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Ford Motor Company Management & Parts Factory Shots, 1949 Pt. 1 of 2

Reel Number: 221689-27

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1949

Country: USA

Location: Dearborn,Michigan

TC Begins: 13:01:15

TC Ends: 13:13:17

Duration: 00:12:02

Ford Motor Company Management & Parts Factory Shots, 1949 Pt. 1 of 2 Ford sign w/ letters between chimneys / smoke-stacks. CU ?? hanging from moving conveyor. CU machines working, extruding (?). 13:01:50 Assembly line w/ men attaching parts. 13:01:55 Man cutting stack of fabric thru patters; man & convertible roof; painting pickup; assembly line of pickups; tractors driven off. High angle of trucks parked. Tractor driven & parked w/ others. 13:02:27 Man thru door w/ General Manufacturing Division on glass. Woman at typewriter, CU looking at it - 19Sep49 Meeting announcement signed by John Dykstra, General Manager. 13:02:58 Man at desk talking on telephone, men come in & shake hands. Sit & talk. CU talking & listening (MOS). 13:04:04 CU Management chart showing staffing. CUs men discussing. 13:05:33 High angle of large factory complex & pan across. 13:05:59 Aerial from plane or blimp of city buildings & residential area nearby. Over large factory buildings. 13:06:31 Ground shot of same large buildings from field of wild flowers. 13:06:39 Pan along large building w/ trucks & cars parked alongside; Ford Motor Company sign & American flag on pole. 13:07:00 Aerial of large factory building. 13:07:21 Ford station wagon w/ wooden side leaving driveway outside factory. 13:07:28 Workmen eating in company cafeteria; washing up; fork lift; trucks; factory exterior shots; raw materials; propane tanks; parking lot. 13:07:57 Detroit (?) city street w/ pedestrians & traffic. 13:08:15 High angle, small factory building. Int. men listening to presentation w/ man at chart. 13:08:26 Men w/ boss at desk in management meeting. CUs. 13:09:23 Factory shots of metal forming, drop presses. 13:09:57 Management Chart - Canton Plant 13:10:12 High angle above men walking out of factory doors towards camera. Low angle, feet past. 13:10:36 Materials stored. Overhead crane & electromagnet carrying large steel. 13:10:59 Man thru glass door w/ Physical Laboratory on it. Men working inside testing (?). 13:11:07 Electromagnet w/ large load of metal . Man feeding short lengths of iron or steel & loading; moving hot into machine & rolling. Drop press working forming axles (?), annealing. Removing from hanging conveyor & stacking. 13:12:47 Men in office meeting (same as above). Continued... Manufacturing; Workers; Work Force; White Collar; Blue Collar;

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