots of solid iron will be used by other industries. Other molten iron is seen being poured into the hot metal mixer, which rocks continuously to mix the iron from several blast furnace heats. Smokestacks outside the power house and a group of people tours the power house. A bank of coke ovens at the plant are seen, with a charge of incandescent coke being pushed into a quenching car.
Workers with the help of machines assemble block,crankshaft and pistons at Ford company's rouge plant at Dearborn in Michigan. Motors being tested and run.
The final assembly line at Ford Company's rouge plant at Dearborn in Michigan where chassis are being assembled. After assembling cars are being driven out of the plant for final testing.
Thread making machine in operation in a factory in United States. Threads move over a huge machine and rolls of thread attached to one end of the machine. Cloth being made from thread at the factory.
Rubber sheets being cut off large rollers by steel arm scraping along the roller, in a factory in United States. A worker cuts off large sheets from the roller. Sheets being placed on hangers. Rubber sheets being fed into the rollers. The cut off is re-fed into the rollers.
Chunks of rubber come off the conveyor and is being dropped into bins by machines at a factory in United States. Dust rises from the bin. Three doors with Whiting, Zinc Oxide and Rubber Dust, written on them are seen.
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