The Ford Age - PT2
The Ford Age - PT2
Silent corporate industrial film produced by and for the Ford Motor Company, 1923. Beautiful archival footage documenting the multifaceted innovation of Henry Ford including: auto plants, factory workers & Model T assembly.
The Ford Age - PT2
Title card reading: "Assembling the magneto." TLS white men working on assembly line, assembling the magneto. Title card: "Single women & widows who have dependents are given a chance in the Coil Unit Department & are paid the same wage.." TLSs large room filled with Caucasian women doing coil assemblage at long table, traveling conveyors overhead. Title card: "Assembling the starting motor, Bendix drive & generator." Panning GV white men working on assembly line, assembling starting motors, finished ones are moved via conveyor. Title card: "assembling motor and transmission...Placing starting motor and generator" Title card "Numbering one of the millions of Ford motors." GV pan factory floor w/parts moving on conveyor & man stamping number on motor.
The Ford Age - PT2
Title card reading: "The completed motors are conveyed to the loading dock for shipment..." MS assembled motors traveling on overhead conveyor system bound for shipping detail. MS men unhooking motors from conveyor. TLS men boxing motors into crates. CU shipping crate reading "Ford-Sa Paulo". Exterior GV men loading crate onto railroad car.
The Ford Age - PT2
Title card reading "The rear axle." Nice MS/GVs white men assembling rear axles on assembly line.
The Ford Age - PT2
DO NOT USE: Stills of Ford service branches: Columbus, New York City, Detroit, Washington, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Kearney, St. Louis, San Francisco; Cork, Ireland; Buenos Aires, Copenhagen.
The Ford Age - PT2
Title card reading: "The parts now go to the final assembly line, starting with the chassis." MS white men working on assembly line, assembling chassis. Title card: "Lowering engine into frame." GV men working on assembly line, engine being lowered into frame. Title card: "As the car moves along the engine and other parts are secured to the frame." GV men around the car frame, working together to attach all sorts of parts to car frame. Title card: "The dash unit assembly is made on a special rack." MS men working on dashboard parts on assembly line, a steering wheel with a bunch of wires. Title card: "Putting the dash on the car." GV assembly line as dashboard w/ steering wheel is lowed & attached to body frame. Title card : "Think of the amount of wood and rubber used in a day's manufacture of wheels and tires for Ford cars."
The Ford Age - PT2
Title card reading: "The radiator is then installed." Nice MSs assembly line as radiator is attached & adjusted. Title card: "Inspecting the chassis." TLS nearly complete Model Ts moving along the line, men with wrenches check the cars for final adjustments & tighrenings. Title card: "...fenders and running boards are positioned and secured to the brackets." GV men working on the assembly line, fenders & running boards being attached.
The Ford Age - PT2
Title card reading: "The chassis now ready for the body." MS assembly line as Model T body is body lowered onto chassis. MS factory men attaching body to the chassis. Title card: "The car then drops from the conveyor to starting platform and is started through the rear wheels." GV finished car rolling off conveyor system, car is started and shows a puff a smoke, the car drives off the line.
The Ford Age - PT2
Title card reading: "The Ford car owes the popularity to its scientific construction, the tough material it is made of and its wonderful performance...The sturdy frame and 3-point suspension permit this." GV Ford Model T car tearing through rough, bumpy field, a production stress test. Title card: "The Ford one-ton truck assists the road builder." Great TLS Ford one ton trucks being used in early road construction projects. MS Ford one-ton backing up a dumping material into cement mixer. Title card: "...and saves time in transportation. Nice TLS Ford truck passing horse-drawn carriage on rural street.
The Ford Age - PT2
Title card reading: "Communities once separated by great distances are brought closer together through the use of the automobile & a strong link in the nation's progress is formed...For this reason the Ford car is seen no matter where your trail may lead, whether it be in the mountains...or down in the valleys." Nice High angle LS line of Ford automobiles driving along windy country road, waving hats as they drive past. Title card: "...in the far North's wintry blasts...or the South's scorching sun...in foreign lands."