If you've never worked in a factory, it's hard to appreciate that what you see most of these guys doing for five seconds is what they did for the entire day, every day, for years.

@BobWiersema

Жыл бұрын

My first job was in a machine shop. I did the same thing hour after hour day after day week after week.... Found out years later that my grandfather got me that job to teach me a lesson. Needless to say I went back to school.

@Corsa15DT

Жыл бұрын

This is what Hell looks like

@BadWolf762

Жыл бұрын

But when their shift was over they were done. They did not take their work home with them, and they did not have to worry about what was happening at work until the next morning when they punched in. I started out doing factory work and it was boring and tedious for the 8 hours I was on the clock. Today I run my own shop and I am on the clock 24/7, always thinking about what is going on and what needs to be done. There is never a time when the work is completely out of mind.

@alexiskai

Жыл бұрын

@@BadWolf762 Running your own shop is the worst of both worlds. All the stress and worry, and you still wind up back on the floor punching out 1500 of something to fill an order.

@williamclark8917

Жыл бұрын

@@BadWolf762 see

What impressed me the most was they manufactured everything right there from the beginning of pouring the engine blocks right down to the wire spoke rims. Henry Ford was a big thinker a visionary that actually did what he dreamed.

I worked at GMH Fisherman's Bend in plant No 1 in the 1970s in an era where GMH built virtually the complete vehicle in-house. Many things in this video were still being done. The factory was much larger and more spacious. Methods engineering had reduced handling and made conditions safer. Indeed working at GMH was vastly safer than in the heavy steel industry where injury was still pretty common. One thing that most of these movies get wrong is the myth that people were trapped into doing just one repetitive job. This was very much up to the individual. Foremen actually wanted workers to be multiskilled. You needed an agile work force because people might call in sick etc. I worked and was trained in many roles from machining to assembly to welding to many tasks. I thoroughly enjoyed the work. These days I restore classic cars as a hobby in retirement. Especially vehicles of the 1940s and 1950s. It really was the great age of manufacturing quality machines.

@AModelA

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@mjblackam

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your story. I work in an office that looks out on the old GMH plant. It reminds me every day how Australia has forfeited all its once excellent industrial capability. 0ur country, which once had 5 or 6 car manufacturers, an aircraft manufacturing industry, appliance factories, etc, is now industrially bankrupt. It is a tragedy.

The people that built these cars never realized these gems were worth millions today! ✨

Back in the days when we still made great products. And this was during the depression too!

No computers, no robots. Just hard-working men producing what was then, state-of-the art automobiles.

@AModelA

8 ай бұрын

Truly a spectacle to see!

I had a Model "A". I used it several times to go buy parts to fix my modern everyday car!! One of the greatest cars ever designed.

@AModelA

8 ай бұрын

Right on!

I can't even imagine how they were able to create the tools and dies for all those complex shapes and have the parts come out fitting so well, without the aid of computers and CAD software.

@AModelA

2 ай бұрын

Ford's pattern shop was among the best in the world. Charles Sorensen was his head of production and his original role at Ford was as a pattern maker. He was incredibly well respected in the field for his ability to manufacture parts to a very precise level of detail. Thanks for watching!

@karenfyhr2363

Ай бұрын

That was back in the day when people had skills ...A Craftsman does not need computers or CAD software to accomplished his job .. Computers and CAD software is used today so that anyone with no skills can do that job

@pure_awareness

Ай бұрын

That always get me too, how they made the tools to make the tools

It's absolutely awe inspiring that they could do all this over 100 years ago. Henry was a true genius.

@davemckolanis4683

7 ай бұрын

Henry Had His MAMMOTH River Rouge Plant Up And Running In Time For Model-A Production, That Added To His Earlier Methods Incorporated At The Highland Park Factory. Controlling Virtually EVERY ASPECT Of Car Production From Start To Finish, So There Were NO Interruptions In Manufacturing Vehicles. Beginning From Raw Materials To The Finished Vehicle. So It Was A LOT MORE Than Just 100-Years Of Continual Expanding Auto Making Experience...

