Aerial view of the Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Aerial view of Mr Henry Ford's laboratory, office, factory, the main hangar group adjoining the airport and dirigible mooring tower built by Henry Ford. Some Ford Tri-Motor planes on the field. A man stands near a plane.
Ford Tri-Motor production at Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Workers inspect material. Men place sheets of metal on an already existing pile with the help of a pulley. Men place sheets of metal on a table and measure its length with the help of a measuring tape. A worker operates a machine. Stacks of equipment with the sizes written in front of the stacks. A worker measures the weight of a pipe with the help of a weighing machine. Alclad and Duraluminum alloy sheets which are used for building handled. The sheets corrugated by passing them through corrugating press. Roll of sheet taken out of a vat of hot liquid with the help of a pair of tongs. It is now dipped into another container of liquid. A worker operates a large press. The power press stamps out channel. Workers use a power buffer. A worker spray paints a part. Another worker inspects the parts and places them on shelves. Partially constructed Ford Tri-Motor. Workers install landing gear. Close view of a motor. Men at table upholster seat. A worker inside plane bolts a seat to the floor. Interior of the plane showing finished passenger compartment from the rear. Close view of the motor. A man inspects the motor and the tail assembly. Passengers seated inside the passenger airplane.
Animated sequence shows wheel of a Ford car traversing map from Manhattan, New York, to the Niagara Falls on the Canadian border. Extensive views of the falls. A honeymooning couple sitting in a Ford convertible auto with top down. The woman doesn't appreciate Niagara Falls. Guided by their "V8" hood ornament (where the "8" in the "V8" transformed into an animated Ford character, that narrates the activities) they motor across Canada and back into the United States, to the Ford Motor Company Rouge Works in Dearborn, Michigan. Views of the sprawling Ford Motor Company factories at the Rouge Works. Contrasting view of the original Ford shop where he made his first automobile. Mr. Henry Ford steps out of the shop and looks at that first Ford car. He doffs his hat, examines a tire, and walks past the camera while waving his hand. Suddenly a new 1935 Ford car appears where the original first car stood. Narrator comments that a million of these could not be built in the humble first Ford shop. Accordingly, scene shifts to views of the vast Ford Rouge plant. Numerous buildings, bridges,conveyer systems, pipes, and smoke stacks are seen (a cluster of 8 appear in one view). Molten steel being poured into crucibles, as the honeymoon couple watch from their car. Glowing hot ingots slide in troughs into a rolling mill, where they are reduced. Parts being forged by a power hammer. Engine blocks moving on a conveyer. Molten iron being poured into a mold to form an engine block.Coking ovens discharging their product. Ford ships in a port. Iron ore being unloaded from ships.
Men and women enter Ford Rotunda building in Dearborn, Michigan. People examine new Ford cars inside the building. Cars exit the building. Plant's picture superimposed in the background.
Many views of plant buildings, yards and equipment at Ford Motor River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Smoke stacks emit smoke. A crane scoops out sand from the ground. V8 logo landscaped into a hill.
Aerial view of Ford Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Railroad train. Close up of chunks of metal on a flatcar. Metal rolling machinery. Blast furnace interior. Foundry interior. Huge bucket on overhead crane. Showering sparks from molten metal.
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