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. WS field with building in background. Man and boy picking fruit or berries from a tree. MS Nankin=Mills building. Wide shot Nankin Lake. Boys swimming in pond. Boys fishing in lake while sitting on a log.
Ford workers descend a staircase to go to work. CU feet and legs of workers entering Ford plant. WS 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.
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” CU views of depictions of "Progress" and "Industry" on building facade. Smaller globe rotating in Ford Rotunda.
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.
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.
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