Back when America took pride in making a product in the USA .there was no part stamped, made in Taiwan.

@miltcamp4255

Жыл бұрын

Made in China 😢

@marchellochiovelli7259

Жыл бұрын

@@austinlane5533 Buy low and sell high applies to everything, not just stocks. Good comment.

@tombryan1

Жыл бұрын

You are naive, these people were used up like cattle. This is a dark past for those that toiled in these unsafe slave farms.

@oneto5118

Жыл бұрын

@Tom bryan and you're a troll and most likely the whistle blowing RAT type . Those men were strong and didn't sit behind a computer complaining like a little girl. They worked and fed their families like real men.

God Bless all those hard working people. They shaped the greatness of America.

All spare parts were made by hand, one piece after another. There were no robots or computers running a factory.. There is nothing more beautiful than making and perfecting the human hand.☝️👍

@Watchmaker_Gereon-Schloesser

Жыл бұрын

yes NO CAD NO CNC = a fine human and hearty product. Let us get rid of computers. They make people so silly.

I've got a 31 AA it ran 20 years ago...always loved Fords

Not one of them complaining about “I CANT BREATH” or complaining about how hard the work was. True American men with a back bone. Nothing like the sissies we have today. I’m proud of each and everyone of the men that put the model A’s on the road.

@BillySBC

Жыл бұрын

They did complain, they just waited until they got home to do it.

@tanyaslusarczyk4805

Жыл бұрын

Just look at the sissy man-boy cops of today. It takes five of these bedwetting thugs just to take down one old-timer.

@jimclark6256

Жыл бұрын

@@tanyaslusarczyk4805 When do you get out of jail?

@davemckolanis4683

7 ай бұрын

@@tanyaslusarczyk4805 Better Keep Watching Your Video Games And Playing In Your Sandbox Where You Belong Kiddo...

@davemckolanis4683

7 ай бұрын

They Died Early Of Lung Infections, Physically Wore Out, Or Sustained Work Related Injuries From Line Production In Close Quarters... Apparently It Sounds Like You've Never Done A HARD DAYS WORK IN YOUR ENTIRE LIFE Yet Cream Puff Denny BOY...

How hard these men worked to support their family/ country. look at the sloth we have created today,.

@bigstuff52

Жыл бұрын

fender T ...define sloth..

@bigstuff52

Жыл бұрын

@@rockwellrhodes7703 The youth of today are as hard working as any generation..I'm 70 years old and that's what my dad use to tell me 50 years ago about the boomers,in other words my generation "the boomers"

@Bryan-od7nv

6 ай бұрын

@@bigstuff52That’s laughable. If we were to pick up the current generation and toss them into WW2 we would all be speaking German today.

Henry Fords greatest achievement was interchangeability. Standardization of components. He perfected the assembly line

So many differences between this time period and now that this movie illustrates. Thousands of people working making these machines that have now been replaced via robots and/or off-shore cheap labor all in the name of "good business/profits" while Henry Ford became one of the Richest men in the world using this model. Have to love the ingenuity in all the machinery shown here that someone had to engineer, assemble, run, and maintain. Notice the guy who comes and checks the "quality/accuracy" gauge the guy is using on the cranks. Love those big stamping presses making the body panels and the guys fitting the Tudor Sedan body together. Currently assembling a 1931 Model A motor together from a stash of old parts, this film really hits home by how "automated" they had engineered this assembly line. "Everything" had to be very accurate as there is very little "adjustment" available on most of these assemblies.

@timvandenbrink4461

Жыл бұрын

My Grandfather run a stamping press like that one at Fisher Body in Grand Rapids, Michigan for G.M. He retired in 1976.

Some of these awesome cars still remain in 2022, but sadly the people who made them arn't,i hope they all lived beautiful lives and are imortalised in this video..

