Film begins showing a waterfront Ford Motor Company factory viewed from a boat (unseen) moving past it A large freighter ship is seen nearby, with the name "Runstroom" on her bow. Closeup of waterfront crane and nearby flag labeled "Ford." Scene shifts to factory with sign on top in Dutch reading: "Nederlandsche Ford Automobiel fabriek" (Netherlands Ford automobile factory). Location shifts to cars driving on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, near the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile. One appears to be a 1932 Ford Roadster. heading toward the camera. Scene shifts to a large barge on a river, viewed from an overlooking domed structure. The next scene shows a European farmyard and horses with sheep circling around a Ford roadster. The remainder of the film shows Ford plants in the U.S. and abroad.
Momentary opening scene shows a modern building on a rugged dirt road in low mountainous terrain. Two new Ford cars are passing in front of the building and , in the background, three more are traveling rapidly downhill on the dirt road towards the building. Several persons are standing in front of the building, watching the cars speed past. (Note: Because it is only about one frame, this scene is visible only in the first still photo accompanying this video.) Next, a man is seen riding a burro along the roadside, as the three cars coming downhill approach him. The scene shifts to a 1932 Ford Roadster climbing the dirt road now running uphill along the side of a mountain. It is followed closely by a sedan.
Aerial views of the Ford Motor Company River Rouge Plant. View inside the plant, where automobiles are crated for shipment to New Zealand
First scene shows commuters in rush hour arriving and departing a major rapid transit station. Motor vehicles (mostly buses) are parked beside the station and electric street cars are lined up behing one another along the tracks. (No women are evident in the crowd of commuters.) Next is a nighttime scene showing commuters climbing stairs from a station platform, in what appears to be an incident of some kind. An empty streetcar is parked next to the platform. A flare is burning on the track and some passengers are walking along the tracks to the stairs .Another flare is burning on the platform, itself.
At beginning, Henry Ford is seen standing next to his son, Edsel Ford, and speaking to him. They are in a laboratory. A ford automobile engine is sitting next to them. A new segment shows them walking through a machine shop, where various machine tools are seen. A few men are seen working at these machines in the background. As they pass a particular machine, it attracts Henry Ford's attention and he pauses to examine it more closely.
Opening scene shows a virtual tent city set up to facilitate voting by numerous elements of Ford United Auto Workers Union 600. Camera pans over the scene where buses are transporting members. It shows the headquarters building with sign reading: "Ford Local No. 600." Men are lined up to vote at tents marked according to Ward and District. They are voting on the question of ratifying the first UAW contract with Ford Motor Company that was signed June 20, 1941. A bus pulls up to a curb. It contains signs reading "Ride Free" and "Vote Yes."
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