WS aerial view glass formed onto conveyor belt at Ford factory. CU glass emerging from foundry. Worker cutting glass into individual sheets. Workers pull glass panel from conveyor belt and another worker stands it on end for inspection. Glass is polished by means of a spinning fluid applicator.
Sheets of glass moved onto assembly line via indoor rail car. Workers washing sheets of glass with brush and then carrying sheets off to inspection area. Worker marking glass with wax pencil. Many automobile parts, including crank shafts, on overhead conveyor belt in engine assembly area. Assembled engines with transmissions attached pulled off overhead conveyor onto main conveyor. Engines with transmissions put onto individual dollies. Fenders and exhaust system parts loaded onto railroad car by workers. Engines with transmissions installed into automobile chassis. Workers push themselves on shop crawlers as they install suspension parts onto moving chassis. Body of automobile lowered onto chassis. Finished car driven off of assembly line.
MS legs and feet of Ford workers as they enter the Ford Rouge River plant. Overhead view crowded pedestrian bridge over roadway as massed workers enter the Ford plant. Workers look at camera as they pass in large numbers. Workers crossing bridge into parking area and streetcar stop at the Ford plant at end of work day. Workers in cars leaving factory cause a traffic jam. Hundreds of cars leaving factory. Streetcar passes cars jammed onto roadway.
State Street in Chicago. Buses and street cars with pedestrians during busy rush hour. Awning over restaurant reads, "The Parisian." Five and dime store, possibly Woolworth's, visible in background. Streetcar in background as crowds of pedestrians walk in foreground.
WS building in Washington, D.C. , possibly the Department of Labor. Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell, steel industry chief negotiator R. Conrad Cooper, and Steelworkers Union leader David J. McDonald gathered at a table. James P. Mitchell announces settlement of the 116 day steel strike of 1959, which started on July 15, 1959 and ended with an October 21 court injunction which was upheld by the Supreme Court on November 7. Mitchell explains that a "recommendation for settlement" was made, but that his announcement was pending ratification. The three men shake hands after the announcement. The narrator explains that the pact has benefits "totaling some 39 cent an hour."
WS Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. The Wisconsin Badgers punt is returned 53 yards by Washington Huskies George Fleming. WS crowd cheering as Huskies score more with Fleming rushing. Huskies win 1960 Rose Bowl 44-8. (College Football)
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