Views of sheep dipping of herds owned by Native American Indians. Stockade-type pens erected to hold and control sheep. Workers guide the sheep into a channel where they are immersed in a solution (insecticide and fungicide) under direction of U.S. Government experts. Stong young Native American men are seen picking sheep up and placing them into the liquid-filled channel, where others, including women, prod them along through the bath. One of the men (acting) appears in distress, and companions help him to a car, which drives away with him. Scene shifts to young Native American woman and her Grandfather (named Slow Talker), outside a building as physician comes out to tell them their friend, is very sick with tuberculosis. He says the heavy work at the sheep dip caused his lungs to bleed.
Men install small parts onto flat head V8 engine blocks on Ford assembly line. Men install crank shafts into engine blocks. Worker honing spinning parts on a grind wheel using a file. Man inspecting parts with a microscope. Iron ore lifted out of a ship with cranes. Cranes dumping iron ore in a pile on land. A life saver life ring with the words, 'Henry Ford II Detroit' Man unloading boxes from a truck onto a conveyor belt. Man rolling automotive wheels out of railroad car onto an overhead conveyor system. African-American man pulling flat head V8 engine block pulled off an overhead conveyor and onto a ramp. View of overhead conveyor containing many parts including crank shafts, wheels, and other parts. View of flat head Ford V8 engine blocks and heads on conveyor belt. Man on a train coming out of a coal or ore mine.
Man on Ford tractor driving through field. Wide shot of rural valley with sheep dotting the landscape. Sheep crossing a stream. African-American workers picking cotton in southern U.S. Bag containing cotton seen behind a worker. Goat herd moving out to pasture. Field with many bee hives seen. Bees seen buzzing around a hive. Tractor plowing field. Threshing machine gathering hay from field. Worker carrying hay on pitchfork to cart piled high with hay.
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.
River dock scene near Ford River Rouge manufacturing plant. Men using blow torches stand inside partially disassembled old steel and iron ship hulls. They are cutting the ship hulls into large pieces, which are then moved by cranes to form giant stacks adjacent to a railroad train bed, awaiting transport to Ford factories for melting and recycling, to make automobiles.
Korean farmer walking on water wheel to irrigate crops. Korean farmer entering his thatched roof home. Tile roof of nearby home. Shoes left outside Korean home. Korean family eating dinner using chop sticks while sitting on mats.
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