American flag waving in a very stiff wind. Scene shifts to Silhouette of a sailor blowing a bugle as the American flag is raised. Montage of scenes from The United States Navy Service School in Dearborn, Michigan opened in early 1941, during World War 2. The school was built on land leased to the Navy at Ford's Rouge Plant. Sailors are seen marching at the school, with the Ford River Rouge plant in the background. Sailor students are seen inside a facility that a narrator calls "The world's greatest workshop." He describes the various matters taught including technical aspects of: aircraft and diesel engine manufacture. View of sailors looking at dynamos n the electrical department. Narrator mentions other shops in the school. Sailors assembled in a classroom where instructor is holding an armful of toothed gears.
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.
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.
New 1951 Ford test car comes over the crest of a hill, being driven through deep mud, in deep water, and over cobble stones, on the Ford Dearborn Michigan test track. View of test driver at the wheel. Test car hits hard bumps. View of Ford's 'Automatic Ride Control' suspension on test track and in the Ford laboratory. View of suspension attached to drive train in laboratory with view of suspension spring. 1951 Ford being tested over desert road in Southwest United States. New 1951 Ford convertible in showroom.
United States Navy Dirigible Los Angeles (ZR-3, and originally LZ-126) attached to a mooring tower, at Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan.. Views down the length of the flying airship Los Angeles with 'US Navy' written on it in large letters, and "Los Angeles" on it in smaller letters near the tail. Huge crowd gathered at base of the tower.
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