Big Change-Over, The

Titles 01:07:54 Traffic in Detroit, Michigan w/ office tower behind lower buildings. Ford chimneys / smoke stacks, tilt down to exterior of buildings; interior w/ machines forming steel, assembly line w/ many men working; fighting parts, lowering bodies, cars off. 01:09:10 Interior w/ stopped assembly lines, POV past machines. Disassembling large machines, moving w/ overhead cranes, tractors. Stockpiled / scrapped. 01:10:26 Sign: Defense Plant part of the Arsenal of Democracy w/ soldier standing guard. Int. & large machines assembled; large presses: “you buy these when you buy your war bonds.” POV past w/ men setting up machines. 01:11:30 Int. looking out at snow & traffic from training school. Men learning machines & machine work. Class w/ soldiers learning equipment; men working drop forge. 01:13:04 Airplane engines partially assembled; moving on racks. Polishing propellors & moving three-blade propellors to mount in test stand. Testing. 01:13:45 Punch press making helmets; woman assembling liners into helmets. Production line w/ machine guns down conveyor. Lipstick case now into cartridge shells. Other appliances lines up; garden tools; 75mm shells; army trucks parked outside factory panned across. 01:15:15 CU steam whistle blowing. WW2 Industrial Changeover; WWII; Factories; Factory; War Effort; Americana Homefront; USA; 1942; 1940s; Mobilization;