I have unwavering respect for the engineers who developed the automation in these plants. A finely tuned symphony of complex varied movements that come together in harmonious task delivery hour after hour after hour. The mechanical upkeep, the onerous troubleshooting and the “overhaul” shutdowns had to be mind bending. Respect ✊ 🇨🇦

@AModelA

2 ай бұрын

Ford surrounded himself by innovators who figured out how to make it work. Henry gets all the credit but he relied heavily on others to produce results. Thanks for watching!

Thanks to Henry Ford for his hard work! 👍

Fascinating. This was a time when America led the world in manufacturing.

@BillySBC

Жыл бұрын

What a difference a hundred years makes.

I worked in an old foundry while in college in the mid 90s. They're dark, dirty places. When I saw that line of men pouring the engine blocks...no one can explain how hot that room was, you'd have to feel it to understand.

@mdogg1604

3 ай бұрын

In the mid '70's I performed a lot of the foundry jobs shown in the video. Not much different, even 45 years after the Model A. I swear I experienced the smells, sights, sounds, heat all over again.

When the stock market crashed in '29 these guys were glad as hell to have a job.

I bet the workers were BEAT when they got home!

@AModelA

3 ай бұрын

And then they woke up the next day to do it all over again. Thanks for watching!

Back when America worked- and appreciated their work, and their jobs. Good video. Best we don’t forget where we came from!👍🇺🇸❤️

@AModelA

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Can you even imagine the noise, the atmosphere, and the pace. How many hours per day, and steady at it. I didn't see no fat boys.

@AModelA

8 ай бұрын

The hammering of the crankshaft is probably a noise unlike any other! Thanks for watching.

@davemckolanis4683

7 ай бұрын

This Film Was Made BEFORE McDonalds And Burger King Opened Hamburg Stands Outside The Factory Gates...

@Oliver-1755

16 күн бұрын

@@davemckolanis4683 Re: Hamburger stands and factories. "Daddy, what's a lunchbucket?"

This incredible historical record of manufacturing process is a human treasure.

@AModelA

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

The manufacturing automation of those times is simply astounding & it was all pioneered then! Also, everything is made in-house!! All sorts of trades specialists under one roof!!

Hard working men of all races working to provide for their families making something to be proud of. Manufacturing jobs made a strong middle class. The gap checks and hand pin striping are interesting. Looks like Henry Ford is taking a tour at various parts in the film, especially at 11:27. Tall with light hat.

The amount of thought, intelligence, science and engineering genius that these early inventors had is astonishing and phenomenal to think not only how to make an entire vehicle function but all the manufacturing equipment to build and assemble such inventions...it's truly incredible the minds of these early inventors who made our future in transportation, while I myself am still trying to figure out how to fit a square peg into a round hole , basically how stupid I am compared to these motivated geniuses !😂

I love Model A's and I could have watched an hour or two of this. I felt bad for the guys working in the foundry. I wouldn't have wanted a job in there.

@VinoRatRodbuilds

Жыл бұрын

No kidding!

And that set the stage for victory in WW2 - mass production of everything!

@AModelA

8 ай бұрын

The Arsenal of Democracy! Thanks for watching.

Very interesting to see the assembly lines. Actually this gives a good idea how everything found it's place eventually on the vehicle.

The music is worth the price of admission.

@mrknotthall

Ай бұрын

What admission? I got in for free.

@ronaldmayle1823

Ай бұрын

@@mrknotthall It's just an old saying. lol

@Oliver-1755

16 күн бұрын

Here, have a drink, Honey!

Such a smart man he didn't outsource anything

@robc8468

Жыл бұрын

He learned in the long run outsourcing did not work, the Dodge Brothers made a lot of the Model T parts and they had a falling out in the early 1920s.

@BillySBC

Жыл бұрын

He wanted to control the quality and the cost.

Can't imagine the heat in the casting department. Had to be unbearable to those poor souls. May God bless everyone!!

@dennisyoung4631

Жыл бұрын

Yes, foundry work with *aluminum* can be warm work. I’ve done some at the hobbyist level. Iron is said, by those I know who have done it, to be a whole world worse for heat and hazards - and it would be worse still in that environment!

