Dearborn,Michigan. Organizing men of United Auto Workers (UAW)Organization standing in the yard of the Ford Motor Company River Rouge plant and distributing newspapers to the plant workers passing by. A man walking with papers,several men reading papers while policemen stand near a paddy wagon. A policeman reads the newspaper while another man looks at it. Some of the men board the paddy wagon as police look on. Two men stand and discuss the newspapers while another man writes on newspaper.
Dearborn,Michigan. Men from United Auto Workers(UAW)Organization standing with newspapers in hands at the Ford River Rouge plant. Several men reading papers while a policeman leads a man through the crowd towards the paddy wagon. Two women wearing UAW caps holding newspapers in hands and distributing. Several men standing behind a signboard which reads 'Congested Area,Hawking,Selling,Distributing Prohibited'. A row of vehicle in background. Men standing in line, distributing newspapers and few officers pass by them. View of buses parked in plant yard and newspapers scattered on ground.
Dearborn, Michigan. Assembly line for automobile engines at the Ford River Rouge plant. Workers adding components to the engine block of a series of engines actively moving on the assembly line. An engine stopped at a testing bay undergoing performance tests under supervision of a man wearing a long lab coat. Views of test instruments including measurement of RPMs.
Workers on the assembly line at the Ford River Rouge facility. Two men position an engine and lower it into place in the car. Several workers affixing hood, fenders, grill work, finishing details on car front. A few working on wheels,some working on aligning headlights and some working in assembling other parts together to finalize the cars. Workers check air pressure in tires as the motorcars pass over rolling pressure gauges. Completed Ford Sedan vehicles roll off the assembly line.
Opening scene shows policemen keeping things calm in a group of men gathered outside the Ford River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Union organizers of the United Auto Workers (UAW) are passing out newspapers, or Union flyers of some kind. Policemen circulate among the men as this is happening. At time 00:37 a man is seen talking with UAW President, R.J. Thomas (Roland Jay Thomas). More scenes of men mingling. Policemen seen now include one on horseback. At time 00:52, R.J. Thomas is talking with his organizers again. Scene shifts to UAW women representatives passing out the papers to workers carrying lunch boxes. The women wear hats reading "Aux No 5." Views of policeman directing heavy traffic passing the Ford plant. A blind man with a cane is escorted across the street. Workers are lined up for buses.
A bus rides up and parks in front of a building in a suburban campus. Men begin to exit the bus and walk toward the camera. The scene is repeated again and this time a group of young men and women step from the bus and walk along a pathway toward the building entrance (unseen). View shifts to inside the entrance hallway of the building, where doors are open to what seem like classrooms. Along the wall is a time clock and cards for persons. A succession of young men take their cards and "punch in" at the time clock, followed by several young women who do likewise.
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