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Various stages of manufacturing camshafts of truck engines at a General Motors factory in Pontiac Michigan, United States.

Various steps of truck manufacturing, at Pontiac, Michigan factory of General Motors Company in the United States. Workers at a factory work on manufacturing a truck camshaft. The camshaft under process, drop forged. Adding carbonizing material to it. Surface reheated and quenched. Finishing touches by workers. Workers inspect and precisely measures its uniformity with sensitive meters

Date: 1923
Duration: 2 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036575
Assembling engine of a General Motors truck and working of its various parts, at a Pontiac Michigan factory in United States.

Various steps of General Motors truck manufacturing, at a Pontiac Michigan factory in the United States. Valve lifter assembly of a truck. Workers at factory work to assemble the engine of a truck. Worker assembles crankshaft and cylinders and fastens bolts, aligns gears. Diagram of cross section of crank case. Working of oil pump. Lubrication stages of main bearing, connecting road bearing, piston pin and cam shaft.

Date: 1923
Duration: 3 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036576
Ignition systems for starting and lighting of a General Motors truck, at a Pontiac Michigan factory in United States.

Various steps of truck manufacturing, at a factory. Ignition system of a truck consists of a magneto and four wires. A heavy generator used for lighting and starting the engine. Workers at factory test engine by power required to start it. View of "GMC" lettering for General Motors Company on the engine block. Trucks driving on uneven and water clogged roads.

Date: 1923
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036578
U.S. Army Air Service Fokker T-2 flown coast to coast nonstop by Lieutenant John A Macready and Lieutenant Oakley G Kelly.

On May 2, 1923, scenes of the first successful non stop flight across USA. Men open accordian doors to large hangar, revealing a specially modified Fokker T-2 airplane. Lieutenant Kelly and Lieutenant Macready, on the field, pose with Orville Wright. United States Army Air Service Fokker T-2 plane is pushed out of hangar by men. Painted on side of the plane is: 'Army Air Service Non Stop Coast to Coast'. Pilot gets ready as the airplane is fueled. Pilots and other Army officers on airfield. Animated map of the United States map illustrates course the flyers will take. Plane taxis on airfield. The Plane in flight and over Rockwell field, San Diego, California, and making a landing. Spectators on field greet the pilots as they climb down from the airplane.

Date: 1923, May 2
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051730
Tough working conditions of trucks than cars and their cooling mechanism.

Various steps of truck manufacturing, at a General Motors Company factory in Pontiac, Michigan. Engine cooling system of a truck. A truck unloads at a workplace. Cars run on smooth roads while truck descends from rough mountainous terrain. Diagram explains cooling mechanism of truck.

Date: 1923
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036577
Gear transmission system and tough work conditions of trucks as compared to cars.

Various steps of truck operation and testing at a General Motors Company factory in Pontiac Michigan. Gear transmission system of a truck consists of a seven forward and two reverse gears. Gearboxes of a truck and a passenger car compared. A truck moves over rough wooden boards and rides over elevation in an industrial yard. Truck moves in tough conditions in swamps and unloads material in a bog. Tires of truck immersed in sand up to half of their height.

Date: 1923
Duration: 2 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036579