These guys were tough, fast paced and handling sheet metal all day without gloves or kevlar sleeves. Sheet metal production is like knives with razor blade burs. Thankfully OSHA was created 40 years later.

the scale is still breathtaking a hundred years later

@AModelA

8 ай бұрын

Indeed! Thanks for watching.

It's absolutely fantastic that this footage has been preserved. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it. Thanks for posting this.

@AModelA

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@imdeplorable2241

Жыл бұрын

I agree.👍 I love watching old industrial movies like that. Educational and entertaining.

I would rather see a video of someone building the machines they used to build the parts of the cars, would be more satisfying. 😊

Henry Ford was way ahead of his time and he is the genius behind the assembly line

@AModelA

8 ай бұрын

Henry Ford was certainly a genius and knew how to surround himself with people who could continue to challenge the status quo of production.

@sergeantmasson3669

6 ай бұрын

@mikescaffo4850, and standardization of parts/components.

Simplicity at it's finest!! Those looked like a flat plane crank in that 4 cylinder!😀

@dennisyoung4631

Жыл бұрын

Vibration! Pounded out bearings! Dipper rods!

Para mi lo más asombroso es como en tan poco tiempo desarrollaron todas esas máquinas para crear MÁS MAQUINAS.

I have to say this. I believe that being the new owner who'd just bought one of these cars back in the day would have been a far better experience when picking it up from the showroom than today! Private cars were a new thing on account they could be owned by not just the rich & it gave you independence! The interior would have been just lovely, no artificial fake plastic stuff, just leather, wood & natural fibers upholstery. Today its all plastic, chintz, safety this, safety that and if its an EV not even the sound of a proper engine!

@TASMAN-1

Жыл бұрын

Henry Ford used Soyabean to make plastic fittings, knobs & buttons ect. Vinyl tops too possibly.

@maico4903

Жыл бұрын

My grandfather bought a brand new one in 1930 aged 29. Of the many cars he owned this was hands down his all time favourite.

Very hard working people. God has blessed Americans so much. I hope they're thankful

At 7:16, the camera pans across a factory floor full of busy workers. Today, the same scene, full of busy machines.

Working as a Ford employee was (and still is) the best industrial job a person could have. Those fellows back-in-the-day earned EVERY cent!

@hanahsbs5760

Жыл бұрын

No, it's not true ...

@hanahsbs5760

Жыл бұрын

At Ford, the workers are exploited mercilessly

@Klaatu-ij9uz

Жыл бұрын

@@hanahsbs5760 Exploited??! You must be a UAW worker to talk like that!

@BillySBC

Жыл бұрын

The ones who worked in the sand casting process and brake lining processes, many of them developed emphysema and other lung aliments from working around all the dust with no masks.

@tanyaslusarczyk4805

Жыл бұрын

@@hanahsbs5760 Maybe those freaking whiners need to quit, and let somebody take their job that can appreciate it.

Operating a lathe with a tie on? You’ve got to be friggin’ kiddin’ me!

@pure_awareness

Ай бұрын

😂

@Oliver-1755

16 күн бұрын

Did you see the guys dressed for a picnic? Gee, don't hurt yourself!

Great feat of engineering and production of renowned automobiles. Thank you.

@AModelA

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Having several Model, A Fords I can truly appreciate this well-done video. Five *****

As a car hobbyist building a model A myself right now, who wouldn't want to be a part of this back in the day. 👍

@AModelA

Жыл бұрын

It'd be hard to walk out of there empty handed every day...

@ronaldwyman7580

Жыл бұрын

AWESOMME!

It's amazing how that was the top technology of the time.

@BillySBC

Жыл бұрын

It was revolutionary.

@davemckolanis4683

7 ай бұрын

Other Car Manufacturing Companies Also Had Similar Assembly Lines Set Up As Well. It's Just That Ford Had Their Own Advertising Crew To Make Their Own Promotional Films About Their Production Process. Chevy Had A Really Good One Made In 1936 About How They Made Cars. From Foundry, To Frame Building, To Stamping Body Panel Parts And Assembly. Check It Out Too...

This is my fav video of all time, I could watch it forever, thank you for this masterpiece.

@AModelA

5 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you! Glad you liked it.

Grandpa had a Ford dealership through the 1920s in Nebraska. Didn't stock cars then. When someone bought a new Ford, he would take a train to the factory and drive it back.

Outstanding video!!!! Thank you so much

@AModelA

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

It’s one thing to admire the assembly of the Model T but how about the engineering and design of all the equipment and machinery to assemble that car. All this was done in a non computer design world. 😊

@glennd9756

Жыл бұрын

Meant Model A

@nerminheldic9783

Жыл бұрын

Good old drawing board my friend.

@hugh007

Жыл бұрын

I imagine the machinery to make this production machinery was even more monstrous.

3:00 The noise and air pollution in there must have been monumental ! 😢

@glenkeating7333

Жыл бұрын

Yup. No hearing protection. No eye protection etc.

Henry Ford paid his workers a incredible wage of $5 per hour. Unheard of for those days. He respected them and in turn they worked hard producing a fine product. They took pride in their work, and for the first time they themselves could afford to purchase their own Ford.

@ijustgottasaythis

6 ай бұрын

Uummmmm, more like $5 per day. $25 a week. In America, in 1930 that was fantastic money for semi-skilled labor! I don't think Mr. Ford gave them time and a half for any overtime work...there just wasn't any.

@Shadow0fd3ath24

6 ай бұрын

$5 a day...and it wasnt good work. it was hard hot work doing the same boring thing all day. And ge had a goon squad that made sure you did it on time and you met their personal expectations

@cratecruncher4974

6 ай бұрын

$5 per day and if you get hurt you're FIRED!

Scarry! This many men with so much skills and talents. We've lost a lot of that today. I saw one of those in original condition running on a back road outside Sneeds Ferry NC in mid September 2022.

@coloradostrong

Жыл бұрын

"Scarry"? It was scarred? Or did you mean _scary?_

@notyou6950

Жыл бұрын

@@coloradostrong I'll let you figure it out. It was either me, or the auto correct, so...

and we can thank Ford for Kingsford Charcoal as a by-product to all the wood used in these cars.

What an impressive enterprise! It seems they did everything themselves even down to making their own fabrics. Still, I feel sorry for those working in that plant. So many health and safety issues.

Ein phantastischer Film !!! Hier sieht man Former und Handwerker die es heute nicht mehr gibt, bzw keiner mehr kann. Da ich 2003 in Detroit das Green Field von Ford besucht hab war dieser Film das i Tüpfelchen. Velen Dank

@AModelA

2 ай бұрын

Danke schön! Wir sind uns einig, dass ein Großteil der Arbeit in diesen Videos eine verlorene Kunst ist. Greenfield Village ist einer unserer Lieblingsorte. Vielen Dank fürs Zuschauen!

My dad a Model A engine as long as I can remember. Moved it across the country and back when we moved. He never planned on doing anything with it. He just loved having because no one else had one. He was cheeky that way. He finally sold it about a year before he died. I don't recall how he came to have it.

I worked at a plant in St Paul that had rescued some old heavy press, punch press, and brake press machines.. Some were from the old St. Paul Ford plant...... (since torn down) The old "Bliss" heavy press was the most impressive, the rythem in its operation was the coolest sound of any machine I operated.... (lots of gear sounds, clanks, and a variety of cycling sounds as it pressed a part or two into shape, about a 3 second cycle.....)

Back when our country was great with a heavy industrial base . Now we do not have any thing like that .

This may class as an oxymoron but to be so simple, they sure were complicated! Nice piece of history. Thank you.

It is amazing how it looks like everything is manufactured on-site.

@yodoglover400

5 ай бұрын

It was. Henry Ford had the whole thing from scratch made right there in Detroit.

Henry Ford was a genius.

I worked for amc, then chrysler for 30yrs. The amount of people working there back then! Must've been 30,000. Amc in the 70's had 13000 at one time. Today your lucky to see a few thousand

What amazes me is the fact that a lot of these vehicles are still around today. Rarely do you see modern vehicles lasting that long. Says something about the quality of manufacturing of these cars. 😁👍🏻🇦🇺

@abohosamabohosam4178

Жыл бұрын

Everything that was manufactured at that time, including cars, was made to last and function for more than a hundred years to come, because they did not expect that the industry would develop as we see it today.. It is not surprising that the cars of that time are still very strong and practical and do not need much and their maintenance is easy and simple and does not contain many luxuries like the fragile and thin cars of today. For example, on the devices, notice the old gramophone that still works manually and does not need electricity, and the old radio that works on batteries, analog photography, and many things at the beginning of the twentieth century were very powerful, and most of them exist to this day and work..

@davemckolanis4683

7 ай бұрын

Most Likely Those Model-A Cars Have Already Been Rebuilt Once Or Twice By Now Too. While Modern Cars Can Last Over 200K. My Taurus Is 23-Years Old And Still Runs Fine. You Must Beat The CRAP Out Of Your Cars...

@davemckolanis4683

7 ай бұрын

@@abohosamabohosam4178 Sorry. A Modern 4-Cylinder Engine Will WAY Out Perform A 4-Cylinder Model-A Engine. And Electrical Devices Will Also Out Perform The Mechanical Stuff Of The Old Days Too, After Electricity Became More Common And Replaced The Old Mechanical Stuff... You Can Go Back To Living In The Past If You Want To. But Most Folks Would Rather Poop On A Warm Toilet In The Bathroom, Than Use An Out House In Winter...

I drove one this afternoon. It was awesome

Did I miss the part where the fitted the seatbelts? What's even more impressive than all that work and production is the actual assembly line, what an incredible site.

@PacoOtis

Жыл бұрын

Good old days, my ass! LOL

Funny to think that after 100 years, there's still a million of these cars on the road.

@AModelA

Жыл бұрын

They have certainly endured better than their competitors!

This production film of the assembly plant is beautifully done beautifully preserved. I can't say enough good things about this channel, it's just awesome to have this american history

@AModelA

6 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you for watching and commenting.

AMAZING and WOW !......That's coming from an ASE Certified Master Technician ! LOVED this video. Anybody who works or has worked on cars for a living should watch how it was done in the beginning !

@AModelA

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

La mejor marca del planeta y uno de los modelos más grande de la historia junto al Mustang y otros modelos emblemas de la marca .....gracia Henry por haber existido.....

I hope those guys were cross trained. I couldn't imagine doing the same repetitive task for 12 hours a day over 20 years or more.

Hat tip to Henry. Amazing!

The guys in the engine casting room 🥵🥵🔥🔥

@karlmiller7500

Жыл бұрын

And the guys in the Machine Shop throwing those blocks around for various Machining operations, I wouldn't want to shake hands with that guy, he would probably break your fingers

Some early Fords were assembled in Portland Oregon. The building is still standing. There were elevators in the building big enough to elevate the cars to another level.

@AModelA

Ай бұрын

The Portland assembly plant started producing Model A's on September 12th, 1928 and kept it up until November 1931. 32,962 Model A Cars were assembled there. An additional 3,995 Model A trucks were also built there. Thanks for watching!

Henry Ford, the visionary

@mrknotthall

Ай бұрын

And Nazi lover.

Es ist bewundernswert was die Menschen geleistet haben. So wurde also mein Ford A gebaut, den ich nun schon 55 Jahre besitze

Incrível uma fábrica dessa em 1929 e com controle de qualidade impressionante

@AModelA

7 ай бұрын

gracias por ver nuestro video!

Thanks for sharing this video 😊

@AModelA

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@juanmariogiustino7674

6 ай бұрын

@@AModelA 8ñ

Remember that a lot of this machinery did not exist at the time. They made the machines and production lines themselves as they needed things done.

@robc8468

Жыл бұрын

The Ford Rouge plant was "state of the art" in the world at that time, the coal, iron ore, and glass came in as raw materials and within 40 hours became a finished Model A. The Japanese many years later visited that plant and got the "just in time " manufacturing concept from that very plant.

Craftmanship unlike anything this country will ever see again.

@juslangley

Жыл бұрын

Thank God.

@bobs3354

Жыл бұрын

It still happens in the US and around the world. But it’s far more expensive.

@edwardwonch8681

Жыл бұрын

If you got 40,000 out of one of those it had a good run. Those old Ford 4 bangers didn't have water or oil pumps. Splash system for oil, convection for water.

This is one example of what made America the greatest🇺🇸

Wow. The multiple shuttle loom they had to weave the upholstery fabric in house has to be probably the most complex machine in the plant. At least two, maybe three shuttles and 6 or 7 harnesses! The slow-motion shot was great too! The owner's manual was probably printed in house too so a few linotype machines had to be present to rival the loom!

Around 4:20 I surely wouldn't want to be the guy who picks up cast iron engine blocks all day. Great video!

@jonathanstuart7354

Жыл бұрын

Whoever did that job was probably extremely strong

@bomberaustychunksbruv4119

Жыл бұрын

He was a big guy !!!

@davemckolanis4683

7 ай бұрын

YOU Would Probably Pass Out Within Five Minutes Of Just Walking Into The Foundry, CREAM PUFF...

@davemckolanis4683

7 ай бұрын

@@jonathanstuart7354 Those Dirty And Heavy Foundry Jobs Were Given Primarily To African Americans...

@Optimistprime.

7 ай бұрын

@davemckolanis4683 ok? Why did you have a capital on every first letter? Lol

Pretty well automated for their time. 🤟

Impressionante! Fantástico! Esta era foi marcante, este vídeo é um tesouro histórico!!! Parabéns!!!!!

Fascinating footage. These are the earliest productions of car assembly line, even though it was already 20 years old at that point.

God bless American Companies and workers who shared the naicent American dream .

Fascinating, thank you..and such beautiful cars...

@AModelA

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and we agree; the Model A is still a good looking car today!

More amazing to me is not the car but how did they build the factories, tooling, and machinery so fast to get into production and getting everything to work like a well oiled machine.

@PacoOtis

Жыл бұрын

Excellent comment! When I think of the massive investment and the engineering to make this plant, it is staggering! Few people think of the logistics that are required to make something like this happen, and I congratulate you. I'm a Vietnam veteran and while I was there I marveled at all the logistics that were required to keep things going, and not the guy pulling the trigger as he would be worthless without his ammo and food and support. Whew!

@brendonferris5637

Жыл бұрын

Surprised at such efficient processes for the time, agree with above comments. Great video.

@bobolulu7615

Жыл бұрын

I believe it took 11 years to build the plant. But I too marvel at the staggering amount of machinery jigs and fixtures that someone had to make, and then make the process actually work!

@ednorton47

Жыл бұрын

@@PacoOtis There was a lot of money made off of the Vietnam War. Why do you think it went on so long? Nobody wanted the gravy train to end.

@TheBenjammin

Жыл бұрын

@@PacoOtis You're so much smarter than everyone else...no one has ever thought of those things.

Excellent video ! I love that technology along with a very appropriate music score. Thanks a lot. Colin UK 🇬🇧

@AModelA

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

4:42. Those presses they're using are the same ones I use at my job. They're Greenard presses! Different style though, but still very cool to see!

Great film thanks for sharing 😊😊

@AModelA

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I wish we had a video like this of the Bethlehem Steel Lebanon Pa plant where I worked. This is awesome.

@AModelA

Жыл бұрын

That would be cool! Thanks for watching!

@susansprouse1694

Жыл бұрын

My father was a Buyer for General Electric and traveled almost weekly to Bethlehem to purchase their steel.

@rustybarrr

Жыл бұрын

@@susansprouse1694 I was a buyer for Dana Corporation after the BS shut down. I bet he ate in a lot of nice restaurants. :)

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